Geography of Arabia
A raised area of flat land
What is a plateau?
He was an arab prophet who founded Islam.
Who is Muhammad?
This is the practice of acceptance. Muhammad taught to accept Jews and Christians and allowed them to practice their religion.
What is tolerance?
This angel came to Muhammad in a cave to reveal messages from Allah (God).
Who was Gabriel?
Muslims learned paper making and how to use gunpowder from this group of people
Who were the Chinese?
A person who moves from place to place, often in search of water and vegetation
What is a nomad?
This is the holy book of Islam.
What is the Koran?
These were Christian boys taken from families, converted to Islam, and trained to become warriors.
Who were Janissaries?
This was the occupation of Muhammad.
What is a trader or merchant?
This city became the Islamic capital and is the current capital of Iraq
What is Baghdad?
A location in the desert where fresh water from water has been trapped underground and seeps to the surface as a spring.
What is an oases?
This person is a supreme political and religious leader in a Muslim government.
Who is a caliph?
The branch of Islam that does NOT believe caliphs had to be related to Muhammad. The Ottomans were this branch.
Who are Sunni Muslims?
This was what powerful Makkans did to Muhammad's clan.
What is a boycott?
Muslims in Spain were called
What is Moors?
Arabia lies at the crossroads of these three countries.
What are Europe, Asia, and Africa?
This is what Islamic law is called.
What is shariah?
This is the branch of Islam whose members say caliphs need to be descendants of Muhammad.
Who are Shia Muslims?
This was a trip Muhammad took to Jerusalem and the 7 levels of heaven to meet earlier prophets and God.
What was the Night Journey?
This empire was a group of Turkish warriors who took territory from the Christian Byzantine Empire.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
In the mountains of Arabia moist winds from what ocean bring as much as 20 inches of rain each year.
What is the Indian Ocean?
This is a holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral, spiritual, or political goal.
What is jihad?
This is an Islamic mystical tradition that desired a personal union with God.
What is Sufism?
This group of people invited Muhammad to live with them and promised to protect him.
What is Madinah?
Mehmed II captured Constantinople and changed the capital's name from Constantinople to this?
What is Istanbul?