Nomads, Townspeople, & the Arabian Peninsula
True or False: The Arabian Peninsula was a desert environment with very few water resources
What is true?
Mecca is a city located in present-day western __________ _________
What is Saudi Arabia?
This is the first pillar of Islam
(Give the Islamic name and what it means)
What is Shahadah (Faith)?
This is the year Muhammad was born in the city of Mecca
What is approximately 570 AD?
In this city, tests were created for doctors to pass before they were allowed to practice medicine
What is Baghdad?
An area of wet and fertile land in the desert
What is an oasis?
Due to such extreme weather conditions, very few ________ and ___________ could survive in Arabia
What are plants and animals?
Mecca is the birthplace of this prophet
Who is Muhammad?
This is the second pillar of Islam
(Give the Islamic name and what it means)
What is Salah (Prayer)?
True or False: Muhammad amassed a large amount of followers in Mecca when he began
This deadly disease was successfully diagnosed and then treated in Baghdad by Muslim doctors
What is smallpox?
A group of people who trade and travel together from area to area on a trade route
What is a caravan?
Many stops along the Arabian trade routes were at _________
What are oases?
It is believed that Muhammad received his first revelations in this place
What is Hira on Jabal al-Nour, a mountain cave on the outskirts of Mecca?
This is the third pillar of Islam
(Give the Islamic name and what it means)
What is Zakat (Charity)?
Merchants in Mecca were not willing to follow Muhammad's beliefs for these TWO reasons
This Greek invention was improved by Muslim astronomers to measure the position of a celestial body in the sky
The sacred book of the religion of Islam
What is the Qu'ran?
These people typically settled near oases to farm and lived a more sedentary lifestyle
Who are townspeople?
This is the center of the city
What is the Haram Mosque, also known as the Great Mosque?
This is the fourth pillar of Islam
(Give the Islamic name and what it means)
What is Sawm (Fasting)?
The city Muhammad relocated with his daughter and a large group of followers
What is Medina?
This Muslim style of art uses geometric and floral patterns and is featured in mosques, tiles, carpets, domes, and swords
What is calligraphy
A journey to a sacred place
What is a pilgrimage?
Trade was a vital part of life in Arabia. Name FIVE goods that travelers may have exchanged (there are 10 listed)
What are spices, silks, precious stones, pearls, rare woods, textiles, feathers, animal skins, gold, and/or leather?
Practicing Muslims use Mecca as a reference point for this purpose
What is the direction towards which to pray five times per day?
This is the fifth pillar of Islam
(Give the Islamic name and what it means)
What is Hajj (Pilgramage)?
What is the Sunnah?
Muslim is unique in comparison to other religions or cultures in that it does not include any images of animal or humans for this reason
What is because such art is seen as idolatry and forbidden in the Qu'ran as the Islamic faith believes that only Allah can create such images?
Muslim house of worship and prayer