Chapter 12

Question 1

Oasis

Answer 1

Is a wet fertile area in a desert

Question 2

Caravan

Answer 2

A group of traders that travel together.

Question 3

Muhammad

Answer 3

He brought a new religion to Arabia

Question 4

Islam

Answer 4

The messages Muhammad received form the basis of the religion called Islam.

Question 5

Muslim

Answer 5

A follower of Islam.

Question 6

Qur’an

Answer 6

The holy book of Islam

Question 7

Pilgrimage

Answer 7

A journey to a sacred place.

Question 8

Mosque

Answer 8

Or building for Muslim prayer,

Question 9

Jihad

Answer 9

Which means “to make an effort or to struggle”

Question 10

Sunnah

Answer 10

Refers to the way Muhammad lived, which provides a model for the duties and the way of life expected of Muslims.

Question 11

Five Pillars of Islam

Answer 11

Which are five acts of worship required of all Muslims

Question 12

Abu Bakr

Answer 12

One of Muhammad’s first converts, to be the next leader of the Islam

Question 13

Caliph

Answer 13

A title that Muslims use for the highest leader of Islam.

Question 14

Tolerance

Answer 14

Or acceptance.

Question 15

Janissaries

Answer 15

Slave soldiers converted to Islam and became fierce warriors

Question 16

Mehmed II

Answer 16

in 1453, Ottomans led by Mehmed II used huge cannons to conquer Constantinople

Question 17

Suleyman I

Answer 17

The Ottoman Empire reached its height under Suleyman.

Question 18

Shia

Answer 18

They were Muslims who taught that only Muhammad’s descendants could become caliphs.

Question 19

Sunni

Answer 19

He didn’t think caliphs had to be related to Muhammad

Question 20

Ibn Battutah

Answer 20

The explorer’s ibn Buttatah traveled to Africa, India, China and Spain in the 1320s.

Question 21

Sufism

Answer 21

Others focused on spiritual issues leading to movement called Sufism

Question 22

Omar Khayyam

Answer 22

One of the most famous Sufi poets was him

Question 23

Patrons

Answer 23

Or sponsors

Question 24

Minaret

Answer 24

Or narrow tower from where Muslims are called to prayer.

Question 25

Calligraphy,

Answer 25

Or decorative writing.