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Chapter 2 content vocab
Bremer vocab activity 2
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History
7th Grade
10/15/2013

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Oasis
Definition
Green area in a desert fed by underground water
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Sheik
Definition
A leader of an Arab tribe
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Caravan
Definition
Group of traveling merchants and animals
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Quran
Definition
Holy book of Islam
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Caliph
Definition
Important Muslim political and religious leader
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Shiite
Definition
Muslim group that accepts only the descendants of Muhammad's son-in-law Ali as rightful rulers of Muslims
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Sunni
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Muslim group that accepts descendants of the Umayyads as rightful rulers of Muslims
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Sultan
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Military and political leader with absolute authority over a Muslim Country
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Mosque
Definition
Muslim house of worship
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Bazaar
Definition
Marketplace
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Minaret
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Tower of mosque from which the crier calls believers to prayer five times a day
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Crier
Definition
Announcer who calls Muslim believers to prayer five times a day
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