Geography | Life of Muhammad | Muslim Culture | Conflicts | Mr. Herman and Ms. Kirchmer |
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What is Trading
The location of the arabian peninsula made it important for this activity.
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Who is the angel Gabriel?
Muhammad received visions from this biblical figure.
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How many if five times a day?
How often Muslims pray.
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What is the Reconquista?
This is what drove the Muslims out of Spain.
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What is The College of New Jersey (TCNJ)?
This is where Mr. Herman and Ms. Kirchmer go to college
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What are trading centers
These developed around oases.
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What is the Qur'an?
This is the holy book of Islam.
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What is a hajj?
This is a pilgrimage to Makkah.
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What is Jerusalem
This is the city Christians hoped to reclaim in the Crusades.
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What is the New York Knicks?
This is Mr. Herman's favorite basketball team
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What are loose, cotton cloths
These are adaptions to the desert environment.
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What is a trader?
This was Muhammad's profession.
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What is shari'ah?
This is Islamic law.
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What is persecution?
This is what the Jews in Europe dealt with during the Crusades.
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What is hoop dancing?
This is Ms. Kichmer's favorite hobby
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What is a large, moveable tent
This describes the home that Bedouins lived in.
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What is a rejection of Muhammad's teachings?
This is how traders in Makkah reacted to Islam.
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What are mosques?
This is where Muslims go to pray.
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What is the ink of scholars?
Muslims are said to value this more than the blood of martyrs.
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What is Happy Potter!?
This was Mr. Herman's and Ms. Kirchmer's favorite book series growing up
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What is an irrigation system
This was how people in he peninsula were able to farm in the harsh environment.
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What is a prophet?
This describes a person who claims to be able to speak to holy beings.
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What are living beings?
Muslims are unable to draw these.
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What is the Ottoman Empire?
This Muslim empire maintained power from the 1300s to the 1900s.
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What is 1991?
This is the year Mr. Herman and Ms. Kirchmer were born in
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