Islam Drill

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

Islam

What is the symbol for Islam?

The people who believe in Islam are called

Muslims

Who is the founder of Islam?

Muhammad

What year was Muhammad born in?

570 C.E

What city was Muhammad from?

Mecca

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

Ka’aba

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

Gabriel

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

Allah

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

Abraham and Ishmael

Why did the Meccans initially resist Muhammad’s teachings?

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

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

Medina

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

Mecca

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

Arabia

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

Caliph

What was a Caliph?

An Islamic Religious and Political Leader

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.

Shia

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

Umayyad Dynasty

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

Damascus

What Empire overthrew the Umayyad Empire?

The Abbasid Empire

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

Baghdad

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

Spain

Islamic house of worship

Mosque

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

Qur’an (or Koran)

Who wrote the Koran?

Muhammad’s Followers

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

Sharia

The greatest contribution of Islamic culture to the West was

Scholarship

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

Algebra

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

Jerusalem

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

The Sahara Desert

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

Arabic

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

The 5 Pillars of

The Hejira marks Mohammed’s flight from Mecca to

Medina

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

Mecca

At its height, the Islamic empire expanded from

the Indus River Valley to the Atlantic Ocean

In Baghdad, the Muslims preserved the works of

Greece and Rome

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 AD

Istanbul