Chapter 3 Vocabulary
Important Figures (Chapter 3)
Chapter 4 Vocabulary
Important Figures (Chapter 4)
Muslim Beliefs
100
Successors of Muhammad.
What is a caliph?
100
The Islamic prophet.
Who is Muhammad?
100
A governor who ruled individual provinces in the Muslim empire.
What is an emir?
100
The Caliph who united the muslim empire with common language and common coinage.
Who is Abd al-Malik?
100
Allah.
What is the name for god in Islam?
200
People who move from place to place.
What is the definition of nomad?
200
Jews and Christians.
Who are the people of the book?
200
The pilgrimage to Mecca.
What is the hajj?
200
Allah.
What is the Islamic name for God?
200
Qur'an
What is the muslim holy book called?
300
A fertile, desert, green spot.
What is the definition of oasis?
300
Group of Islamic people who believed that the leader should be relative of the prophet Muhammad.
Who are the Shia?
300
A system of government agencies carry out the government's work.
What is a bureaucracy?
300
The group that overthrew the Umayyads.
Who are the Abbasids?
400
A clan.
What is the term for a group of people related by family or marriage?
400
The Angel Gabriel.
Who is the angel who brought Allah's word to Muhammad?
400
A standing army.
What is a fighting force of the Abbasids that is maintained at all times?
400
The group opposing the Abbasids.
Who are the Fatimids?
500
Belief in one god.
What is monotheism?
500
The group of Muslims who accepted the Umayyads and elected their leaders.
Who are the Sunni?
500
A golden age.
What is a time when society is at it's peak?
500
Ibn Sina.
Who wrote the Canon of Medicine?
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