Middle East Vocabulary

Islamic houses of worship

• mosque

• caliph

• Quran

Muslim's religious and political leader

• Jihad

• caliph

• Islamism

the holy book of Islam

• caliph

• mosque

• Quran

the use of violence against citizens to create fear for political reasons

• terrorism

• fundamentalism

• monotheism

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

the belief that politics and government should follow Islamic teachings

• monotheism

• Islamism

• fundamentalism

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

a belief that the holy book should be taken literally

• Islamism

• monotheism

• fundamentalism

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

means "struggle" in Arabic

• Quran

• caliph

• jihad

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

the head covering Islamic women are expected to wear in public

• hijab

• jihad

• mosque

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

the belief in one god

• fundamentalism

• monotheism

• theocracy

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

a government controlled by religious law

• hijad

• monotheism

• theocracy

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C