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The Arab Empire Masters of Medicine Muslims in India Muslim Education & Literature Muslim Art The Ottoman & Safavid Empires $ 400 $ 400 $ 400 $ 400 $ 400 $ 400 $ 800 $ 800 $ 800 $ 800 $ 800 $ 800 $ 1200 $ 1200 $ 1200 $ 1200 $ 1200 $ 1200 $ 1600 $ 1600 $ 1600 $ 1600 $ 1600 $ 1600 $ 2000 $ 2000 $ 2000 $ 2000 $ 2000 $ 2000
$200 The Fourth Pillar of Islam / Sawm Which pillar requires a fast?
$400 The Third Pillar of Islam / Zakat Which pillar requires Muslims to give charity to the poor?
$600 The Declaration of Faith / Kalima What states “ There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is His prophet
$800 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.
$1000 Ramadan What is the name of the holiday on which Muslim must fast?
$200 Gabriel Which angel did Muhammad first encounter?
$400 Medina / Yathrib Muhammad fled merchants and went to which city?
$600 The Kaaba When Muhammad returned to Mecca, he destroyed idols on which holy shrine?
$800 Mecca Where was Muhammad born?
$1000 Khadija What was the name of Muhammad’s wife?
$200 Paradox What is a problem without a solution?
$400 To commemorate Muhammad’s ascension to heaven Why did Muslims build the Dome of the Rock
$600 The Temple According to Jewish belief, what should be built where the Dome of the Rock is located?
$800 Jerusalem In which city is the Dome of the Rock located?
$1000 Messiah According to Christian and Jewish belief, who will bring the people to heaven?
$200 Caliph Muslim political and religious leader
$400 Minaret A tall slender tower from which Muslims are called to pray.
$600 Sultan A Muslim political leader.
$800 Mosque Muslim house of worship
$1000 Pilgrimage Which one word best defines Hajj
$200 Egypt Islam spread into this place, famed for its river and in ancient times had the world’s largest library.
$400 Persia Islam spread to this place which is known today as Iran
$600 Byzantine and Persian One reason the Muslims were so successful in expanding their empire was the weakness of which two other empires?
$800 Tax Non-Muslims who were conquered had to pay a special what?
$1000 The Common Faith of Islam The key religious reason for the success of Muslim expansion was what?
$200 Shi’ites This faction felt that the Caliph should be a descendent Fatima and Ali?
$400 Leaders of the Muslim Community The Sunni believe that the Caliph should be chosen by whom?
$600 Sufis Muslim mystics who sought communion with Allah through meditation were called what?
$800 Sunnis What is the largest faction of Muslims in the world today?
$1000 Iran Shia Islam is most commonly practiced where in the world today?
$400 Damascus Where was the capital of the Umayyad Dynasty ?
$800 Abu al-Abbas What was the full name of the founder of the Abbassid Dynasty?
$1200 Ali’s son The Umayyads were disliked because they had defeated Ali and killed whom?
$1600 Iraq Baghdad was the capital of the Abbassid Dynasty and which modern day country?
$2000 Harun al-Rashid Which Abbassid ruler was seen as a “model ruler and as a symbol of wealth and splendor”?
$400 Muhammad al-Razi When choosing a site for a hospital, who would hang meat?
$800 Pass a test Physicians and pharmacists had to do what in order to practice medicine?
$1200 Emergency Rooms Hospitals were set up with separate wards for women and what other type of ward?
$1600 Ibn Sina aka Avicenna Which Persian doctor wrote Cannon on Medicine?
$2000 A Needle Muslim doctors developed a treatment for cataracts by inventing what?
$400 Turks & Mongols These two ethnic groups, who had converted to Islam, invaded India.
$800 The Delhi Sultanate What was the name of the first Muslim government in India?
$1200 Cultural Diffusion What is the term used to describe when two cultures come into contact and new, unique cultural practices emerge.
$1600 Sikhism and Urdu What are the names of the new religion and language that emerged in India as a result of Muslim rule?
$2000 Mumtaz Mahal For whom was the Taj Mahal built?
$400 Baghdad Which city was considered a center of learning and contained a large library?
$800 al-Kwarizmi Which mathematician also created charts for navigation by plotting the stars?
$1200 The Circumference of the Earth What calculation of the Muslims could have made Columbus’ voyage pointless?
$1600 The Thousand and One Nights What is the best known Arab collection of literature called?
$2000 Algebra The study of which subject was invented by Muslim mathematicians?
$400 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?
$800 Elaborate abstract and geometric designs With what did Muslims decorate the walls and ceilings of mosques?
$1200 Arabesque Appearing in rugs, glassware and textiles, what art style consisted of curved lines that suggest floral shapes?
$1600 The Dome What style of architecture was adapted from the Byzantines and used to cap mosques?
$2000 The Crystal Mosque What is the name of the Mosque located in Malaysia pictured here?
$400 The Byzantine Empire Which empire was defeated enabling the Ottomans to take control?
$800 Istanbul What was the name of the city that replaced Constantinople?
$1200 The Janissaries What was the name for the elite fighting force of the Ottoman Empire?
$ th century or 1900’s In which century did the Ottoman Empire fall?
$2000 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 Double People of the Book Muhammad referred to Muslims, Christians and Jews as what?
Daily Double 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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