DUE: ______

Name: ______Period: ______

During the Islam unit, we will discuss its geography, origins, daily life, conquests, trade routes, and contributions. This packet includes class work and homework assignments for this unit. You will use this sheet as a checklist and turn in the completed, stapled packet. Please check off the assignments you have completed below:

DONE? ASSIGNMENT: STANDARD:

_____ LOG – Islam 1-6

_____ Key Terms – Sentences 1-6

_____ Early Arabia 1

_____ Muhammad & Islam’s Teaching 2

_____ Qur’an & Sunnah 3

_____ The Spread of Islam 4

_____ Trade & Everyday Life 5

_____ Muslim Contributions 6

_____ Study Guide 1-6

IF YOU ARE MISSING WORK:

*I am missing ______assignments.

The reason why I am missing these assignments:

______

I understand my grade will go down, unless I turn in this work.

7.2 ISLAM

Respond to each of the following in paragraph form. Each paragraph should include at least 5 complete sentences using lots of detail. Remember to use the question in your answer to write a topic sentence (1st sentence) for each paragraph.

1. Describe the location, land, climate, and nomadic and city life of the Arabian Peninsula.

2. Explain how the religion of Islam began, including the life and teachings of Muhammad.

3. Explain how the Qur’an (Koran) and Sunnah are important to Muslims’ daily life, including the 5 Pillars of Islam.

4. How and where did Muslim rule spread? Explain how Islam was accepted by others.

5. Discuss some of the products and inventions that were traded along trade routes traveled by Muslims through Asia, Africa, and Europe.

6. Describe the contributions made by Muslim scholars in the areas of math, science, medicine, writing, art, and architecture.

ISLAM KEY TERMS

Islam – ______based on teachings of the prophet Muhammad (it means “submission to God”)

Muslims – ______who believe in Islam (it means “Those who have accepted the message of peace by submission to Allah.”)

Allah – Arabic name for ______

Muhammad – prophet or ______for Allah (God)

Muhammad’s teachings – 1) ______God (Allah), 2) ______for moral & social conduct, 3) ______Pillars

monotheism – belief in ______god

Qur’an (Koran)– ______of Allah’s teachings written by Muhammad in Mecca

Sunnah – guiding ______for Islam based on the example of Muhammad

Five Pillars – 1) ______ – belief in one God

2) ______ – five times a day

3) ______ – charity to the poor

4) ______ – one month of fasting

5) ______ – pilgrimage (journey) to Mecca

Arabic – national ______of Islam (Middle East)

caliph – person who takes over for Muhammad; next ______of Islam

jihad – a ______to defend Islam

mosque – Muslim ______

muezzin – person who stood in tower and called out for prayer service

Mecca – city in Arabia; important ______center, ______center, and excellent source of fresh ______.

Ka’bah – holy ______in Mecca (cube-shaped)

pilgrimage – ______to sacred place (Mecca)

nomad – member of group ______from place to place in search of food, water, & grazing land for herds

caravan – group of ______

oasis – a small area in desert ______by springs and wells

DIRECTIONS: Write sentences of 7-10 words using the key terms (on front). You can use words twice, but make sure you use ALL of the words!

PART 1: Use 2 key terms in each sentence.

Example: Islam is a religion that is based on the teachings of Muhammad.

1. ______

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2. ______

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3. ______

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4. ______

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5. ______

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PART 2: Use 3 key terms in each sentence!! You can do it!!

Example: Muslims take a pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca.

1. ______

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2. ______

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3. ______

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4. ______

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PART 3: It’s a challenge…Use 4 key terms in each sentence! Go for it!!!

Example: Muhammad wrote the Qur’an in Mecca as told to him by Allah.

1. ______

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2. ______

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Muhammad & Islam’s Teaching

Similarities of
Islam, Judaism, & Christianity / Differences between:
Muslims Christians


Quran & Sunnah


THE SPREAD OF ISLAM

Arabs spread Islam through ______, ______, and ______.

When ______died in A.D. 632, a group of Muslim leaders gathered to choose the new Muslim leader, called a ______, which meant successor to the ______.

Description: / Accomplishments: / How did Islam split?
Rightly Guided Caliphs / Shiites:
Umayyad Caliphs / Sunnis:

How did the Muslims spread Islam so successfully?

CONQUEST: / TEACHING: / TRADE:

Briefly describe the later Muslim Empires:

Abbasids: / Seljuk Turks: / Ottomans: / Moguls:

TRADE & EVERYDAY LIFE

How did Muslim traders travel? / Why were Muslim traders successful?
Products & crops they carried to trade:
Products they received in return: / Describe the role of merchants:
What were Muslim cities like?
1)
2)
3) / How were the villages different?
1)
2)
3)

Muslim Society:

Roles of Muslim men:

Roles of Muslim women:

MUSLIM CONTRIBUTIONS

What is a scholar? ______

Why were Muslim scholars important? ______

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Write details about each Muslim scholar contribution and draw a picture.

PICTURE:

1) CONTRIBUTION: MATHEMATICS

DETAILS: ______

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2) CONTRIBUTION: SCIENCE

DETAILS: ______

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3) CONTRIBUTION: MEDICINE

DETAILS: ______

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4) CONTRIBUTION: WRITING

DETAILS: ______

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5) CONTRIBUTION: ART

DETAILS: ______

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6) CONTRIBUTION: ARCHITECTURE

DETAILS: ______

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ISLAM STUDY GUIDE

Write notes next to the following topics that will be on the test (NO notes on test):

1. EARLY ARABIA:

·  Describe the land: ______

·  Describe the climate: ______

·  Name three surrounding bodies of water: 1) ______

2) ______3) ______

·  Name three surrounding continents: 1) ______

2) ______3) ______

·  Name two main cities: 1) ______2) ______

·  What is a nomad? ______

·  Name two activities of a nomad: 1) ______2) ______

2. MUHAMMAD & ISLAM’S TEACHINGS:

·  Who is the founder of Islam? ______

·  Where was he when he received his revelations? ______

·  The vision he saw was an ______who told him to write down that there is only one ______whose Arabic name is ______. This and other revelations that were written down became the Muslim holy book called the ______.

·  Muhammad spread the words of ______first to his ______and then to the people of his tribe who became his followers.

·  He was persecuted by the Meccans who plotted to ______him. Thus, he left with his followers to a city to the north called ______.

·  A main connection between Islam, Christianity, & Judaism is ______.

3. QUR’AN & SUNNAH:

·  What is the Qur’an? ______

·  Whose words are written in the Qur’an? ______

·  What is the Sunnah? ______

·  How many times a day do Muslims pray? ______

·  Muslims journey to ______at least once in their ______to visit the ______, a cube-shaped ______shrine.

·  What are the five pillars of Islam (and short descriptions of each)?

1) ______

2) ______

3) ______

4) ______

5) ______

4. THE SPREAD OF ISLAM:

·  When Muhammad died, the ruler that took over was called a ______.

·  Arabs spread Islam through ______, ______, & ______.

·  Three countries Islam conquered were: 1) ______

2) ______3) ______

·  Islam spread amongst the conquered as they learned Islam was based on:

a. race b. belief c. power d. money

·  The Muslim language, which was ______, also spread.

·  The ______is also written in this language.

·  Name two other groups that controlled later Muslim Empires: ______& ______

5. TRADE & EVERYDAY LIFE:

·  What were two ways merchants traveled? ______& ______

·  Name two main cities of trade: ______& ______

·  Trade routes ran from Arabia to these three continents: 1) ______

2) ______3) ______

·  Name five products that were traded along these routes: 1) ______

2) ______3) ______4)______5) ______

·  The Chinese taught Muslims how to make ______from wood & traded them silk.

·  What is a merchant? ______

·  Name 3 reasons the city of Mecca is important (look at KEY TERMS):

1) ______2) ______3)______

·  Role of Muslim man: ______Role of Muslim woman: ______

6. MUSLIM CONTRIBUTIONS:

·  What is a scholar? ______

·  What type of science did the Muslims specialize in? ______

·  What did the Muslims use to make medicine? ______

·  What type of mathematics did the Muslims contribute? ______

·  Which was a more popular theme in Muslim art: people geometric shapes

·  Why type of fancy handwriting did the Muslims contribute? ______

·  What was an important type of literature, especially for the Bedouins? ______