trades and cities
Paths used by merchants to exchange goods.
What are trade routes?
Early Arabia is located on this continent.
What is Southwest Asia?
A person who moves from place to place.
What is a nomad?
What is a path used by merchants to exchange goods?
Trade Route
Before Islam, many Arabs believed in many gods. This belief is called:
What is polytheism?
This city became an important trading center in Arabia.
What is Mecca?
This type of land covers most of early Arabia.
What are deserts?
The nomadic people of early Arabia were called this.
Who are the Bedouins?
What is a tribal leader?
Sheikh
This sacred building is located in Mecca.
What is the Kaaba?
Name one good traded in early Arabia.
What are spices, incense, silk, gold, or textiles?
Water was hard to find in early Arabia, making this activity difficult.
What is farming?
This animal was especially important because it could survive long periods without water.
What is a camel?
Tribes helped provide this for their members.
What is protection?
This religion later developed in Arabia.
What is Islam?
Arabia connected these three continents through trade.
What are Africa, Asia, and Europe?
These rocky landforms were found in parts of Arabia.
What are mountains?
Nomads traveled in search of these two important resources.
What are water and grazing land?
Sheikhs helped make decisions and settle these.
What are disputes?
The Kaaba was a place where people did this.
What is worship?
Settlements near these places often became trade centers.
What are oases?
Because of the harsh environment, people had to do this in order to survive.
What is adapt?
This fertile desert area allowed people to settle permanently.
What is an oasis?
A large family group with shared ancestors.
What is a tribe?
Religion and trade both made this city important.
What is Mecca?