Islamic Civilization

Desert herders who traveled from oasis to oasis in search of water were called

• Bedouin

• Sunnis

• Shia

• Sufis

followers of Muhammad who believed his son-in-law Ali should rule after Muhammad’s death

• Bedouin

• Shiites

• Sunnis

• Sufis

Caliphs who governed the empire from Damascus were called

• Bedouins

• Jews

• Persians

• Umayyads

The name given to followers of Islam

• Bedouins

• Christians

• Muslims

• Jews

Where did Muhammad and his followers travel during the Hijrah?

• Jerusalem to Baghdad

• Damascus to Jerusalem

• Mecca to Medina

• Baghdad to Alexandria

Islam teaches that Christians and Jews

• believe in false gods

• need to be converted

• are people of the book

• are also Muslims

The holy book of Islam is called the

• Yathrib

• Mosque

• Imam

• Qur'an

A Muslim place of worship is called

• Monotheism

• Hajj

• Mosque

• Allah

The Ka'bah is

• The party of Ali. They make up 10% of Muslims today.

• A journey to a sacred place.

• The founder of Islam.

• A shrine in Mecca, and one of the holiest places according to the Islamic faith.

Monotheism is

• Belief in one god.

• The only country with a Shiite majority.

• Shiite term which means the “divinely guided sinless successor of Muhammad.”

• A journey to a sacred place.