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Islam test
Honors western civ spread of Islam test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Caliph | The civil and religious leader of Muslim people |
| Mosque | Muslim place of worship |
| Sheikh | Ruler of an Arabic tribe |
| Allah | Supreme God of islam |
| Qu'ran | Holy scriptures of the religion of islam |
| muslim | people who believe in islam |
| Hijrah | the journey of muhammad and his followers to medinah in 622. year one of official Islamic calendar |
| bedouin | a nomadic Arab who lives in the Arabian,Syrian, or north African desert |
| hajj | a pilgrimage to Makkah, one of the requirements of the 5 pillars of islam |
| hadith | accounts of the sayings and actions of muhammad |
| 5 pillars of islam | acts of worship every Muslim must perform . belief, prayer, charity, fasting , and pilgrimage |
| shari'ah | a law code made by muslim scholars after the death of muhammad |
| jihad | the struggle of believers to survive in islam |
| ka'aba | a stone building at the center of Islam's most important mosque and holiest site |
| mecca/makkah | The place where muhammad began his teachings |
| medina/madinah | The city muhammad and his followers fled to |
| caliphate | the office or dominion of a caliph |
| people of the book | people who believed in God alone. Muslims were more lenient toward these people |
| shia | a Muslim group that believed that only the descendants of muhammad could be the true rulers of islam |
| sunni | A Muslim group that believed any capable ruler could be the true ruler of islam |
| vizier | a high government official in Muslim countries |
| sultan | military and political head of state under the Seljuk Turks and ottomans |
| bazaar | a covered market |
| dowry | a gift of money or property payed at the time of marriage |
| astrolabe | used by sailors to determine their location through the position of the stars |
| arabesques | a geometric pattern repeated over and over |
| minaret | the tower of a mosque |
| muezzin | the crier who calls for prayer 5 times a day |
| muhammad | the prophet and founder of the Muslim religion. he taught that all people of Islam are equal |
| khadija | a rich widow who was muhammads wife |
| Abu bakr | Muhammads father in law, caliph after muhammads death. his chief success was suppressing uprisings |
| ali | muhammads son in law and later caliph. shia Muslims wanted him to be caliph, shia Muslims did not care that he was a descendant of muhammad |
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