Arabian Penninsula Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Nomads | Persons who travel from place to place. |
Bedouins | Nomads of the Arabian Penninsula |
Clan | Group that travel together and are related by blood |
Dessert | dry,hot,little rainfall,sandstorms, |
Adaptation to Dessert | Wore white clothing,traveled with camels, |
Mountains | Rocky soil, steep, lots of rainfall, cool, Rise from 1,000 ft to 13,000 ft. |
Adaptation to mountains | Made steps so ground was level, hollowed out trees to collect rainfall, made irrigation canals,built houses out of mud bricks, clothing. |
Coastal Plain | Damp air, regular rainfall, dry riverbed, 5 to 40 miles inland, near sea, ends in rocky terrain, natural harbors, |
Adaptation to Coastal Plain | People farmed, were non-nomadic, and made wells, canals, and dams, communities of 300,000 people, people also traded |
Oasis | Vary in size, Plant Life, vegetation, provide shelter, |
Adaptation to Oasis | Built Houses, they farmed and traded goods to Nomads, they grew fruit, became towns, could support many people or just a few, were fought over, |
Why is the Arabian Peninsula is well suited for trade? | Has Frankincense, Next to large bodies of water, crossroad of three Continents. |
Name two Oasis cities that became stops along many trade routes of the Arabian Peninsula? | Mecca, Medina, |
What two religions spread along the trade routes? | Christianity and Judaism |
What city is at the intersection of six trade routes? | Mecca |
What three goods were sought out by the rest of the world in The Arabian Peninsula. | Metals, Frankincense, Spices |
Why did so many trade routes develop on the Arabian Peninsula? | It is the crossroad of three continents. |
Why was Mecca an important religious center? | The Ka'aba was located there. |
What is the Ka'aba? | It is an ancient religious shrine located in Mecca. |
pilgrimage | The journey to a holy place |
Polytheism | belief in many gods |
What is the Islam gods called | Allah |
monotheism | belief in one god |
Who is Muhammad? | He was a prophet that taught Islam. |
What is Islam | A religion that has it's own teachings and uses a holy book called the Qur'an. Lastly Islam was founded by Muhammad. |
What happened when Muhammad's parents died? | When Muhammad's parents died (he became and Orphan), he went to live with his Uncle a caravan trader. |
What religions did Muhammad learn about along trade routes? | Christianity, and Judaism. |
What is the Qur'an? | Islam holy book. |
What are Muhammad's followers called? | Muslims |
The people from Mecca rejected Muhammad's teachings and he got kicked out of Mecca. After he got kicked out of Mecca where did he move? | Medina |
Who was Muhammad's wife? | Muhammad's wife Khadijah |
Which Angel gave Muhammad all his information | The Angel Gabriel. |
Muhammad ruled Medina and made an attack on Mecca. What did he do after he conquered Mecca | He made the religion for everybody Islam, and took the other gods out of the Ka'aba. |
What is the first Pillar | Shahada |
What is the Shahada? | All Muslims recite There is no God but Allah, Muhammad is the messenger of god. |
What is the second Pillar | Salat |
What is the Salat | Muslims pray 5 times a day, a muezzin says when to pray, when Muslim's pray they face towards Mecca to honor Muhammad, Mosque is a Muslim church. |
What is the third pillar? | Zakat |
What does the Zakat say. | Give 2.5% of your money to carity. |
What is the 4th pillar | Siyam |
What does Siyam say | Fast during the month of Ramadan |
What is the 5th pillar | Hajj |
What does the 5th pillar say | Make a pilgrimage to Mecca if you can at least once. |
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