1. Islam Drill

2. This term means “submission to the will of God.”

3. Islam

4. What is the symbol for Islam?

6. The people who believe in Islam are called

7. Muslims

8. Who is the founder of Islam?

9. Muhammad

10. What year was Muhammad born in?

11. 570 C.E

12. What city was Muhammad from?

13. Mecca

14. Much of the trade (particularly that of idols) took place around a cubed stone temple called the

15. Ka’aba

16. What was the name of the angel that spoke with Muhammad in the cave near Mecca?

17. Gabriel

18. What is the name that Muslims use when referring to God?

19. Allah

20. The angel in the cave told Muhammad that the cubed stone temple (Kaaba) was built by

21. Abraham and Ishmael

22. Why did the Meccans initially resist Muhammad’s teachings?

23. Muhammad said the idols should be destroyed, and this made the people feared Mecca would lose its position as a pilgrimage center

24. What city invited Muhammad to come and live with them when they were being persecuted?

25. Medina

26. 8 years after fleeing this city, Muhammad had returned as a conqueror.

27. Mecca

28. Before he died, Muhammad had taken over all of this land -

29. Arabia

30. When Muhammad died, his companion, named Abu Bakr, took over and became the new leader of the Muslims. What is the title for this?

31. Caliph

32. What was a Caliph?

33. An Islamic Religious and Political Leader

34. There are two major sects of Islam, Sunni and Shia. Which one of them felt that the line of caliphs should have been through Muhammad’s bloodline beginning with his son in law Ali ibn Abi Talib.

35. Shia

36. This dynasty took over the Islamic empire after the first four caliphs

37. Umayyad Dynasty

38. The Umayyad's moved the capital of the Muslim Empire from Mecca to this location

39. Damascus

40. What Empire overthrew the Umayyad Empire?

41. The Abbasid Empire

42. When the Abassid Dynasty took control of the Muslim Empire, they moved the capital to this location.

43. Baghdad

44. When the Abassid Dynasty took control of the Muslim Empire, the Umayyad Dynasty was forced to retreat to this land in order to survive.

45. Spain

46. Islamic house of worship

47. Mosque

48. The holy book of Islam that contains the revelations that Muhammad received from the angel Gabriel

49. Qur’an (or Koran)

50. Who wrote the Koran?

51. Muhammad’s Followers

52. The system of law that regulates the family life, moral conduct, and business and community life of Muslims.

53. Sharia

54. The greatest contribution of Islamic culture to the West was

55. Scholarship

56. The Muslims used Hindu numbers to create a new type of math. What was it called?

57. Algebra

58. Which city is important to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?

59. Jerusalem

60. What geographic feature was a barrier between West African kingdoms and the Muslim Empire?

61. The Sahara Desert

62. What was the language and writing of the Muslims in Arabia called?

63. Arabic

64. Muhammad also said that all Muslims must perform five duties. What are these 5 duties called.

65. The 5 Pillars of

66. The Hejira marks Mohammed’s flight from Mecca to

67. Medina

68. When Muslims pray, they face whatever direction this city is in

69. Mecca

70. At its height, the Islamic empire expanded from

71. the Indus River Valley to the Atlantic Ocean

72. In Baghdad, the Muslims preserved the works of

73. Greece and Rome

74. In 1453, The Ottoman leader Mehmed II captured Constantinople. He changed the name of it to ________, and made the city the capital of the Ottoman Empire. 1453 AD

75. Istanbul