chapter 12 vocab

Question 1

oasis

Answer 1

a wet fertile area in the desert

Question 2

caravan

Answer 2

a group of traders together

Question 3

Muhammad

Answer 3

brought a new religion to Arabia

Question 4

Islam

Answer 4

the messages Muhammad received from the basis of the religion

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

building for a Muslim prayer

Question 9

jihad

Answer 9

to make an effort, struggle

Question 10

Sunnah

Answer 10

refers to the way Muhammad lived

Question 11

Five pillars of islam

Answer 11

five acts of worships required for all Muslim

Question 12

Abu Baker

Answer 12

one of Muhammad’s first converts

Question 13

caliph

Answer 13

the highest leader of Islam

Question 14

tolerance

Answer 14

acceptable

Question 15

Janissaries

Answer 15

slave soldiers that became fierce warriors

Question 16

Mehmed ll

Answer 16

he used huge cannons to conquer more land for the Muslims

Question 17

suleyman l

Answer 17

he made the ottoman empire reach the highest point

Question 18

shia

Answer 18

Muslims who thought only muhammad’s descendants

could become caliphs

Question 19

Sunni

Answer 19

didn’t think caliphs had to be related to muhammad

Question 20

Ibn Battutah

Answer 20

travel to Africa, India, China, and Spain

Question 21

Sufism

Answer 21

others focused on spiritual issues, leading to a movement