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JEOPARDY. The Spread of Islam to Africa. Categories. 100. 200. 300. 400. 500. Early Africa. 100. 200. 300. 400. 500. The Mali Empire. 100. 200. 300. 400. 500. The Songhay Empire. 100. 200. 300. 400. 500. Important People. 500. Important Events. 100. 200. 300. 400.
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JEOPARDY The Spread of Islam to Africa
Categories 100 200 300 400 500 Early Africa 100 200 300 400 500 The Mali Empire 100 200 300 400 500 The Songhay Empire 100 200 300 400 500 Important People 500 Important Events 100 200 300 400 100 200 300 400 500 Vocabulary
These were the three western African kingdoms in order. What were Ghana, Mali, and the Songhay Empire?
This is what the Romans called Africa. What was Ifriqiya?
This was the name for the African societies organized around kinship or obligation and lacking the power of a formal state. What were stateless societies ?
This is what Arabs used to refer to lands in the west of Africa. What was the Maghrib ?
These were the two reformist movements that took place among the northern Berbers in Africa and helped spread Islam into the interior. Who were the Almoravids and the Almohadis?
The court life and intrigue of Harun al-Rashid’s Empire were featured in this collection of stories. What was the Thousand and One Nights ?
These were the Turkic Slaves who became Islamic rulers of Egypt. Who were the Mamluks?
They were the Orthodox Islamic scholars who often opposed scientific thought and non-Islamic ideas. Who were the Ulama ?
This leader and group smashed the Turko-Persian kingdoms and in 1238 captured Baghdad and killed the last Abbasid caliph. Who were the Mongols and Hulegu?
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This Islamic philosopher and theologian tried to fuse ancient Greek scholarship with the traditions of the Qur’an Who was al-Ghazali
These were the Islamic mystics who helped spread Islam throughout Asia and often used drugs, dancing, meditation or songs to establish a trance like state. Who were the Sufi Mystics?
This work by Omar Khayyam was the epitome of Islamic literature and is still a best seller in the west. What was the Rubaiyat ?
He was the leader of the Seljuk Turks, who reconquered most the Holy Lands taken by the Crusaders in the Middle East. Who was Saladin?
This city was the last Christian Crusader stronghold in the Middle East and fell to the Turks in 1291. What was Acre?
He was the Islamic scholar who classified all material substances into animal, vegetable and mineral. Who was al-Rhazi ?
In 945 this splinter dynasty conquered Baghdad and controlled the Abbasid Caliphs and took this title which means victorious in Arabic. What were the Buyids?
She was Muhammad’s widow and actively promoted the claims of the Umayyad clan against the forces of Ali. Who was Aisha ?
This is another name for the traditions established by Muhammad. What are hadiths?
These were a series of military adventures launched by western Christians to free the Holy Land and to distract meddlesome nobles from the affairs of the church and state. What were the Crusades? ( 1st one successful)
This was the history written about Persia from the creation to the Islamic conquests. What was Shah-Nama? ( book of Kings)
“Don’t Choke!” Daily Double
He was the Muslim historian who developed the concept that dynasties of nomadic conquerors had a cycle of three generations, strong, weak, and dissolute. Who was Ibn Khaldun?
He was able to calculate the specific weight of 18 major minerals. Who was al-Biruni?
He was the great Mongol commander who conquered lands from China to Persia in the early 13th century. Who was Chinggis Khan?
He was the Arab general who conquered the Sind in India and declared the region and the Indus valley to be part of the Umayyad Empire. Who was Muhammad ibn Qasim?
This was the third ruler of the Turkish slave dynasty in Afghanistan who led raids into India and sacked and looted one of the wealthiest Hindu temples in northern India. Who was Mahmud of Ghazni?
He was the military commander and ruler of a small mountain kingdom in Afghanistan who began the conquest and subsequent political control of northern India. Who was Muhammad of Ghur?
This was the lieutenant of Muhammad of Ghur who took over after the general’s assassination and established his capital at Delhi on the Jumna River. Who was Qutb-ud-din-Aibak? ( easy for you to say)
This was the name for the Hindu groups dedicated to gods and goddesses who stressed strong emotional ties between the devotees and god and goddesses. Who were the Bhaktic Cults?
He was a Muslim mystic and weaver who played the down the religious differences between Hinduism and Islam. Who was Kabir?
The Islamic rulers of the Indo-Gangetic plain and fought with each other, Hindu princes for control of the Indian heartland. What were the Delhi Sultanates or the Sultans of Delhi?