5 Second Islam

What was the purpose of the water wheel?

How did the Umayyads contribute to the spread of Islam?

What teaching by Muhammad most upset the leaders of Mecca?

Medieval Muslims adapted and improved the astrolabe to use for

What is the traditional goal of jihad?

Where did the Reconquista begin?

The ______________ records the words of God spoken by Gabriel to Muhammad

Because of a disagreement, Islam split into two branches. Which question separate the two branches?

The Mughal Empire carried Islam to

Why is Jerusalem holy to Muslims?

How did the Crusades make European monarchs stronger?

Why is the city of Mecca important in Muslim tradition?

Which group conquered the Byzantine Empire?

What would you most likely see if you went to Mecca during hajj?

According to Islamic teachings, what did the angel Gabriel tell Muhammad to do?

What is said to have happened on Muhammad’s Night Journey?

Which of these was an important result of paper making in the Muslim world?

Why do Muslims declare “There is no god, but God”

Which statement describes the effect of the Crusades on Jews?

How did the Muslim empire treat Jews and Christians differently from Muslims?

Why are 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 called Arabic numerals?

Why has Ibn Sina been called “the prince of physicians”?

What geographic feature made Mecca a wealthy city?

Why do mosques all over the world have fresh, flowing water?

For Muslims, praying five times a day is an act that emphasizes

What was the overall purpose of the Christians in the Crusades?

Unlike the first three Crusades, some later Crusades were primarily movements of

Why did the leaders of Mecca want to keep polytheism?

Why did Muslims who conquered non-Muslims usually leave them free to practice their own religion?

Cairo, in Egypt, became known for its

What did the Inquisition accuse converts to Christianity of doing?

Who set up Christian kingdoms in Palestine and Syria in the early 1100s?

How is daily life different for Muslims during Ramadan?

What is cultural diffusion?

How did Muslims contribute to European knowledge of Plato and Aristotle?

The fifth Pillar of Islam is a pilgrimage. How is it different from the other pillars?

What event in 1095 led Pope Urban II to call Christians to a religious war?

What took Muhammad to places beyond the Arabian Peninsula

What resulted from the Seljuk Turks taking over Jerusalem in 1076?

The Sunnah contains

Islam, Judaism, and Christianity have much in common including

Where did the number zero come from?

A chart listing the Five Pillars of Islam would include which of the following?

The third Pillar of Islam is zakat, which means “purification.” Muslims observe this pillar by

What do the products cotton, melons, apricots and pepper have in common?

The word Muslim means one who

How did Salah al-Din change conditions in the Middle East?