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The Islamic World.ck
ch 3 and 4 vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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tolerance | acceptance |
mosque | a building for Muslim prayer |
shrine | a place where people worshipped a saint or god |
pilgrimage | a journey to a sacred place |
sand dunes | hills of sand shaped by the wind |
oasis | a wet fertile area in a desert |
Qur'an | the holy book of Islam |
Muslim | a follower of Islam |
sedentary | settled |
caravan | a group of traders that travel together |
souk | a market or bazaar |
jihad | to make an effort or to struggle |
Five Pillars of Islam | five acts of worship required of all Muslims |
tolerance | acceptance |
mosque | a building for Muslim prayer |
shrine | a place where people worshipped a saint or god |
what is pilgrimage | a journey to a sacred place |
what are sand dunes | hills of sand shaped by the wind |
oasis | a wet fertile area in a desert |
what is the Qur'an | the holy book of Islam |
Muslim | a follower of Islam |
sedentary | settled |
what is a caravan | a group of traders that travel together |
souk | a market or bazaar |
jihad | to make an effort or to struggle |
Five Pillars of Islam | five acts of worship required of all Muslims |
what is a caliph | a title that Muslims use for the highest leader of Islam |
what are Janissaries | slave soldiers who were converted to Islam and became fierce fighters |
what is a sultan | an Ottoman ruler |
what is a harmen | an area of the household where women lived, apart from men |
what are patrons | sponsors |
what is a minaret | a narrow tower where Muslims are called to prayer |
what is calligraphy | decorative writing |