Islam 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 year was Muhammad
born in?
570 C.E
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 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
What city invited Muhammad
to come and live with them
when they were being
persecuted?
Medina
8 years after fleeing this city,
Muhammad had returned as a
conqueror.
Mecca
Before he died, Muhammad had taken over all
of this land -
Arabia
When Muhammad died, his
companion, named Abu Bakr,
took over and became the new
leader of the Muslims. What is
the title for this?
Caliph
What was a Caliph?
An Islamic Religious and
Political Leader
There are two major sects of
Islam, Sunni and Shia. Which
one of them felt that the line
of caliphs should have been
through Muhammad’s
bloodline beginning with his
son in law Ali ibn Abi Talib.
Shia
This dynasty took over the
Islamic empire after the first
four caliphs
Umayyad Dynasty
The Umayyad's moved the
capital of the Muslim Empire
from Mecca to this location
Damascus
What Empire overthrew the
Umayyad Empire?
The Abbasid Empire
When the Abassid Dynasty took control
of the Muslim Empire, they moved the
capital to this location.
Baghdad
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
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.
Sharia
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.
The 5 Pillars of
The Hejira marks
Mohammed’s flight from
Mecca to
Medina
When Muslims pray, they face
whatever direction this city is in
Mecca
At its height, the Islamic
empire expanded from
the Indus River Valley to the
Atlantic Ocean
In Baghdad, the Muslims
preserved the works of
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