Chapter 6. The World of Islam
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- The ------ is the journey made by Muhammad and his followers to Madinah.
- Hijrah
- The commerical center of towns where goods were sold was called the ------.
- Bazaar
- A bedouin tribal chieftain was a ------.
- sheikh
- The pilgrimage to Makkah is the ----.
- hajj
- A narrative of events in the order in which they occurred is a ---------.
- chronicle
- The leader pf the Islamic civilation is a ------.
- caliph
- The Muslim coda of law is that --------.
- shari'ah
- Money or property brought by a groom to his wife at marriage is called a -----.
- dowry
- A Muslim house of worshipis a ------.
- mosque
- Aribic script entwined with plant stems and geometric designs is an ---------.
- arabesque
- ----- mean submission of the will of Allah.
- Islam
- A struggle or conflict to spread Islam is a -----.
- Jihad
- The book containing the ethical guidlines and laws followed by Muslims is known as the -----.
- Quran
- ------ is a Turkish title that describes someone who holds power.
- sultan
- ------- is a group traveling together for protection.
- caravan
- ------- is a word describing people who move from place to place.
- nomadic
- A trip to a holy place is a ----------.
- pilgrimage
- The voice Mahammad heard calling him to be the apostle of Allah was that of --- ----- --------.
- the angle Gaberial
- A Muslim group that accepts only the descendants of Muhammad's son-in-law Ali as the true rulers of Islam are ------.
- shiite
- ------ is a Muslam group that accepts only the decendents of the Umayyads as the true rulers of Islam.
- sunni
- ------ is a high government official in ancient Egypt or in Muslim countries.
- vizier
- --------- is an instrument used by sailors to determine their location by observing the positions of stars.
- astrolabe
- ------- is the crier who calls the Muslim faithful to prayer from the minaret of a mosque.
- muezzin
- ------- is a tower of a mosque form which the muezzin calls the faithful to prayer five times a day.
- minaret