1. Islamic Civilization from 600-1000 C.E. 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 city was Muhammad from?

11. Mecca

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

13. Ka’aba

14. What year was Muhammad born in?

15. 570 C.E

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. Muhammad sent some of the Muslims to this Christian Kingdom in Africa to seek refuge from the people of Mecca

25. Axum

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

27. Medina

28. What was this migration from Mecca to Medina known as?

29. Hijrah

30. 8 years after fleeing this city, Muhammad had returned as a conqueror.

31. Mecca

32. Before he died, Muhammad had taken over much of this land

33. Arabia

34. When Muhammad died, who became the new leader of the Muslim Empire

35. Abu Bakr

36. Abu Bakr was both a political and religious leader for the Muslim Empire. What is the title for this?

37. Caliph

38. What is the name for the group of Muslims that felt the line of caliphs should have been through Muhammad’s bloodline beginning with his son in law Ali ibn Abi Talib.

39. Shia

40. What was the name for the group of Muslims that felt the Caliph should be elected

41. Sunni

42. How many Caliphs would there be?

43. 4

44. The last Caliph, Ali, was assassinated. This Dynasty would emerge as the new leaders of Islam

45. Umayyad Dynasty

46. The Umayyad Dynasty would expand the territory of the Muslims from the _______ ocean to the ______river

47. Atlantic Ocean to the Indus River

48. How were the Muslims able to take all of this territory?

49. Through War and Conquest

50. The Umayyad Dynasty moved the capital from Mecca to this land in Syria

51. Damascus

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

53. Spain

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

55. Baghdad

56. Term for an Islamic house of worship

57. Mosque

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

59. Qur’an (or Koran)

60. Who wrote the Koran?

61. Muhammad’s Followers

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

63. Shari’a

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

65. Scholarship

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

67. Algebra

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

69. Jerusalem

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

71. The Sahara Desert

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

73. Arabic

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

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

77. Mecca

78. What is the Pilgrimage to Mecca called?

79. The Hajj

80. In Baghdad, the Muslims preserved the works of these two civilizations

81. Greece and Rome

82. 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

83. Istanbul