Vocab List #1 Islam

Question 0

Group of traveling merchants and animals-usually camels

Answer 0

Caravan

Question 1

Green areas in the desert fed by underground water

Answer 1

Oases

Question 2

Sacred city of Muslim. Important trade and religious cent in Arabia

Answer 2

Makkah or Mecca

Question 3

Shrine in Makkah believed to contain a rock given to Abraham by the archangel Gabriel; mean “cube” in Arabic

Answer 3

Kaaba

Question 4

Founder of the religion of Islam

Answer 4

Muhammad

Question 5

Monotheistic religion based of the teaching of muhammad; mean “submission to Allah “

Answer 5

Islam

Question 6

Arabic for god. What Muslim call their one deity

Answer 6

Allah

Question 7

Holy book of Muslim

Answer 7

Quran or Koran

Question 8

A journey taken for religious reason and one of the five pillars of Islam

Answer 8

Pilgrimage

Question 9

What follower of Islam are called

Answer 9

Muslims

Question 10

House of worship of Muslim

Answer 10

Mosque

Question 11

A person who wanders in search of food water and grazing land for his flock or herd

Answer 11

Nomad

Question 12

Name given to customs or guiding rules based on Muhammad’s words and deeds.

Answer 12

Sunna

Question 13

Head of a tribe in the Arab cultures.

Answer 13

Sheikh

Question 14

Large open market place in middle eastern cities

Answer 14

Bazaar