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Islamic Civilization from
600-1000 C.E.
Drill
This term means “submission
to the will of God.”
Islam
What is the symbol for Islam?
The people who believe in
Islam are called
Muslims
Who is the founder of
Islam?
Muhammad
What city was Muhammad
from?
Mecca
Much of the trade
(particularly that of idols)
took place around a cubed
stone temple called the
Ka’aba
What year was Muhammad
born in?
570 C.E
What was the name of the
angel that spoke with
Muhammad in the cave near
Mecca?
Gabriel
What is the name that
Muslims use when referring to
God?
Allah
The angel in the cave told
Muhammad that the cubed
stone temple (Kaaba) was built
by
Abraham and
Ishmael
Why did the Meccans initially
resist Muhammad’s teachings?
Muhammad said the idols should be
destroyed, and this made the people
feared Mecca would lose its position as a
pilgrimage center
Muhammad sent some of the
Muslims to this Christian Kingdom
in Africa to seek refuge from the
people of Mecca
Axum
What city invited Muhammad
to come and live with them
when they were being
persecuted?
Medina
What was this migration from
Mecca to Medina known as?
Hijrah
8 years after fleeing this city,
Muhammad had returned as a
conqueror.
Mecca
Before he died, Muhammad
had taken over much of this
land
Arabia
When Muhammad died, who
became the new leader of the
Muslim Empire
Abu Bakr
Abu Bakr was both a political and
religious leader for the Muslim
Empire. What is the title for
this?
Caliph
What is the name for the
group of Muslims that felt the
line of caliphs should have
been through Muhammad’s
bloodline beginning with his
son in law Ali ibn Abi Talib.
Shia
What was the name for the group
of Muslims that felt the Caliph
should be elected
Sunni
How many Caliphs would there
be?
4
The last Caliph, Ali, was
assassinated. This Dynasty
would emerge as the new
leaders of Islam
Umayyad Dynasty
The Umayyad Dynasty would
expand the territory of the
Muslims from the _______ ocean
to the ______river
Atlantic Ocean to the Indus River
How were the Muslims able to
take all of this territory?
Through War and Conquest
The Umayyad Dynasty moved
the capital from Mecca to this
land in Syria
Damascus
When the Abassid Dynasty took control of the
Muslim Empire, the Umayyad Dynasty was forced to
retreat to this land in order to survive.
Spain
When the Abassid Dynasty took control
of the Muslim Empire, they moved the
capital to this location.
Baghdad
Term for an Islamic house of
worship
Mosque
The holy book of Islam that contains
the revelations that Muhammad
received from the angel Gabriel
Qur’an (or Koran)
Who wrote the Koran?
Muhammad’s Followers
The system of law that
regulates the family life,
moral conduct, and business
and community life of Muslims.
Shari’a
The greatest
contribution of Islamic
culture to the West was
Scholarship
The Muslims used Hindu
numbers to create a new type
of math. What was it called?
Algebra
Which city is important to
Judaism, Christianity, and
Islam?
Jerusalem
What geographic
feature was a
barrier between
West African
kingdoms and
the Muslim Empire?
The Sahara Desert
What was the language and writing of
the Muslims in Arabia called?
Arabic
Muhammad also said that all
Muslims must perform five
duties. What are these 5
duties called.
When Muslims pray, they face
whatever direction this city is in
Mecca
What is the Pilgrimage to Mecca
called?
The Hajj
In Baghdad, the Muslims
preserved the works of these
two civilizations
Greece and Rome
1453 AD
In 1453, The
Ottoman leader
Mehmed II
captured
Constantinople. He
changed the name
of it to
________, and
made the city the
capital of the
Ottoman Empire.
Istanbul