Islam

Question 1

Who kept fighting all the time?

Answer 1

many Arabian tribes

Question 2

Oasis

Answer 2

A small area in the desert watered by springs and wells

Question 3

Nomad

Answer 3

A member of a group that has no fixed home and moves from place to place

Question 4

Tribe

Answer 4

Any system of social organization made up of villages, bands, or other groups with a common ancestry, language, culture, and name

Question 5

Idol

Answer 5

An image used as an object of worship

Question 6

Bazaar

Answer 6

An open-air market with shops and goods for sale

Question 7

Pilgrimage

Answer 7

A journey to a sacred place or shrine

Question 8

Quran

Answer 8

The sacred book of Islam

Question 9

Monotheism

Answer 9

The belief that there is only one god

Question 10

Islam

Answer 10

A religion based on the teachings of the prophet Muhammad

Question 11

Muslim

Answer 11

A believer in Islam

Question 12

Mosque

Answer 12

A place of Muslim worship

Question 13

Sunna

Answer 13

Customary procedures of living, specifically the ways and customs of Muhammad

Question 14

Caliph

Answer 14

The civil and religious ruler of a Muslim state

Question 15

Council

Answer 15

An assembly called to help determine the next Muslim caliph

Question 16

Shiite

Answer 16

From the Arabic “party”; one who believes that authority passed from the Prophet Muhammad to his lineal descendants

Question 17

Sunni

Answer 17

One who follows the ways and customs of Muhammad, specifically those who accept that authority was passed down through consensus of the Muslim community

Question 18

Muhammad

Answer 18

Founder of Islam, prophet of God

Question 19

Allah

Answer 19

Arabic word for God

Question 20

Muezzin

Answer 20

One that calls Muslim worshippers to prayer

Question 21

Kaaba

Answer 21

Square building in Mecca believed by muslims to be the house Ibrahim erected for God and the focus of Muslim worship

Question 22

Higrah

Answer 22

Muhammad’s emigration with his followers from Mecca to Medina in 622

Question 23

Bedouins

Answer 23

• Arab nomads

- ideals of courage, loyalty to family, and warrior skills became an important part of the Islamic way of life