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12 Cards in this Set
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Hijran
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"child of God," Gandhi's term for an untouchable in the caste system
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Mosque
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Muslim house of worship
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Hajj
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1 of 5 the Pillars of Islam, the pilgrimage to Mecca that all Muslims are required to make at least once in their life time
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1/5
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Caliph
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successor to Muhammed ad political and religious leader of the Muslims
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Sultan
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Muslim ruler
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bad guy in Aladdin
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Millet
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in the Ottoman empire, a religious community of non-Muslims
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Chinampas
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artificial islands made of earth piled on reed mats anchored to a shallow lake bed
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Quipu
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knotted strings used by Incan officials for record keeping
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Savanna
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grassy plain with irregular patterns of rainfall
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Patrilineal
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term for a family organization in which kinship ties are traced through the father
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Papa
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Matrilineal
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term for a family organization in which kinship ties are traced through the mother
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Mama
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Lineage
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group claiming a common ancestor
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