1    What does the word "Islam" mean?
      The word "Islam" means "submission to the will of Allah(god)".
2    Why did pilgrims visit the city of Mecca?
      It is because they pray to the idols in the Kaaba.
3    Why did some of the people of Mecca want to kill Mohammed?
      They were afraid that if people believed in Allah, nobody would come to worship other idols. Then they could not collect collect the money from the pilgrims.
4    Where did Mohammed go to escape? 
       Mohammed went to nearby the town of Medina to escape.
5    What was it that made poorer people take up Islam?
     Because Islam's teachings offered them a fairer society.
6    What did Muslims believe about the Koran?
     Muslims believed that the words in the Koran were those of Allah, spoken throuogh his prophet Mohammed.
7    What are the Five Pillars of Islam?
     1. They must pray five times a day. 2. They must not eat or drink during the daylight hours of Ramadan. 3. They must help the poor. 4. They must worship Allah as the only God. 5. They must visit the Kaaba at Mecca at least once in a lifetime.
8    What helped to spread Islam to different parts of the world?
     Muslim armies spread the Islamic religion eastwards to India and westwards across North Africa and into Spain.
9    What advances did Muslims make in science and mathematics?
      . (1).That the earth turned on its own axis and went round the sun.
       (2).Invented algebra and developed trigonometry.
       (3).Learned the numbers 1 to 9 from the Indians and it is believed they added the zero.  
10  What advance did they make in geography?
      They made the most accurate map at the time.
11  Name one famous Muslim story book.
      "Tales from the Arabian Nights".
12  How did Muslims help with the spread of culture?
     Muslim traders travlled to China ,India,Africa and Europe.This helped the spread of eastern andwestern cultures.