Download History of the Middle East Jeopardy Unit 2: The Medieval Middle East

History of the Middle East Jeopardy Unit 2: The Medieval Middle East
The Umayyads
200 – Look in this Syrian capital to find the Umayyad mosque – What is Damascus?
400 – Prior to converting to Islam, the Umayyads were successful business people in this
holy city – What is Mecca?
600 – Umayyad leadership maintained a major caravan route from Syria to this south
Arabian nation – What is Yemen?
800 – These are two of the deadly sins in which Umayyad leaders were known to indulge
– What are drinking and sexual immorality?
1000 – Prior to becoming the leader, Mu’awiya served the Prophet Muhammad in this
capacity – What is as a scribe/secretary?
The Crusades
200 – Byzantine Emperor who requested assistance from Pope Urban II – Who is Alexius
Comenius or Alexius I?
400 – Two of the four chief Christian principalities that resulted from the First Crusade –
What are Antioch, Edessa, Tripoli, Acre, and Jerusalem?
600 – DAILY DOUBLE Nicholas of Cologne was the leader of this crusade – What is
the Children’s Crusade?
800 – A massacre at Acre by Richard the Lionhearted was an event during this crusade –
What is the Third?
1000 – Pious leader of the failed Seventh and Eighth Crusades – Who is Louis IX?
Who’s Who?
200 – Called for the Second Crusade – Who is Bernard of Clairvaux?
400 – Presided of the conquest of Jerusalem in 1187 – Who is Saladin?
600 – Established the House of Wisdom – Who is Mamun?
800 – Two sons of Ali whom Shiites venerate – Who are Hasan and Husayn?
1000 – He built up Cordoba from a backwoods Islamic province to a thriving cultural
center – Who is Abd al Rahman I?
Century Certainty
200 – The Umayyads were replaced as caliphs by the Abbasids in this century – What is
the eighth (750)?
400 – Century in which the Prophet began to experience his visions – What is the seventh
(620)?
600 – Century in which Jerusalem was conquered by the Romans and the Second Temple
destroyed – What is the first (70)?
800 – DAILY DOUBLE Century during which the Spanish Reconquista from the Moors
was completed – What is the 15th century (1492)?
1000 – Century during which Jerusalem’s Dome of the Rock was first constructed –
What is the seventh century (691)?
Rhyme Time Word Play
200 – This term of leadership in Islam rhymes with rock-n-roll-a – What is ayatollah?
400 – A queen bee or bee-mom rhymes with this religious specialist – What is an imam?
600 – All American Dad might want to visit this Abbasid capital – What is Baghdad?
800 – If someone who barges in would be called a barge – ite it would sound like this
type of fanatical Muslim - What is a Kharjite?
1000 – This leader might like words that that are onomatopoeia – Who is Mu’awiya?
Name that Place
200 – The sultan of this North African nation made an alliance with crusaders to enable
the capture of Jerusalem in the Sixth Crusade – What is Egypt?
400 – Nation known for small size but large and angry Shiite population – What is
Bahrain?
600 – People in this nation having being staging revolts against President Assad – What
is Syria?
800 – One of the two places in Palestine that contain major Palestinian populations –
What is Gaza Strip or West Bank?
1000 – Name that Muslims gave to Spain during the 9th through 15th centuries – What is
al-Andalus?
Final Jeopardy
Current Events
Over the weekend, former Egyptian president Mubarak has threatened to take this action
– What is to sue Egypt (based on what he said are false accusations)?