Unit 2 Vocabulary Review

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Across
  1. 3. a man born around 570 CE who taught the faith of Islam
  2. 5. a change made to an existing object or way of doing things
  3. 9. the example that Muhammad set for Muslims about how to live
  4. 12. something new; an improvement
  5. 14. the religious faith of Muslims; also the civilization based on the Islamic religion and the group of countries where Islam is the main religion
  6. 16. the spread of cultural elements from one society to another
  7. 17. a judicial body established by the Roman Catholic Church to combat forms of religious error
  8. 18. hostility or discrimination against Jews
  9. 19. the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, during which Muslims are required to fast
Down
  1. 1. a series of religious wars launched by European Christians to reclaim Jerusalem and other holy sites from Muslims
  2. 2. a supreme ruler of a Muslim state
  3. 4. belief in more than one god
  4. 6. the most basic acts of worship for Muslims: declaration of faith, prayer, charity, fasting, and making a pilgrimage to Mecca
  5. 7. the holy book of the religion of Islam
  6. 8. a follower of the Islamic faith
  7. 10. the area between Egypt and Syria that was the ancient homeland of Jews and the place where Jesus Christ had lived; also called Palestine
  8. 11. a Muslim house of worship
  9. 13. the belief in a single God
  10. 15. the search to understand God's law, which relies heavily on the Qur'an and the Sunnah