Pillars of Islam
The Prophet Muhammad
The Dome of the Rock
Islam Vocabulary
Islam Spreads
Factions of Islam
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The Arab Empire
Masters of Medicine
Muslims in India
Muslim Education &
LiteratureMuslim Art
The Ottoman & Safavid Empires
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The Fourth Pillar of Islam / Sawm
Which pillar requires a fast?
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The Third Pillar of Islam / Zakat
Which pillar requires Muslims to give charity to the
poor?
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The Declaration of Faith / Kalima
What states “ There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is
His prophet
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Hajj/ Fifth Pillar of Islam
What is the name of the pillar that requires all Muslims to make a pilgrimage at least
once in their lifetime.
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Ramadan
What is the name of the holiday on which Muslim
must fast?
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Gabriel
Which angel did Muhammad first encounter?
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Medina / Yathrib
Muhammad fled merchants and went to which city?
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The Kaaba
When Muhammad returned to Mecca, he destroyed idols
on which holy shrine?
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Mecca
Where was Muhammad born?
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Khadija
What was the name of Muhammad’s wife?
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Paradox
What is a problem without a solution?
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To commemorate Muhammad’s ascension to heaven
Why did Muslims build the Dome of the Rock
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The Temple
According to Jewish belief, what should be built where
the Dome of the Rock is located?
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Jerusalem
In which city is the Dome of the Rock located?
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Messiah
According to Christian and Jewish belief, who will bring
the people to heaven?
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Caliph
Muslim political and religious leader
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Minaret
A tall slender tower from which Muslims are called to
pray.
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Sultan
A Muslim political leader.
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Mosque
Muslim house of worship
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Pilgrimage
Which one word best defines Hajj
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Egypt
Islam spread into this place, famed for its river and in
ancient times had the world’s largest library.
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Persia
Islam spread to this place which is known today as Iran
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Byzantine and Persian
One reason the Muslims were so successful in expanding
their empire was the weakness of which two other
empires?
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Tax
Non-Muslims who were conquered had to pay a
special what?
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The Common Faith of Islam
The key religious reason for the success of Muslim expansion was what?
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Shi’ites
This faction felt that the Caliph should be a
descendent Fatima and Ali?
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Leaders of the Muslim Community
The Sunni believe that the Caliph should be chosen by
whom?
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Sufis
Muslim mystics who sought communion with Allah
through meditation were called what?
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Sunnis
What is the largest faction of Muslims in the world today?
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Iran
Shia Islam is most commonly practiced where in the world
today?
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Damascus
Where was the capital of the Umayyad Dynasty ?
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Abu al-Abbas
What was the full name of the founder of the Abbassid
Dynasty?
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Ali’s son
The Umayyads were disliked because they had defeated Ali
and killed whom?
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Iraq
Baghdad was the capital of the Abbassid Dynasty and
which modern day country?
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Harun al-Rashid
Which Abbassid ruler was seen as a “model ruler and as
a symbol of wealth and splendor”?
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Muhammad al-Razi
When choosing a site for a hospital, who would hang
meat?
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Pass a test
Physicians and pharmacists had to do what in order to
practice medicine?
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Emergency Rooms
Hospitals were set up with separate wards for women
and what other type of ward?
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Ibn Sina aka Avicenna
Which Persian doctor wrote Cannon on Medicine?
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A Needle
Muslim doctors developed a treatment for cataracts by
inventing what?
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Turks & Mongols
These two ethnic groups, who had converted to Islam,
invaded India.
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The Delhi Sultanate
What was the name of the first Muslim government in
India?
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Cultural Diffusion
What is the term used to describe when two cultures come into contact and new,
unique cultural practices emerge.
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Sikhism and Urdu
What are the names of the new religion and language that emerged in India as a
result of Muslim rule?
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Mumtaz Mahal
For whom was the Taj Mahal built?
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Baghdad
Which city was considered a center of learning and
contained a large library?
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al-Kwarizmi
Which mathematician also created charts for navigation
by plotting the stars?
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The Circumference of the Earth
What calculation of the Muslims could have made
Columbus’ voyage pointless?
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The Thousand and One Nights
What is the best known Arab collection of literature called?
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Algebra
The study of which subject was invented by Muslim
mathematicians?
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Allah, Muhammad or human figures
Because the Qur’an strictly forbade the worship of idols,
Muslim religious leaders forbade artists to portray what
in religious art?
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Elaborate abstract and geometric designs
With what did Muslims decorate the walls and ceilings of mosques?
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Arabesque
Appearing in rugs, glassware and textiles, what art style
consisted of curved lines that suggest floral shapes?
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The Dome
What style of architecture was adapted from the
Byzantines and used to cap mosques?
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The Crystal Mosque
What is the name of the Mosque located in Malaysia pictured here?
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The Byzantine Empire
Which empire was defeated enabling the Ottomans to take
control?
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Istanbul
What was the name of the city that replaced Constantinople?
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The Janissaries
What was the name for the elite fighting force of the
Ottoman Empire?
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20th century or 1900’s
In which century did the Ottoman Empire fall?
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Iran
The Safavid Empire was located in which modern day
country?
Daily Double
A Muezzin from a Minaret
Who calls Muslims to pray and from where do they make
the call?
Daily DoublePeople of the Book
Muhammad referred to Muslims, Christians and Jews
as what?
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Cordoba, Spain
Where did the Umayyads flee to and set up a caliphate?
Final Jeopardy
Upward Mobility
What is the term used to describe the ability to
increase one’s status in society?
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