Level C #2 Vocabulary
Across
- 3. title for a ruler of a Muslim country
- 5. member of an Islamic religious group that supported Ali as the first caliph and now forms a minority of the world’s Muslims
- 8. the system of writing numbers we use today
- 10. devotion to a deity, constituting a way to salvation in Hinduism
- 11. woven fabric
Down
- 1. an Islamic lifestyle that emphasizes controlling one’s desires, giving up worldly attachments, and seeking nearness to God
- 2. having to do with the sea
- 4. a series of rulers from the same family
- 5. member of an Islamic religious group that supported Abu Bakr as the first caliph and now forms a majority of the world’s Muslims
- 6. a person many Buddhists believe to have reached enlightenment, but who is reborn again to help others on earth reach nirvana
- 7. art of beautiful writing
- 9. title meaning “successor” in Arabic, used by leaders of the Muslim community who followed Muhammad