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STUDY GUIDE FOR ISLAM

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS - Consult your History VOCABULARY TERMS Alive textbook and your notes. For each term define and explain its significance or importance. 1. Describe and locate the physical features and climate of the Arabian Peninsula? 1. Arabian Peninsula (75) 2. Why was the location of the Arabian Peninsula ideal 2. caravan (76) for the spread of goods and ideas? 3. nomad (77) 3. How did the environment influence the growth of 4. Bedouins (77) cities and the development of trade routes? 5. oasis (78) 4. Who was Muhammad? How did he become a prophet? 6. sedentary (78) What messages did Muhammad preach? 7. barter (78) 5. What happened to the Muslim community after 8. irrigate (79) Muhammad’s death and how did the Muslim empire 9. terrace (80) spread? 10. Islam (83) 6. What beliefs and religious texts are common to 11. prophet (83) Judaism, Christianity, and Islam? In what ways is 12. Muslims (83) Islam different from these religions? 13. polytheist (84) 7. What is the Qur’an? What is the Sunnah? Why are 14. monotheism (86) they important to Muslims? 15. Madinah (88) 8. Describe each of the Five Pillars of Faith. How do 16. caliph (89) they influence the daily lives of Muslims? 17. Umayyad dynasty (90) 9. What does the term jihad mean? What does the 18. Qua’ran (93) Qur’an teach about this term? 19. Sunnah (93) 10. Explain the ways in which Islamic law guides Muslim 20. jihad (93) life? 21. shari’ah (93) 11. What areas did the Muslim empire control by 750 22. hadith (95) C.E.? What cultures blended to build Islamic 23. imam (97) civilization? 24. almsgiving (98) 12. How did Islamic civilization continue to flourish even 25. Ramadan (99) though the Muslim empire did not remain as one 26. hajj (100) political unit? Why was the acceptance of Islam and 27. mosque (107) of Arabic language important? 28. Ibn Sina (108) 13. Where were Muslim trade routes established? What 29. astrolabe (109) products and inventions traveled along these routes? 30. algebra (111) How did the Muslim scholars preserve and pass on 31. Al-Khwarizmi (111) knowledge to medieval Europe? 32. A Thousand and One 14. Name the contributions that Islamic civilization made Nights (113) in the following areas: architecture, philosophy, 33. mysticism (113) science and technology, geography and navigation, 34. calligraphy (114) medicine, bookmaking and literature, art and music, and recreation? STUDY GUIDE FOR ISLAM

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7.3 Islamic Civilizations of the Middle Ages

Analyze the geography, governments, economy, religious ideas, and social relationships of early Islamic civilizations.

 Geography of the Arabian Peninsula and its influence on Arabic life  Life and teachings of Muhammad and beginnings of Islam  Importance of the Qur’an and the Sunnah, key books of Islam  Expansion of Muslim rule and the spread of Islam  Growth of cities and trade between Asia, Africa, and Europe  Lasting influence of Muslim science, geography, mathematics, philosophy, medicine, art, and literature

"The Rise of Islam" unit is about the beginning and the growth of one of the world's major religions - Islam. This unit will help students begin to appreciate how great an influence this religion has had on the world. There are more followers of Islam than of any other religion except Christianity. In this unit, students will read how Islam began in the desert regions of Arabia. They will explore the effects of geography on the culture and lifestyle of people. They will see that living in the desert influenced how the Arab people lived and thought, just as living in a fertile farmland, a mountain region, or near a lake or ocean might help shape what we do with our lives. Students will discover Islam's close ties to Judaism and Christianity and will learn that, like Judaism and Christianity, Islam follows the teachings of a single great leader - the prophet Muhammad. They will see how the religious movement became a strong political force, still important today. They will learn about the teachings of Muhammad written in the Qur'an. They will become aware that Muhammad's teachings have become a system of religious and social beliefs that guide all parts of the everyday lives of millions of Muslims throughout the world today. In addition, students will discover the many important achievements and contributions from the Golden Age of Islam. Examples of art, literature, and science illustrate for students how Islamic culture, once purely Arabic, both borrowed from and contributed to other world cultures.