Vocab-u-later
This is the name for someone who practices the Islamic faith.
What is a muslim
This word means acceptance
What is tolerance.
This is a wet, fertile area in a desert.
What is an oasis
This building is where Muslims go to pray.
What is a mosque
What is five
This word means "to make an effort, or to struggle."
What is Jihad?
Arabia is now this modern day nation.
What is Saudi Arabia
This is what we call a group of travelling traders.
What is a caravan
Muslims pray this many times per day
What is five
This is the title of the highest leader in Islam
What is caliph
After Muhammad's death, his followers quickly chose this person, one of Muhammad's first converts, to be the next leader of Islam. Also known as the first caliph.
Who is Abu Bakr
List the three Muslim Empires
What is the Ottoman Empire, Safavid Empire, the Mughal Empire
These are the two ways of life that existed in ancient Arabia
What are sedentary and nomadic
This is a journey to a sacred place that Muslims are to do at least once in their lives, if they are able.
What is pilgrimage or hajj
These slave soldiers converted to Islam and became fierce warriors
What is a Janissary
What Sufism
Muslim scholars developed this type of mathematics in the 800's.
What is algebra
TWO PART QUESTION, MUST GET BOTH CORRECT! This is the city Muhammad was born in. This is the Muslim holy book.
What is Mecca, the Qur'an
These Muslims didn't think caliphs had to be related to Muhammad.
What is Sunni
These are the two types of Muslims as grouped during the Ottoman Empire
What are the Shia and Sunni
This is a narrow tower from where Muslims are called to prayer.
What is a minaret
This empire was centered in Anatolia, in what is now Turkey.
What is the Ottoman Empire
Thew Qur'an and the Sunnah form what is called Islamic law, also known as this.
What is Shariah law
This refers to the way Muhammad lived, which provides a model for the duties and the way of life expected of Muslims.
What is the Sunnah
These are Muslims who thought that only Muhammad's descendants could become caliphs.
What is the Shia