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The holy book of Islam. What is the Quran? Category 1 Question 1
The only true God of Islam Who is Allah? Category 1 Question 2
Green areas fed by underground water What are oases? Category 1 Question 3
Successor to the Messenger of God/Leaders of Islam after Muhammad died What is a caliph? Category 1 Question 4
This group makes up the majority of Muslims today. What are Sunnis? Category 1 Question 5
Iran and Iraq have the largest populations of this group/smaller of two major sects of Islam What are Shiites? Category 2 Question 1
The name given to a leader of early Arab tribes What is a sheikh? Category 2 Question 2
A Muslim house of worship What is a mosque? Category 2 Question 3
A marketplace in a Muslim city What is a bazaar? Category 2 Question 4
The name given to the leader of the Seljuk Turks/ means “Holder of Power” What is the sultan? Category 2 Question 5
Desert herders that drank milk of their animals, lived in tents, and ate dried fruits and nuts Who are the Bedouins? Category 3 Question 1
Many Arabs who transported goods across the desert. What are merchants? Category 3 Question 2
Muhammad felt wealthy people should do these things. Honor their families, be fair in business, and help the poor. Category 3 Question 3
He was known as the greatest Ottoman ruler. Suleiman I Category 3 Question 4
In AD 610, Muhammad was Visited by an angel and was told to instruct people to do this. Worship only Allah, and destroy statues of any other gods. Category 3 Question 5
This group of caliphs made Damascus their capital and expanded the empire to areas such as N. Africa and Spain Who are the Umayyads? Category 4 Question 1
According to Muhammad, this was more important than wealth. What is leading a good life? Category 4 Question 2
When the day of Judgment arrived, God would ______ the good people and _______ the evildoers. What is reward, punish? Category 4 Question 3
The name of the journey Muhammad took from Makkah to Yathrib, which was renamed Madinah. What is the Hijrah? Category 4 Question 4
Category 4 Question 5 The Mongols burned Baghdad to the ground in 1258, and marked the end of this What is the Arab empire?