Geography
The large peninsula located on the Western edge of Asia; part of the Middle East.
What is the Arabian Peninsula?
These were traders or merchants who did not have a permanent home and lived their lives traveling along trade routes.
What are nomadic travelers?
This is the second largest religion in the world.
What is Islam?
This is the language Muhammad spoke.
What is Arabic?
A fertile spot in the desert where water is found.
What is an oasis?
A group of people and animals transporting trade goods from one city to another.
What is a caravan?
He founded Islam.
Who is Muhammad?
According to scripture, this angel appeared to Muhammad and told him that he must proclaim the truth of Allah to all people.
Who is Gabriel?
This is a large stone building used to be a center of pagan worship and is now the center of Islamic worship in Mecca.
What is the Kaaba?
This is the pilgrimage to Mecca that each able-Muslim is expected to make during their lifetime.
What is the hajj?
Islam strictly forbids the worship of idols and this prophet is considered to be so sacred that he is never drawn by Muslims.
Who is Muhammad?
The revelations that Muhammad received from Allah were written down and became part of this sacred scripture of Islam.
What is the Quran?
This is the city that Muhammad was born in and that housed a large shrine in the center.
What is Mecca?
This is the Arabic name for God; a single almighty god worshipped by Muslims.
Who is Allah?
Like most people in Arabia, this was Muhammad's religion before he founded Islam.
What is paganism?
Muhammad and his followers fled from this city to Medina. This event (Hijra) marks the beginning of the Islamic calendar.
What is Mecca?
This is the largest sand desert in the world and covers much of the south-central portion of the Arabian Peninsula. (((hint-NOT THE SAHARA)))
What is the Empty Quarter (or Rub al Khali)?
This is a communication between humans and divine beings.
What is a revelation?
According to a revelation, Muslims should face toward this when praying.
What is toward Mecca?
This widow, businesswoman and independently wealthy woman married Muhammad and helped him to become an important member of the tribe.
Who is Khadija?