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Chapter 12 The Islamic World Flashcards

Geography and Religion

1
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What is an Oasis?

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a wet fertile area in the desert

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What is a Caravan?

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A group of traders that travel together

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What is a follower of Islam called?

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Muslim

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Who was Muhammad?

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The Prophet of Islam:
founder of Islam

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The messages Muhammad received form the basis of what religion?

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Islam

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What is the holy book of Islam called?

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Qur’an

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What is a pilgrimage?

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a journey to a sacred place

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influence

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The power to have an effect on someone or something

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mosque

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building for Muslim Prayer

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jihad

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to make an effort or to struggle

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Sunnah

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the way Muhammad lived, provides a model for the duties and the way of life expected of Muslims

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Five Pillars of Islam

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Five acts of worship required of all Muslims

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Abu Bakr

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

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caliph

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A title tha tMuslims use for the highest leader of Islam

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15
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tolerance

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acceptance

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development

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growth or positive change for society, process of growing or improving

17
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Janissaries

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slave soldiers who converted to Islam and became fierce warriors

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Mehmed II

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Ottoman leader who conquered Constantinople ( Istanbul today)

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Suleyman I

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“the Magnificent”, under him Ottomans took control of the Eastern Mediterranean and into Europe

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Shia

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Muslims who thought that only Muhammad’s descendants could become caliphs.

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Sunni

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Muslims who do not think caliphs had to be related to Muhammad

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According to Islamic belief, how did Muhammad get the ideas that started Islam?

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when he was 40 years old he went to meditate in a cave. God visited him through an angel and made him a prophet

23
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How does the Qur’an help Muslims obey God?

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It provides guidelines of their daily life, individual behavior , morals and ethics and women’s rights.

24
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How did trade help spread Islam?

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Arab merchants took Islamic beliefs to India, Africa and Southeast Asia

25
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How did Muslim scholars help preserve learning from the ancient world?

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Thy preserved learning by translating it into Arabic, studying them and in some cases building on the ideas set down by the ancient writers in their own works

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Ibn Battutah

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Musim explorer who traveled to Africa, India, China and Spain in the 1320’s

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Sufism

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Muslim spiritual practice: believe they can find God’s love by having a personal relationship with God

28
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Omar Khayyam

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famous Muslim Sufi poet

29
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patrons

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sponsor

30
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minaret

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a narrow tower from where Muslims are called to prayer

31
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calligraphy

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Muslim artistic decorative writing

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