Arabia’s Geography
What are hills of sand?
Sand dunes
What type of person moves from place to place?
nomad/nomadic
What’s the name for a follower of Islam?
Muslim
What’s the word for “the God” in Arabic?
Allah
What group of people was responsible for spreading Islam when they traded?
Merchants
What is the climate of most of the Arabian Peninsula?
Desert
What type of people settle in towns?
sedentary
Where was Muhammad born?
Mecca
What is the general term for a place where people worship a saint or god?
Shrine
What are the two types of Islam?
Shia, Sunni
What is a wet, fertile area in a desert?
Oasis
What is a group of traders who travel together?
caravan
Who does Muhammad say made him a prophet?
Angel
What is the most important Muslim shrine?
Kaaba
Who were the Muslims who ruled parts of Spain for 700 years?
Moors
The Arabian Peninsula is a Crossroads Location intersection of what three continents?
Africa, Asia, and Europe
What is the name of a market where nomads traded and merchants sold goods?
Souk
When was Muhammad born?
570
To what city do Muslims travel every year for their Pilgrimage?
Mecca
What’s the title of the highest leader of Islam?
Caliph
What is the world’s largest sand desert?
Rub’al-Khali
Where along trade routes did people settle to farm?
Oases
What does the word Islam mean?
to submit to God
Who are the “People of the Book” according to Muhammad?
Jews and Christians
Who was the first leader of Islam after Muhammad’s death?
Abu Bakr