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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)?