§upa - Jeopardy Terms - 10 - The Rise and Spread of Islam Flashcards

A list of Jeopardy terms relating to the rise and spread of Islam.

10324333	Arabia	Peninsula on which the early Arabs lived	0
10324334	Desert	Climate of the early Arabs' homeland	1
10324335	Mecca	Birthplace of Muhammad	2
10324336	Moors	Christians' term for the Muslim people who conquered Spain	3
10324337	Herding	Major occupation of Arabian nomads	4
10324338	Bedouins	Nomads of Arabia	5
10324339	Medina	City to which Muhammad fled and established his leadership	6
10324340	Mecca	City captured by Muhammad that became the center of Islam	7
10324341	Red Sea	Body of water on the west coast of Arabia	8
10324342	Africa	Continent whose northern border was conquered by the Arabs	9
10324343	Spain	Western European country that became part of the Arab Empire	10
10324344	Persian Empire	Empire to the east of Arabia taken over by the Arabs	11
10324345	Byzantine Empire	Empire to the north of the Arab Empire extending from Asia Minor into Europe	12
10324346	Palestine, Syria	Near Eastern countries to the north of Arabia taken over by the Arab Empire	13
10324347	Egypt	African country to the west of Arabia that became part of the Arab Empire	14
10324348	Tigris	River on which Baghdad was built	15
10324349	Khadijah	Wealthy businesswoman who married Muhammad	16
10324350	Yathrib	Original name of the city of Medina	17
10324351	Damascus	New capital of the Umayyad caliphs, in Syria	18
10324352	Baghdad	New capital built by the Abbasid caliphs	19
10324353	Cordoba, Toledo	Spanish cities that were centers of learning under the Arabs	20
10324354	Muhammad	Founder of the Arab Empire	21
10324355	Generously, Tolerantly	How the Arabs treated people they conquered	22
10324356	Arabic	Official language of the Arab Empire	23
10324357	Caliph	Term for a successor of Muhammad	24
10324358	Golden Age of Islam	The first 100 years in power of the Abbasids, 750-850	25
10324359	Camel Driver (Caravan Trader)	Muhammad's early profession	26
10324360	Election	Method of choosing the first caliphs	27
10324361	Heredity	How the title of caliph was passed on after the early caliphs	28
10324362	Taxes	Source of income for the Arab Empire	29
10324363	Battle of Tours	Battle in which the Arabs were turned back from their invasion of Europe (~_732_~)	30
10324364	Fatimah	Muhammad's daughter	31
10324365	Abu Bakr	Muhammad's loyal friend, follower, and first successor	32
10324366	Ali	Muhammad's son-in-law, the last of the Rightly Guided Caliphs	33
10324367	Hijrah	Muhammad's flight from Mecca to Medina in 622	34
10324368	Umayyad	Dynasty that ruled as hereditary caliphs for 90 years	35
10324369	Shi'ites	Group of Muslims who favored caliphs chosen only from Muhammad's own family	36
10324370	Sunnis	Group of Muslims who favored electing any eligible, pious Muslim as caliph	37
10324371	Abbasids	Group that defeated the Umayyads to rule the empire	38
10324372	Caliphates	Term for the three parts of the later empire	39
10324373	Shari'a	Muslim body of law, incorporating religious, criminal, and civil matters	40
10324374	Algebra	Type of mathematics invented by Muslim scholars	41
10324375	Arabic Numerals	Type of numbers introduced to Europeans by Arab mathematicians	42
10324376	Medicine	Health-care field in which Arabs excelled	43
10324377	Living Creatures	Things that could not be pictured by Islamic artists	44
10324378	Calligraphy	Artistic use of flowing Arabic script	45
10324379	Alchemists	Muslim scientists who tried to turn tin and lead into silver and gold	46
10324380	Astronomers	Muslim scientists who gave many stars their names	47
10324381	Geographers	Muslim scientists who determined the earth might be round	48
10324382	Arabian Nights ( Thousand and One Nights )	Popular collection of Persian tales	49
10324383	Spain	European country that became a point of contact for Europeans and Muslim culture	50
10324384	Crusades	Events that brought Europeans into contact with Muslim culture	51
10324385	Minarets	Slender towers built next to mosques	52
10324386	Astrolabe	Navigation instrument perfected by Muslim scientists	53
10324387	Canon on Medicine	Arab encyclopedia of medicine used in European medical schools for 500 years	54
10324388	Omar Khayyam	Famed Persian scholar, astronomer, and poet, author of the Rubaiyat	55
10324389	( Mohammad ) al-Razi ( Avicenna )	Great physician and author of collection of medical knowledge	56
10324390	Steel Swords	Weapons from Damascus that became world famous	57
10324391	Dome of the Rock	Revered Muslim shrine in Jerusalem built in the 600s using Byzantine domes and arches	58
10324392	House of Wisdom	Library, academy, and translation center in Baghdad, a center for scholars	59
10324393	Allah	The one God of Islam	60
10324394	Qu'ran ( Koran )	Muslim book of scriptures, the sacred word of God as revealed to Muhammad	61
10324395	Masjid ( Mosque )	Muslim house of worship	62
10324396	Prophet	Muhammad's status	63
10324397	Pork	Food forbidden to Muslims	64
10324398	Liquor	Beverage forbidden to Muslims	65
10324399	(Five) 5	Number of times per day Muslims must pray	66
10324400	Facing Mecca	Position in which Muslims must pray	67
10324401	Almsgiving	Muslims must do this for the needy.	68
10324402	Fast	What Muslims must do during the daylight hours of the holy month	69
10324403	Mullah	Men learned in Islamic faith and law; A male religious teacher or leader	70
10324404	Jews, Christians	Muhammad believed Allah was the same god that these two religious groups worshipped.	71
10324405	Hajj	Pilgrimage to Mecca	72
10324406	Angel Gabriel	Heavenly creature whose voice spoke to Muhammad	73
10324407	Ka'ba	Holy shrine of Mecca that contains a sacred cubelike black structure	74
10324408	"Submission to God"	What the word Islam means	75
10324409	"There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is his messenger" (prophet)	Islamic creed that Muslims must recite	76
10324410	Imam	Muslim prayer leader	77
10324411	Ramadan	Muslim holy month	78
10324412	"One who submits"	Meaning of the word Muslim	79
10324413	Hijrah	Event that marks the first year of the Muslim calendar	80