Islamic vocab Quiz

________ a Muslim group that accepts only the descendants of Muhammad's son-in-law Ali as the true rulers of Islam

• Sunni

• Shia

• Sultan

• Caliphate

________ one of several separate territories into which Genghis Khan's empire was split, each under the rule of one of his sons

• Caliphate

• Minaret

• Khanate

• Sultan

________ "struggle in the way of God"

• Jihad

• Shari'ah

• Hijrah

• Hajj

________ the tower of a mosque from which the muezzin calls the faithful to prayer five times a day

• Minaret

• Astrolabe

• Vizier

• Caliph

________ a law code drawn up by Muslim scholars after Muhammad's death; it provided believers with a set of practical laws to regulate their daily lives

• Shari'ah

• Neo-Confucianism

• Hijrah

• Sultan

________ In China, a group of people who controlled much of the land and produced most of the candidates for civil service

• Scholar-gentry

• Sultan

• Caliphate

• Muezzin

________ a Muslim group that accepts only the descendants of the Umayyads as the true rulers of Islam

• Shia

• Sunni

• Sultan

• Caliphate

________ "holder of power"; the military and political head of state under the Seljuk Turks and the Ottomans

• Sultan

• Caliph

• Vizier

• Sheikh

________ acts of worship every Muslim must perform; this includes belief, prayer, charity, fasting, and pilgrimage

• Five Pillars of Islam

• Shari'ah

• Jihad

• Hijrah

________ office or dominion of a caliph

• Caliphate

• Sultanate

• Khanate

• Vizier