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Ch. 11/ Gr. 8
vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |