Vocab #7 Islam

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Across
  1. 1. pilgrimage to Mecca
  2. 3. arabic word for "submitter". a believer or follower of Islam, NOT a religion
  3. 5. arabic for "square building". large black stone in Mecca, believed to be located in the same place that Abraham worshiped God. connection between heaven and earth
  4. 6. successors to Muhammad
  5. 9. alms for purification, for the poor
  6. 10. submission to God's will, arabic word for "submission"
  7. 13. Holiest city in Islam, place of the rock-- Kaaba-- direction of prayer
  8. 17. flight or migration
  9. 18. determine the ship's latitude from the height of the Pole Star or of the sun.
  10. 20. radical and more strict, want their leaders to stay within the line of Muhammad, believe to be chosen by God
  11. 21. the site of the miraj, the Prophet Muhammad's miraculous ascension to heaven with the angel Gabriel and his faithful horse Buraq
  12. 23. democratic and dedicated, want to elect the most capable of followers
  13. 24. Shahada, Salah, Zakat, Sawm, and Hajj
Down
  1. 2. Empire/Kingdom wealthy African civilization controlled a large territorial state and access to trade routes linking the Roman Empire to the Middle East and India, arose in Ethiopia during the first century C.E.
  2. 4. a set of Islamic religious law that governs aspects of day-to-day life for Muslims in addition to religious rituals.
  3. 7. used by Arab merchants in South Asia & East Africa
  4. 8. Navigator, huge pusher of exploration, opens a school for sailors, conquers muslim city of Ceuta in 1415 in North Africa
  5. 11. worshiped the spirits of nature and honored their dead ancestors,
  6. 12. arabic for "recitation", written in the form of poetry and should be read out load and memorized, 114 chapters, the Bible of Islam
  7. 14. individuals in Islam who are believed to spread God's message on Earth and serve as models of ideal human behaviour.
  8. 15. the Christian forces of the Franks defeated the Muslims and STOPPED their progress into Europe
  9. 16. A minaret is a tall tower attached or adjacent to a mosque. It is designed so the call to prayer, issued from mosques five times a day, can be heard loud and clear throughout a town or city.
  10. 19. a place of prostration. their place of worship
  11. 22. holy war