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#_____ Social Studies Chapter 9
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1. caravan
n. Definition: A group of people and animals traveling together for safety, especially through a desert.
Sample sentence: Arab traders often traveled in caravans.
Describe, explain, give example
in own words:
Draw:
A camel caravan can proceed at a rate of
about 3 miles per hour and can cover
about 30 miles per day.
Caravans traded with merchants in cities
of the Fertile Crescent and in Egypt.
2. Islam
n. Definition: The religion of Muslims based on the teachings of the prophet Muhammad in the A.D. 600s.
Sample sentence: Muhammad had a vision. In the vision, the angel Gabriel appeared to him and said, “O,
Muhammad, you are the prophet of Allah.” Muhammad’s vision would lead to the creation of a new religion
called Islam.
Describe, explain, give example
in own words:
monotheistic religion
Draw:
The angel Gabriel also said, “Read,
read, and read for your lord.”
Pray 5 times a day
Take a pilgrimage (hajj) to Mecca
Fast during Ramadan
Give money to the poor
Belief in one God, Allah
3. Muslim
n. Definition: A person who follows the practices of Islam, the religion founded by Muhammad.
Sample sentence: Some Muslims pray five times each day.
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in own words:
women wear hijab or chador
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4. Kaaba
n. Definition: A sacred Muslim shrine in Mecca.
Sample sentence: “Kaaba” is the Arabic word for “cube.” Muslims visit the Kaaba in Mecca.
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in own words:
Draw:
Looks like a big black box
5. mosque
n. Definition.: A Muslim place of worship.
Sample sentence: The Grand Mosque in Mecca contains the Kaaba.
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in own words:
Draw:
minaret
6. Quran/Koran
n. Definition: The most holy book of Islam, believed to contain the teachings of Allah, or God, to Muhammad.
Sample sentence: The most important teaching in the Quran is that there is only one God in the universe –
Allah. The Quran says that Allah is the God worshiped both by Christians and Jews.
Describe, explain, give example
in own words:
Quran serves as a guide for living for
Muslims, as the Torah does for Jews
and the Bible does for Christians.
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7. hajj
n. Definition: a journey to visit Mecca.
Sample sentence: One of the Five Pillars of Islam is that Muslims who can afford it to go on a hajj, or journey to
visit Mecca, at least once in their lives.
Describe, explain, give example
in own words:
Draw:
Sam will go on a hajj with his dad when
he turns 19.
8. pilgrimage
n. Definition: A journey for religious purposes.
Sample sentence: A hajj is an example of a pilgrimage. Muslims might go on a pilgrimage to Mecca.
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in own words:
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9. Muhammad
n. Definition: A.D. 570?-632? Founder of Islam.
Sample sentence: Muhammad was determined to persuade the people of Mecca to abandon their worship of
many gods and goddesses. He set out to teach people in Mecca about Allah, and to worship only one God.
He united the people of Arabia though Islam.
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in own words:
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10. caliph
n. Definition: A Muslim leader who had both political and religious authority.
Sample sentence: In the A.D. 760s, new leaders of the Muslim world came to power. By now, Islam was just
over 100 years old. The new leaders were known as caliphs.
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in own words:
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Caliph means “successor.”
The caliphs were the successors to the
Prophet Muhammad.
11. caliphate
n. Definition: Lands ruled by the Islamic caliphs.
Sample sentence: The lands ruled by the caliphs – Arabia, western Asia, northern Africa, and what is today
Spain and Portugal – were called the caliphate.
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in own words:
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12. algebra
n. Definition: A type of mathematics to which Muslims made great contributions.
Sample sentence: Muslim scholars added to the branch of mathematics they called al-jabr. In English, this
branch is called algebra.
Describe, explain, give example
in own words:
Muslim scholars studied the works of
ancient Greek mathematicians and made
important advances in
mathematics.
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