Ch. 11/ Gr. 8 Word Scramble
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oasis | fertile area in a desert, watered by a natural well or spring. |
hijra | Muhammad's flight from Mecca to Medina in 622 |
monotheistic | believing in one God. |
mosque | Muslim house of worship. |
hajj | One of the Five Pillars of Islam, the pilgrimage to Mecca that all Muslims are expected to make at least once in their lifetime. |
jihad | A struggle in God's service to overcome immortality or to spread or defend Islam, sometimes resulting in war. |
caliph | successor to Muhammad as political and religious leader of the Muslims |
minaret | slender tower of a mosque, from which Muslims are called to prayer. |
muezzin | a mosque official who climbs to the top of a minaret to call the faithful to prayer. |
sultan | a Muslim ruler |
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