Handout (pt.1)
What bodies of water surround the Arabian peninsula
What is the red sea, the Persian gulf, and the Arabian sea
What does Islam mean?
What is Surrending to the will of Alliah
What is Makkah?
What is known as the Mecca, a religious site and a crossroads for merchants?
Why did Muhammed’s message appeal to the poor?
What is because many of the poor were attracted to his message that good should be shared, since wealth was very powerful in their vision?
What are oases and why are they important to Arabs
What is oases are green areas fed by underground water. They were important because the heat was very intense and water was only found in the them.
Describe the Arabian climate
What did Muhammad preach about wealth?
What is he felt that the wealthy should return to honoring their families, be fair in business, and they should help the poor.
What is Madinah?
What is a city “meaning the city of the prophet”?
How did geography shape life in Arabia?
Since their land was mostly made up of a hot desert, they organize tries and went from oases to oases. They also transported goods?
What are some activities the Quran prohibits?
What is not to eat pork, drink liquor, and gamble
How did Bedouins live in the desert
To what city did Muhammad and his followers move in A.D. 622?
The city Muhammad and his followers moved into A.D. 622 was north to a town called Yathrib which later became known as the Madinah. The journey was known as the Hijrah
What are Bedouins?
Who are people who lived in and ate dried fruits and nuts they also drink the milk of their animals?
What are the five pillars of Islam?
What is belief, prayer, charity fasting and pilgrimage?
How did Muhammad link religion and government?
What is he linked them by applying Gods laws and required Muslims to place loyalty to the Islamic state
Name three ways the Arabs who lived in villages made their living
What is they made their living by farming and raising animals, transporting goods across the desert, and some villagers who were merchants traded between India and the Mediterranean Sea
What kind of government did Muhammad create?
What is Muhammad created an Islamic state, a government that uses its political power to uphold Islam.
What is Kaaba?
What is a little square building surrounded by statues of gods and goddesses?
What is the Sunna?
What is the name given to custom based on Muhammad’s words and deeds?
What is the basic beliefs of Islam?
What is Muslims must declare Allah the only God and Muhammad his prophet and to follow to follow the rules of the Quran
Why did Makkah become the largest and richest of the towns in Arabia?
What is Makkah was the largest and richest town because it was a crossroad for merchants and an important religous site
What beliefs do Islam, Judaism, and Christianity have in common?
What is they all believe in one God
Who is Muhammed?
Who is a orphan who became a successful merchant and changed peoples lives?
What is the Quran?
What is God‘s written word and instruct Muslims about how they should live?
What are some things the Islams religion does?
What is pray five times a day, not eat/drink during Ramadan, and believe Muhammad is a prophet