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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?

The Jeopardy champion!