Chp. 12. vocab.

Question 1

oasis

Answer 1

A wet fertile area in a desert.

Question 2

caravan

Answer 2

A group of trades that travel 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 Muslim prayer.

Question 9

jihad

Answer 9

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

Five acts of worship required of all Muslims.

Question 12

Abu Bakr

Answer 12

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

Question 13

caliph

Answer 13

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

Question 14

tolerance

Answer 14

Acceptance.

Question 15

Janissaries

Answer 15

Slave Soldiers called Janissaries, converted to Islam and became worriers.

Question 16

Mehmed 11

Answer 16

Used huge cannons to conquer Constantinople.

Question 17

Suleyman 1

Answer 17

The Magnificent.

Question 18

Shia

Answer 18

were Muslims who thought that only Muhammads’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

Traveled in the 1320s.

Question 21

Sufism

Answer 21

Others focused on spiritual issues, leading to a movement.

Question 22

Omar Khayyam

Answer 22

One of the famous poets.

Question 23

patrons

Answer 23

Sponsors.

Question 24

minaret

Answer 24

Narrow tower from where Muslims are called to prayer.

Question 25

calligraphy

Answer 25

Decorative writing.