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Question | Answer |
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Bedounins | desert dwellers |
Pagan | person who worships idols |
Sheikh | head of an Arab tribe |
Mecca | holiest city in Arabia |
Caravan | group of traveling merchants and animals |
Pilgrims | people who travel to a holy place |
Tribes | groups of related families |
Medina | the “city of the prophet” |
Monotheistic | belief in one god |
Koran | the holy book of Islam |
True of False: The Kabba was at the center of the holy city Madinah. | False |
True of False: Muhammad was a merchant. | True |
True of False: An Islamic state is a gov’t that uses politics to uphold Islam. | True |
True of False: Before Muhammad, Arabs practiced a polytheistic religion. | True |
5 PILLARS OF ISLAM | belief, prayer, charity, fasting, pilgrimage |
Pillar of Islam -Belief | one God |
Pillar of Islam Prayer | 5X’s a day |
Pillar of Islam Charity | must give to the poor |
Pillar of Islam Fasting | during Ramadan |
Pillar of Islam Pilgrimage | must visit Mecca once |
Why did wealthy leaders of Mecca fear Muhammad and his teachings of Islam? | They thought Muhammad was trying to take away their power. |