Religion Jeopardy MuhammadGeographyEarly ArabiaIslamMisc Final Category
The prophet of Islam Answer
Who is Muhammad 10 Points
The angel who delivered the message from God according to Islamic tradition and beliefs. Answer
Who is Gabriel? 20 Points
Muhammad’s job as a teenager and young adult Answer
What is a caravan leader? 30 Points
City Muhammad traveled to after leaving Mecca and what it was renamed as. Answer
Yathrib and Medinah 40 Points
What Muhammad did when he returned to Mecca. Answer
What is rid the Kaaba of idols? 50 Points
Locate Constantinople on the map. Answer
10 Points
Surprise! If you get the correct answer, the point value for this question will be doubled.
Locate North Africa and the Kingdom of the Franks Answer
20 Points
Locate Arabia and Persia Answer
30 Points
Correctly label the water Answer
40 Points
Correctly label Jerusalem, Mecca, Medinah, Baghdad, Damascus Answer
50 Points
Green area fed by underground water found in the middle of a desert Answer
What is an oasis? 10 Points
Desert herders that traveled from oasis to oasis. Answer
What are bedouins? 20 Points
A group of traveling merchants and animals Answer
What is a caravan? 30 Points
The head of an early Arab tribe Answer
What is a sheikh? 40 Points
How did geography create a need for ghazu? Answer
The lack of resources due to the desert geography forced early Arabs to conduct raids (ghazu) against others. Bonus Question: This must be answered for 30 of the 50 points How did this change after the introduction of Islam? 50 Points
The holy writing of Islam Answer
What is the Quran? 10 Points
The Muslim place of worship. Answer
What is a mosque? 20 Points
Describe the pillar of fasting Answer
When Muslims fast during the daylight hours during the holy month of Ramadan. 30 Points
Two branches of Islam and why they split. Answer
Sunni and Shiite Explain the difference in who they supported as leader after Muhammad. 40 Points
The two major empires that lost territory because of Islam. Answer
What is the Byzantine Empire and the Persian Empire? 50 Points
Khadijah Answer
Who is Muhammad’s wife? 10 Points
3 Types of Islamic art Answer
What is organic, calligraphic, and geometric? 20 Points
One example of an achievement in math or science that is still with us today. Answer
Answers may vary 30 Points
How did the split of Islam into two groups influence the modern world? Answer
Conflicts and repression 40 Points
What was the original form of the holy writing of Islam and how was it influenced by geography. Answer
Oral/ recitaiton Can’t carry stuff Way of life for nomadic peoples 50 Points
Final Category: Social Studies Vocabulary
The parts of the earth diametrically opposite —usually used in plural —often used of Australia and New Zealand as contrasted to the western hemisphere Answer
What are antipodes?