Vocab 1
Vocab 2
Islam
Africa
Key Events/Terms
100
The founder of Islam and prophet of Allah
Muhammad
100
Monotheistic religion based on the teachings of the prophet Muhammad.
Islam
100
Double Jeopardy
The Arab city who name means "the city of the prophet" was ______________________
100
African ruler welcomed Muslim traders and allowed their people to ___________ to Islam
convert
100
After the Ottomans took over Constantinople, what was the city renamed?
Istanbul
200
Holy book of Islam
The Quran
200
a flat grassland, spotted with small trees and shrubs
Savanna
200
Most of Arabia is covered by ____________
plateaus
200
A group of traveling merchants is a ________________
caravan
200
due in part to their work with metals, Muslim scientists are considered to be the founders of _____________
chemistry
300
Muslim house of worship
Mosque
300
A group of people descended from the same ancestor
clan
300
According to Islam, Muslims, in order to follow Allah's will must _______________________
fulfill the 5 Pillars of Islam
300
The slave trade increased as Africa's contact with who increased?
Muslims
300
The __________ is an important monument in the middle of Mecca
kaaba
400
Islamic code of law
Sharia'ah Law
400
stories passed down from generation to generation
oral history
400
Muhammad required that all citizens be _________________
loyal to the Islamic state
400
A kora is a stringed instrument often used to accompany, or played along with ___________
a griot
400
Who were the 1st four caliphs?
rulers who had a personal connection with Muhammad
500
Mali's most important ruler and helped spread Islam throughout Africa.
Mansa Musa
500
Unique culture of the African East coast and the language spoken there.
Swahili
500
The Swahili culture was influenced in part by ____________
Islam
500
Timbuktu was an important trading center and an important center of _____________
Islamic learning
500
Sunni's believed who should rule after Muhammad?
The Umayyad dynasty
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