Chapter 12 Vocab

Question 1

Oasis

Answer 1

A wet fertile area in a desert

Question 2

Caravan

Answer 2

Is a group of traders that travel together

Question 3

Islam

Answer 3

The messages Muhammad received form the basis of the religion

Question 4

Muslim

Answer 4

A Follower of Islam

Question 5

Qur´ an

Answer 5

The holy book of Islam

Question 6

Pilgrimage

Answer 6

a journey to a sacred place

Question 7

Mosque

Answer 7

Building for Muslim prayer

Question 8

Jihad

Answer 8

¨to make an effort or to struggle

Question 9

Sunnah

Answer 9

To the way Muhammad lived, which provides a model for the duties and the way of life expected of Muslim

Question 10

Five Pillars of Islam

Answer 10

Five acts of worship required of all Muslims

Question 11

Abu Bakr

Answer 11

Islams new leader which was Muhammads first convert, and the first caliph

Question 12

Caliph

Answer 12

A title that Muslims use for the highest leader of Islams

Question 13

Tolerance

Answer 13

Acceptance

Question 14

Janissaries

Answer 14

slaves soldiers converted to Islam and became fierce warriors

Question 15

Mehmed II

Answer 15

Led the Ottomans and used huge cannons to conquer Constantinople

Question 16

Sulyman I

Answer 16

He took control of the eastern Mediterranean and pushed farther into Europe

Question 17

Shia

Answer 17

Muslims who thought that only Muhammads descendants could become caliphs

Question 18

Sunni

Answer 18

people who didn’t think caliphs had to be related to Muhammad