Chapter 13 Vocab

Question 0

Bedouin

Answer 0

people organized into tribes located in the Arabian peninsula

Question 1

Hajj

Answer 1

A holy pilgrimage to Mecca

Question 2

Muhammad

Answer 2

The founder and a prophet of Islam

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Khadija

Answer 3

The first wife of Muhammad

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Allah

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The only god of Islam

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Quran

Answer 5

A holy book of Islam

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Hadith

Answer 6

Another holy Islamic book that contains sayings attributed to Muhammad

Question 7

Ka’ba

Answer 7

A building that houses a shrine of Allah

Question 8

Hijra

Answer 8

The spiritual journey of the prophet Muhammad

Question 9

Umma

Answer 9

The Islamic community and nation

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Seal of the prophets

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Muhammad who is the last and final prophet who would receive visions from Allah

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Five pillars of Islam

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1- acknowledge Allah and Muhammad as his prophet
2- pray daily to Allah facing Mecca
3- fast during the day hours of Ramadan
4- contribute to alms for the weak and the poor
5- if they are able make at least one pilgrimage to Mecca

Question 12

Sharia

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The holy Islamic law

Question 13

Abu Bakr

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Muhammad’s successor

Question 14

Caliph

Answer 14

Lieutenants or substitutes for Muhammad

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Expansion of Islam

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Ranged from Arabia to other territories

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Shia (Shi’ites)

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Muslims that acknowledge Ali and his descendants

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Ali

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The fourth caliph of Islam

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Sunnis

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Muslims that don’t accept the appointment of Ali

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Umayyad Dynasty

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The dynasty that came to rule Islamic lands from 661-750 C E

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Jizya

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A special tax that allowed people to observe their own religions

Question 21

Abbasid dynasty

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The dynasty that seized power from the Umayyads

Question 22

Battle of talas river

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The Abbasids defeated a Chinese army, which stopped the expansion of the Tang Dynasty

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Baghdad

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The Abbasids new capital

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Ulama

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Learned officials

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Qadis

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Judges

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Harun Al-Rashid

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A caliph of Baghdad

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Sultan

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A noble who was over a certain area

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Camel caravans

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Trade transportation across Arabia

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Sakk/check

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A type if paper money invented for trade

Question 30

Al-Andalus

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Muslim Spain

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Veiling of women

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The expansion of Islam into the Byzantine and Sasanid empires caused social and family pressures of women to be modest

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Madrassas

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Institutions of higher education

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Sufis

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Islamic mystics

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Al-ghazi

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An Islamic theologian

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Omar Khayyan, Rubaiyat

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An Islamic philosopher

Question 36

The Arabian nights

Answer 36

A book containing stories

Question 37

Ibn Rushd

Answer 37

A philosopher

Question 38

Mecca

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A holy Islamic city