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Jeopardy 10
The Rise and Spread of Islam
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History
10th Grade
04/11/2007

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Peninsula on which the early Arabs lived
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Arabia
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Climate of the early Arabs' homeland
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desert
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Birthplace of Muhammad
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Mecca
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Christians' term for the Muslim people who conquered Spain
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the Moors
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Major occupation of Arabian nomads
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herding
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Nomads of Arabia
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the Bedouins
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City to which Muhammad fled and established his leadership
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Medina
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City captured by Muhammad that became the center of Islam
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Mecca
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Body of water on the west coast of Arabia
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the Red Sea
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Continent whose northern border was conquered by the Arabs
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Africa
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Western European country that became part of the Arab Empire
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Spain
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Empire to the east of Arabia taken over by the Arabs
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the Persian Empire
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Empire to the north of the Arab Empire extending from Asia Minor into Europe
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the Byzantine Empire
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Near Eastern countries to the north of Arabia taken over by the Arab Empire
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Palestine and Syria
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African country to the west of Arabia that became part of the Arab Empire
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Egypt
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River on which Baghdad was built
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the Tigris
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Wealthy businesswoman who married Muhammad
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Khadijah
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Original name of the city of Medina
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Yathrib
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New capital of the Umayyad caliphs, in Syria
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Damascus
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New capital built by the Abbasid caliphs
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Baghdad
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Spanish cities that were centers of learning under the Arabs
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Cordoba and Toledo
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Founder of the Arab Empire
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Muhammad
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How the Arabs treated people they conquered
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generously/tolerantly
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Official language of the Arab Empire
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Arabic
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Term for a successor of Muhammad
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a caliph
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The first 100 years in power of the Abbasids, 750-850
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the Golden Age of Islam
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Muhammad's early profession
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a camel driver (or caravan trader)
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Method of choosing the first caliphs
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by election
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How the title of caliph was passed on after the early caliphs
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by heredity
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Source of income for the Arab Empire
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taxes
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Battle in which the Arabs were turned back from their invasion of Europe
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the Battle of Tours
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Muhammad's daughter, who established her own dynasty in North Africa and western Arabia
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Fatima
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Muhammad's loyal friend, follower, and first successor
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Abu Bakr
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Muhammad's son-in-law, the last of the Rightly Guided Caliphs
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Ali
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Muhammad's flight from Mecca to Medina in 622
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the Hijrah (Hegira)
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Dynasty that ruled as hereditary caliphs for 90 years
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the Umayyad
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Group of Muslims who favored caliphs chosen only from Muhammad's own family
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the Shi'ites
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Group of Muslims who favored electing any eligible, pious Muslim as caliph
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the Sunnis
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Group that defeated the Umayyads to rule the empire
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the Abbasids
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Term for the three parts of the later empire
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a caliphate
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Muslim body of law, incorporating religious, criminal, and civil matters
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the Shari'a
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Type of mathematics invented by Muslim scholars
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algebra
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Type of numbers introduced to Europeans by Arab mathematicians
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Arabic numerals
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Health-care field in which Arabs excelled
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medicine
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Things that could not be pictured by Islamic artists
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living creatures
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Artistic use of flowing Arabic script
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calligraphy
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Muslim scientists who tried to turn tin and lead into silver and gold
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alchemists
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Muslim scientists who gave many stars their names
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astronomers
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Muslim scientists who determined the earth might be round
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geographers
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Popular collection of Persian tales
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The Thousand and One Nights (The Arabian Nights)
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European country that became a point of contact for Europeans and Muslim culture
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Spain
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Events that brought Europeans into contact with Muslim culture
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the Crusades
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Slender towers built next to mosques
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minarets
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Navigation instrument perfected by Muslim scientists
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the astrolabe
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Arab encyclopedia of medicine used in European medical schools for 500 years
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the Canon on Medicine
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Famed Persian scholar, astronomer, and poet, author of the Rubaiyat
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Omar Khayyam
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Great physician and author of collection of medical knowledge
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al-Razi, or Avicenna
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Weapons from Damascus that became world famous
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steel swords
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Revered Muslim shrine in Jerusalem built in the 600s using Byzantine domes and arches
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the Dome of the Rock
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Library, academy, and translation center in Baghdad, a center for scholars
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the House of Wisdom
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The one God of Islam
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Allah
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Muslim book of scriptures, the sacred word of God as revealed to Muhammad
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the Qur'an
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Muslim house of worship
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a masjid (or mosque)
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Muhammad's status
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a prophet (the last and greatest)
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Food forbidden to Muslims
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pork
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Beverage forbidden to Muslims
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liquor (alcoholic beverages)
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Number of times per day Muslims must pray
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five
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Position in which Muslims must pray
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facing Mecca
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Muslims must do this for the needy.
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give alms (charity)
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What Muslims must do during the daylight hours of the holy month
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fast
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Men learned in Islamic faith and law
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mullahs
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Muhammad believed Allah was the same god that these two religious groups worshipped.
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the Jews and Christians
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Pilgrimage to Mecca
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a hajj
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Heavenly creature whose voice spoke to Muhammad
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the angel Gabriel
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Holy shrine of Mecca that contains a sacred cubelike black structure
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the Ka'aba
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What the word Islam means
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"submission to God"
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Islamic creed that Muslims must recite
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"There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is his prophet."
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Muslim prayer leader
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an imam
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Muslim holy month
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Ramadan
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Meaning of the word Muslim
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"one who submits"
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Event that marks the first year of the Muslim calendar
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the Hijrah (Hegira)
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