Unit 5 vocab World studies

Question 1

an administrative unit in the Ottoman Empire used to organize religious groups, or a type of grain

Answer 1

millet

Question 2

elite force of the Ottoman army/ empire

Answer 2

Janizary

Question 3

a title of the former monarch of Iran; king

Answer 3

shah

Question 4

land ruled by a sultan

Answer 4

sultanate

Question 5

a rigid and hereditary social class

Answer 5

caste

Question 6

a king or prince in India; a minor chief or dignitary

Answer 6

Rajah

Question 7

movement of individuals or groups from one position in a society’s stratification system to another

Answer 7

social mobility

Question 8

complex, ornate design consisting intertwining flowing lines

Answer 8

arabesque

Question 9

art of beautiful/ fine handwriting

Answer 9

calligraphy

Question 10

a supreme political and religious leader in a Muslim government, defender of faith

Answer 10

Caliph

Question 11

a tall slender tower, typically part of a mosque, with a balcony from which a muezzin calls muslims to prayer

Answer 11

Minaret

Question 12

military and political leader with absolute authority over a Muslim country

Answer 12

Sultan

Question 13

a fertile place in a desert where there is water and vegetation

Answer 13

Oasis

Question 14

the journey that Muhammad, faced with the threat of murder, took from Mecca to Medina

Answer 14

Hijira

Question 15

a Muslim place of worship

Answer 15

Mosque

Question 16

a pilgrimage to Mecca, preformed as a duty by Muslims

Answer 16

Hajj

Question 17

a struggle or fight against the enemies of islam; the spiritual struggle within oneself against sin

Answer 17

Jihad

Question 18

city in western Arabia; birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad, and ritual center of the Islamic religion, holy city of Islam

Answer 18

Mecca

Question 19

sacred writing of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina

Answer 19

Quran

Question 20

islamic law; a combination of the Quran and the Hadith

Answer 20

Sharia

Question 21

arab prophet; founder of religion of Islam

Answer 21

Muhammad

Question 22

a meeting of estates or representatives, or even a legislative assembly

Answer 22

Diet

Question 23

group of people who share common ancestry, language, religion, customs, or combination of such characterisitcs

Answer 23

ethnic group

Question 24

sparse, dry, treeless grassland

Answer 24

steppe

Question 25

a member of the old aristocracy in Russia, next in rank to a prince

Answer 25

Boyar

Question 26

russian rule or emperor

Answer 26

Czar

Question 27

a ruler who has absolute power

Answer 27

Autocrat

Question 28

the male head of a family or tribe

Answer 28

patriarch