AP world vocab 2 Flashcards

245637964	5 Pillars	5 main rules that a Muslim must follow and live by	0
245637965	Abbasid	Dynasty that succeeded the Umayyads as caliphs within Islam; came to power in 750 C.E.	1
245637966	Abu Bakr	first caliph after death of muhammad	2
245637967	Allah	Muslim name for the one and only God	3
245637968	Alms	voluntary contributions to aid the poor	4
245637969	Caliph	The civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth	5
245637970	Dar al Islam	an Arabic term that means the "house of Islam" and that refers to lands under Islamic rule	6
245637971	Hajj	pilgrimage to Mecca	7
245637972	Jihad	struggle	8
245637973	Ka'ba	("cube") a pre-islamic cubed building in mecca believed by muslims to have been built by Abraham. It is the center of the Muslim Pilgrimage	9
245637974	Mecca	the holiest city of Islam; Muhammad's birthplace	10
245637975	Medina	City in western Arabia to which the Prophet Muhammad and his followers emigrated in 622 to escape persecution in Mecca. (p. 231)	11
245637976	Muhammad	the Arab prophet who founded Islam (570-632)	12
245637977	Quran	the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina	13
245637978	Sharia	body of Islamic law that includes interpretation of the Quran and applies Islamic principles to everyday life	14
245637979	Shiite (Shia)	A muslim group that accepts only the descendants of Muhammad's son in law Ali as the rulers of Islam.	15
245637980	Sufi	A Muslim who seeks to achieve direct contact with God through mystical means	16
245637981	Sultan	the ruler of a Muslim country (especially of the former Ottoman Empire)	17
245637982	Sunni	one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam	18
245637983	Umayyad	the first ruling dynasty over the Muslim caliphate	19
245637984	Umma	Muslim religious community	20
245637985	Conscription	forced military service	21