Islam and Africa Review Mrs. Gitlin Global Studies 9 (Global Rules!)

PART ONE: ISLAM REVIEW 1. Muslim house of worship

2. Sacred trip all Muslims must take once in a lifetime

3. Holy month in which no food or water is consumed during the day

4. Also known as the “lawgiver” and “magnificent”: leader of Ottomans

5. Successors to Muhammad were all called this

6. Sect of Islam that believes all leaders of the faith must be blood descendants of Muhammad

7. Islamic Holy book

8. City in Spain which became a center of Islamic cultural achievement

9. Islamic Empire in India

10. Holy city of Islam, where the prophet first heard the Angel Gabrielle

11. Once the capital of the Byzantine Empire: Captured and renamed Istanbul

12. Leader of Safavid Empire

13. Prayer, faith, charity, fasting and holy trip

14. Leader of Mughal Empire

15. Sacred shrine which Muslims must walk around

16. Islamic Empire which conquered much of the old Byzantine Empire: known for its well organized government and military

17. Term used by Muslims when describing Christians and Jews

18. Islamic law code

19. Arabic term for “GOD”

20. Migration Muhammad made from Mecca to Medina

21. Largest sect or division within Islam: believe that leaders may be elected

22. Islamic Empire located in modern Iran

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II. AFRICA REVIEW 1. Major world religion practiced primarily in the African kingdom of Aksum (Axum)

2. A west African story teller

3. Islamic law code used in the three north-west African kingdoms

4. Group who migrated from West Africa into most of southern Africa about 2,000 years ago

5. West African Islamic traveler who made his hajj and then continued his world travels to 44 other countries

6. African region which borders the desert

7. Family descent and in heritance rights are traced through the father.

8. Last of the three north-west African kingdoms which conquered Mali, but later fell to Moroccan invaders

9. Farming method in which fields are cleared by cutting and burning trees and grasses; the ashes of which fertilize the soil

10. Flat, grassy plain regions of Africa suitable for farming and herding animals

11. North-East African kingdom which developed separately; practiced religious tolerance and traded with Rome

12. Capital city of three African kingdoms; became an Islamic cultural center of the world with its mosques, libraries and universities

13. Body of water which allowed for the north-south trade of the 3 west African kingdoms

14. West African ruler of Mali who made a famous hajj with almost 12,000 people

15. Two main goods produced in West Africa

16. Family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother

17. Belief system practiced primarily in Mali, Ghana and Songhai

18. Largest desert in North Africa