Vocab

Question 0

Mercenary

Answer 0

A foreign soldier who served for rather than out of loyalty

Question 1

Visigoths

Answer 1

A member of the western division of the goths

Question 2

Huns

Answer 2

Nomadic people from central Asia

Question 3

Apostle

Answer 3

Leader

Question 4

Heresy

Answer 4

Religious belief that is contrary to the official teachings of a church

Question 5

Messiah

Answer 5

Savior sent by god

Question 6

Bishop

Answer 6

High ranking church

Question 7

Martyr

Answer 7

Dies for their beliefs

Question 8

Theology

Answer 8

The study of religious faith, practice and experience

Question 9

Odoacer

Answer 9

First barbarian ruler of Italy

Question 10

Sunni

Answer 10

A member of one of the Muslims sects

Question 11

Mosques

Answer 11

Muslim house of worship

Question 12

Allah

Answer 12

The supreme being god

Question 13

Monotheistic

Answer 13

Believing in one god

Question 14

Polytheistic

Answer 14

Believing in many gods

Question 15

Caliph

Answer 15

Successor to Muhammad as political and religious leader of the muslims

Question 16

Islam

Answer 16

The religious faith of Muslim

Question 17

Oasis

Answer 17

A small fertile or green area in a desert

Question 18

Peninsula

Answer 18

An area of land surrounded by water

Question 19

Pilgrimage

Answer 19

A long journey to some sacred place for religious

Question 20

Taraff

Answer 20

Tax on imported goods

Question 21

Strait

Answer 21

Narrow water passage

Question 22

Pax Romana

Answer 22

The terms of peace imposed by ancient Rome on its dominions

Question 23

Bedouins

Answer 23

Moved through the desert to reach seasonal pasturelands

Question 24

Muhammad

Answer 24

Born in the oasis town

Question 25

Mecca

Answer 25

Bustling market town at the crossroad

Question 26

Yathrib

Answer 26

A journey know as the Hijra

Question 27

Medina

Answer 27

City of the Prophet

Question 28

Kaaba

Answer 28

The temple that he believed Abraham

Question 29

Quran

Answer 29

The sacred text of Islam

Question 30

Hajj

Answer 30

Pilgrimage to Mecca

Question 31

Jihad

Answer 31

Struggle in gods service

Question 32

Sharia

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A body of law that includes interpretation

Question 33

Abu Bakr

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Muhammad father in law

Question 34

Shiite

Answer 34

Muslim has a profound impact on later islamic history

Question 35

Sufis

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Muslim mystics who sought communion with god through meditation fasting and other rituals

Question 36

Umayyad

Answer 36

Caliphate

Question 37

Abbasid

Answer 37

Dynasty which lasted until 1258

Question 38

Baghdad

Answer 38

Site of his new Capital

Question 39

Minarets

Answer 39

Slender towers of the mosques loomed overhead

Question 40

Sultan

Answer 40

Ruler controlled Baghdad