Geography of Arabia
This geographic location serves as a bridge between Africa, Asia, and Europe, allowing goodsand ideas to be shared.
What is the Arabian Peninsula?
This is the name of the book that is a collection of writings that is said to have been given to Muhammad directly from God
What is the Qur'an?
This Arabic word means "struggle"
What is jihad?
This structure was first used as a sanctuary. Now it is the focal point for Muslim worship and pilgrimage
What is the Kaaba?
This is the most valuable resource in Arabia when it comes to human survival
What is water or an oasis?
Muslims, Christian, and Jews all follow many of the same of these...people who are said to have received messages from God
What are prophets?
When Muslims pray five times each day, they pray in the direction of this city
What is Mecca?
This world literally means "submit to God"
What is Islam?
The word means moving from place to place, rather than settling permanently in one area
What is nomadic?
This is the Arabic word that simply means "God"
What is Allah?
This is the name of the month in which Muslims cannot eat or drink from sun up to sun down, in order to fulfill their fasting obligation
What is Ramadan?
This is the name of a building that is used for Islamic prayer
What is a mosque?
Arab traders will need to belong to one of these groups...for protection while making their way to an oasis
What is a tribe?
At the age of 40, Muhammad was visited by this angel, telling him that there was only one god, Allah
Who is the Angel Gabriel?
This is the name of the strict set of Islamic rules that combine political and religious laws
What is Shariah?
This pillar of faith, known as Zakat, is the giving of this to the poor
What is alms, or charity?
Besides an oasis for water, this geographical feature is the most important for the survival of nomads in the desert
What is a grassland, pasture, or grazing land?
This is the specific name of the pilgrimage which Muslims make from Mecca to Medina to recreate the journey Muhammad made in 622
What is the Hijra?
This is the specific name of the pilgrimage that all Muslims must make for their 5th pillar obligation
What is the Hajj?
This is the language of Arabia and the language in which the Qur'an is written
What is Arabic?