unit 5 Flashcards
Land between rivers
Mesopotamia
Exotic rivers
Tigris and Euphrates
One of the two main branches of Islam, majority of Islams
Sunni
Islamic houses of worship
Mosque
A place where a spring bubbles to the surface in desert areas and plant grow
Oasis
A follower of the religion of Islam
Muslims
The word god in Arabic
Allah
The first people to start a civilization
Summerians
conquered the Sumerian cities (roughly 2350 BC), creating the first real empire in the area
Akkadians
had a dream that god made him the leaders for the Muslims and established the center Muslims community
Muhammad
speaking two languages
Bilingualism
Conquered Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, and the rulers who came to power in the 1500’s was called
Safavids
Choose to practice Shi’ism
Shaites
Mountain range in Afghanistan
Hindu Kush
The holy book of Islam (like the bible of Christianity)
Koran
The holy city of Islam
Mecca
The movement of Jewish people to Israel to protect them during the Holocaust
Zionism
Large minority group in the Persian Gulf
Kurds
Ottoman rulers
Sultans
The killing of a mass amount of people during WW2
Holocaust
A region in Israel and Palestine where the Jewish settles
West Bank
The eastern part of the roman Empire which became known as
Byzantine Empire
The pillar of Islam meaning “There is no God, but God. Muhammad(or Allah) is a prophet.”
Shahada (first pillar)
performing ritual prayers in the proper way five times each day
Salat (second pillar)
fasting during the month of Ramadan
Sawm (third pillar)
The pillar of Islam that requires almsgiving - or donating a portion of money to the poor
Zakat (fourth pillar)
taking at least one trip to Mecca per year
Hajj (fifth pillar)
The dominate language in the region
Arabic
The worlds first civilization develops in an area known as
The Fertile Crescent
Rivers that begins in the humid regions and then flow across dry areas
Exotic Rivers
