unit 5

Question 1

Land between rivers

Answer 1

Mesopotamia

Question 2

Exotic rivers

Answer 2

Tigris and Euphrates

Question 3

One of the two main branches of Islam, majority of Islams

Answer 3

Sunni

Question 4

Islamic houses of worship

Answer 4

Mosque

Question 5

A place where a spring bubbles to the surface in desert areas and plant grow

Answer 5

Oasis

Question 6

A follower of the religion of Islam

Answer 6

Muslims

Question 7

The word god in Arabic

Answer 7

Allah

Question 8

The first people to start a civilization

Answer 8

Summerians

Question 9

conquered the Sumerian cities (roughly 2350 BC), creating the first real empire in the area

Answer 9

Akkadians

Question 10

had a dream that god made him the leaders for the Muslims and established the center Muslims community

Answer 10

Muhammad

Question 11

speaking two languages

Answer 11

Bilingualism

Question 12

Conquered Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, and the rulers who came to power in the 1500’s was called

Answer 12

Safavids

Question 13

Choose to practice Shi’ism

Answer 13

Shaites

Question 14

Mountain range in Afghanistan

Answer 14

Hindu Kush

Question 15

The holy book of Islam (like the bible of Christianity)

Answer 15

Koran

Question 16

The holy city of Islam

Answer 16

Mecca

Question 17

The movement of Jewish people to Israel to protect them during the Holocaust

Answer 17

Zionism

Question 18

Large minority group in the Persian Gulf

Answer 18

Kurds

Question 19

Ottoman rulers

Answer 19

Sultans

Question 20

The killing of a mass amount of people during WW2

Answer 20

Holocaust

Question 21

A region in Israel and Palestine where the Jewish settles

Answer 21

West Bank

Question 22

The eastern part of the roman Empire which became known as

Answer 22

Byzantine Empire

Question 23

The pillar of Islam meaning “There is no God, but God. Muhammad(or Allah) is a prophet.”

Answer 23

Shahada (first pillar)

Question 24

performing ritual prayers in the proper way five times each day

Answer 24

Salat (second pillar)

Question 25

fasting during the month of Ramadan

Answer 25

Sawm (third pillar)

Question 26

The pillar of Islam that requires almsgiving - or donating a portion of money to the poor

Answer 26

Zakat (fourth pillar)

Question 27

taking at least one trip to Mecca per year

Answer 27

Hajj (fifth pillar)

Question 28

The dominate language in the region

Answer 28

Arabic

Question 29

The worlds first civilization develops in an area known as

Answer 29

The Fertile Crescent

Question 30

Rivers that begins in the humid regions and then flow across dry areas

Answer 30

Exotic Rivers