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Islam
Karen Hernandez
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Environment | air, water, and land in which people and animals live. |
| Create | to make something exist. |
| Issue | problem or subject that people discuss. |
| Interpret | to explain the meaning of something. |
| Decline | gradual decrease in the quality or importance of something. |
| Monitor | to carefully watch something. |
| Muhammad | like Judaism and Christianity, Islam was based on the worship of one god. |
| Oasis | is a fertile place in the desert where a spring or well provides a water supply. |
| Nomadic | life in which people move from place to place with no fixed home. |
| Sedentary | or settled. |
| Khadija | Muhammad prospered in business and became a respect member of the community. |
| Qur'an | the Muslim holy book. |
| Mosque | is a Muslim house of worship. |
| Alms | are goods or money given to the poor or needy. |
| Fasting | means not eating or drinking for a period of time. |
| Pilgrimage | is a journey to sacred place or shrine. |
| Abu Bankr | as their leader. |
| Caliph | or successor. |
| Umar ibn al-Khattab | took Islam to nearby lands. |
| Jihad | or "holy struggle". |
| Khalid ibn al-Walid | made the following promise. |
| Sunnis | are the majority Islamic sect. |
| Shiites | from the largest minority Islamic sect. |