Islam Vocabulary
Teachings of Islam
Muhammad and Islam
Towns and Trade
The City of Mecca
100
Any system of social organization made up of villages, bands, or other groups with a common ancestry, language, culture, and name
What is tribe?
100
The hadith or words and deeds of Muhammad, were passed down in oral form through several generations, and complied into authoritative collections
What is passed down through several generations and complied into authoritative collections
100
Each year someone who was a meccan trader would go to the top of mount Hira
who is Muhammad
100
Sook
What is the open-air market place
100
cubed shaped shrine
What is ka'bah
200
A journey to a sacred place or shrine
What is pilgrimage?
200
The guiding rules for Islam
What is Sunna
200
Aisha
Who is his wife
200
exotic goods
What were the merchants carrying when they crisscrossed Arabia
200
for safe keeping
Why would worshipers place idols in the ka'bah
300
A believer in Islam
What is Muslim
300
It completes the earlier revelations of old testament prophets and Jesus
What is the Qur'an
300
Muhammad's dreams
What came true like bright daylight
300
Seaports
What linked Arabia, Africa, Asia
300
A.D.500
when did Quraysh settle for mecca
400
The belief there is only one God
What is monotheism
400
It has close ties to Judaism and Christianity
What is Islam
400
Abu bakr
Who is Aisha's father
400
The northwest corner of arabia peninsula
Where are the remains of Petra
400
the founding of mecca relates to Abraham and his son
what do Muslims believe
500
The branch of Islam that follows orthodox tradition and accepts the validity of the first four caliphs elected as successors to Muhammad
What is Sunni
500
The five pillars of Islam
What is faith, prayer, giving alms, ritual, and Hajj
500
the angel Gabriel or Jibral
Who told Muhammad to read/recite
500
The Greek word for rock
What is Petra
500
The Gods
What did they honor when they performed religious rituals