§upa - Jeopardy Terms - 10 - The Rise and Spread of Islam
A list of Jeopardy terms relating to the rise and spread of Islam.
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- Spain
- Western European country that became part of the Arab Empire
- "Submission to God"
- What the word Islam means
- Medicine
- Health-care field in which Arabs excelled
- Desert
- Climate of the early Arabs' homeland
- Muhammad
- Founder of the Arab Empire
- Umayyad
- Dynasty that ruled as hereditary caliphs for 90 years
- Golden Age of Islam
- The first 100 years in power of the Abbasids, 750-850
- Generously, Tolerantly
- How the Arabs treated people they conquered
- Caliph
- Term for a successor of Muhammad
- Hajj
- Pilgrimage to Mecca
- Abu Bakr
- Muhammad's loyal friend, follower, and first successor
- Africa
- Continent whose northern border was conquered by the Arabs
- Pork
- Food forbidden to Muslims
- Medina
- City to which Muhammad fled and established his leadership
- Taxes
- Source of income for the Arab Empire
- Qu'ran ( Koran )
- Muslim book of scriptures, the sacred word of God as revealed to Muhammad
- Khadijah
- Wealthy businesswoman who married Muhammad
- Jews, Christians
- Muhammad believed Allah was the same god that these two religious groups worshipped.
- Almsgiving
- Muslims must do this for the needy.
- Ka'ba
- Holy shrine of Mecca that contains a sacred cubelike black structure
- Mecca
- City captured by Muhammad that became the center of Islam
- Liquor
- Beverage forbidden to Muslims
- Camel Driver (Caravan Trader)
- Muhammad's early profession
- House of Wisdom
- Library, academy, and translation center in Baghdad, a center for scholars
- Canon on Medicine
- Arab encyclopedia of medicine used in European medical schools for 500 years
- Algebra
- Type of mathematics invented by Muslim scholars
- Steel Swords
- Weapons from Damascus that became world famous
- Mecca
- Birthplace of Muhammad
- Damascus
- New capital of the Umayyad caliphs, in Syria
- Arabic
- Official language of the Arab Empire
- Yathrib
- Original name of the city of Medina
- Moors
- Christians' term for the Muslim people who conquered Spain
- Angel Gabriel
- Heavenly creature whose voice spoke to Muhammad
- Calligraphy
- Artistic use of flowing Arabic script
- Caliphates
- Term for the three parts of the later empire
- Prophet
- Muhammad's status
- Shari'a
- Muslim body of law, incorporating religious, criminal, and civil matters
- Imam
- Muslim prayer leader
- Living Creatures
- Things that could not be pictured by Islamic artists
- Tigris
- River on which Baghdad was built
- Arabic Numerals
- Type of numbers introduced to Europeans by Arab mathematicians
- Masjid ( Mosque )
- Muslim house of worship
- Alchemists
- Muslim scientists who tried to turn tin and lead into silver and gold
- Astrolabe
- Navigation instrument perfected by Muslim scientists
- Bedouins
- Nomads of Arabia
- Hijrah
- Muhammad's flight from Mecca to Medina in 622
- Fatimah
- Muhammad's daughter
- Ali
- Muhammad's son-in-law, the last of the Rightly Guided Caliphs
- Arabian Nights ( Thousand and One Nights )
- Popular collection of Persian tales
- "One who submits"
- Meaning of the word Muslim
- Mullah
- Men learned in Islamic faith and law; A male religious teacher or leader
- Persian Empire
- Empire to the east of Arabia taken over by the Arabs
- Spain
- European country that became a point of contact for Europeans and Muslim culture
- Baghdad
- New capital built by the Abbasid caliphs
- Crusades
- Events that brought Europeans into contact with Muslim culture
- Palestine, Syria
- Near Eastern countries to the north of Arabia taken over by the Arab Empire
- Minarets
- Slender towers built next to mosques
- "There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is his messenger" (prophet)
- Islamic creed that Muslims must recite
- Allah
- The one God of Islam
- Astronomers
- Muslim scientists who gave many stars their names
- Cordoba, Toledo
- Spanish cities that were centers of learning under the Arabs
- Egypt
- African country to the west of Arabia that became part of the Arab Empire
- Dome of the Rock
- Revered Muslim shrine in Jerusalem built in the 600s using Byzantine domes and arches
- Omar Khayyam
- Famed Persian scholar, astronomer, and poet, author of the Rubaiyat
- Herding
- Major occupation of Arabian nomads
- Red Sea
- Body of water on the west coast of Arabia
- Arabia
- Peninsula on which the early Arabs lived
- Election
- Method of choosing the first caliphs
- Facing Mecca
- Position in which Muslims must pray
- Abbasids
- Group that defeated the Umayyads to rule the empire
- Shi'ites
- Group of Muslims who favored caliphs chosen only from Muhammad's own family
- Geographers
- Muslim scientists who determined the earth might be round
- (Five) 5
- Number of times per day Muslims must pray
- Heredity
- How the title of caliph was passed on after the early caliphs
- ( Mohammad ) al-Razi ( Avicenna )
- Great physician and author of collection of medical knowledge
- Battle of Tours
- Battle in which the Arabs were turned back from their invasion of Europe (~_*732*_~)
- Hijrah
- Event that marks the first year of the Muslim calendar
- Ramadan
- Muslim holy month
- Fast
- What Muslims must do during the daylight hours of the holy month
- Sunnis
- Group of Muslims who favored electing any eligible, pious Muslim as caliph
- Byzantine Empire
- Empire to the north of the Arab Empire extending from Asia Minor into Europe