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GEOGRAPHY MIDDLE EAST
The 5 Pillars of Islam
Advances and Contributions
MUHAMMAD
Mulims
100
Creating deep wells and resevoirs to bring water to an arid place.
What is irrigation?
100
The teachings of Islam that call for Muslims to declare there is one God and Mohammad is his prophet.
What is the pillar of Faith?
100
Carpets and tapestries.
What is the advance made to cover the floors and the walls of Muslim homes with beautiful colors?
100
Mecca
What is the birthplace of Muhammad?
100
The scientific study of animals advanced by the Mulims.
What is zoology?
200
A person who moves from place to place in easily movable tents.
What is a nomad?
200
The teaching of Islam that calls for Muslims to pray facing Mecca four or five times per day.
What is the pillar of Prayer?
200
The invention of a treatment for smallpox, the first school of pharmacy, and the first encyclopedia of medicine.
What is advance of medicine?
200
The way Muhammad kept control of his Empire. His famous quote, "The ink of scholars is more precious than the blood of martyrs." says it all.
What is cultural influence?
200
The important mathematical symbol named by the Muslims.
What is zero?
300
Because the area had many ports this was the way most of the Arabian peninsula earned their living.
What is trading?
300
The teaching of Islam that calls for Muslims to give 10 percent of their earnings to the poor.
What is the Pillar of Sharing?
300
The advance of fanciful writing to illuminate books.
What is calligraphy.
300
The way in which Muhammad learned Allah had chosen him as a prophet.
What is the angel Gabriel told him?
300
The leader of prayer in a Muslim Mosque.
What is the Imam?
400
The area of the world where the three major monotheistic religions were formed.
What is the Middle East?
400
The teaching of Islam that calls for Islams to fast from sunrise to sunset during the month of Ramadan.
What is the pillar of fasting?
400
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves or Alladin
What is an advance in poetry or literature?
400
The rich should share their wealth with the poor.
What is the teaching that most upset Mohammad's people?
400
The two main types of buildings important to the Mulim religion.
What is a Minaret and a Mosque?
500
The gulf that borders the Arabian penninsula.
What is the Persian Gulf?
500
The teaching of Islam that calls for Mulims to make a pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca once in their lifetime.
What is the pillar of Pilgrimage?
500
It was written with the help of the angel Gabriel.
What is the Koran?
500
Mohammad's teachings are gathered in this Holy Book.
What is the Koran?
500
Jihad
What is the Muslims duty to overcome challenges called?