Chapter 10

Geography of Arabia (Lesson 1)

The Big picture on page 262

1. Where is Arabia?
2. Who is Constantine (from Chapter 9) and why now could Arabia start to flourish? (Think of Rome)
3. What is Frankincense and why was it a luxury item?
4. What Nations today are in the region of Arabia?

The Arabian Peninsula on page 263

5. Where is the Persian Gulf?
6. Where is the Arabian Sea?
7. Where is the Red Sea?
8. Where is the Jabal al-Hijaz Mountains and why is agriculture possible?
9. Where is the Al Jabal Al-Akhdar Mountains and why can they farm there?
10. Why is most of the Arabian Peninsula mostly a desert?

The Desert Environments on page 263

11. What is the world’s largest continuous body of sand?
12. What is the Empty Quarter and why is it uninhabitable?
13. What is an Oasis?

Map Work on page 263

14. Do question 1
15. Do question 2
16. Do question 3

Peoples of Arabia on page 264

17. Who are the Arabs?
18. What is a Camel and why was it important to the Arabs?

Arabia’s Fertile Regions on page 264

19. Where is Yemen?
20. What is the Sabaean civilization?
21. Find Yemen on the Atlas map on page R10 in the back of the book. What is the Capital?
22. What type of agriculture is most successful in Yemen’s mountainous region?
23. Why were the irrigation canals important in Yemen?
24. What was the Nabataea Kingdom?
25.  Find Petra on the map on page 267. What two Seas are near this Mabataea Kingdoms capital city?
26. How did Petra get their supply of water?

Trade Across Desert and Sea on page 264

27. Why did the Nabataea Kingdom grow rich and flourish for about 400 years?
28. Why were domesticated camels very useful for desert travel?
29. What are Caravans?

Peoples on the Move on page 265

30. Who were the Bedouins?
31. What does Bedouins mean?
32. How did the Bedouins live?
33. How did some of the Bedouins become wealthy and powerful?
34. Why did the differences in lifestyle between herders and farmers sometimes caused conflict?

The Beginnings of Islam (Lesson 2)

The Big Picture on page 266

35. What does Islam mean?
36. Who were the Muslims?
37. What does Muslim Mean?
38. What is the Quran?
39. How many Muslims are there today?

The Birth of Muhammad on page 267

40.  What is Arabic?
41. Who was Muhammad?
42. Where is Mecca? (Look on the map above)
43. Who raised Muhammad and why?
44. Who is Khadija?
45.  Why was Muhammad marriage to Khadija important?
46. What is the Kaaba?
47. Why was Kaaba important to the People?

Teachings of Islam on page 268

48. What happened to Muhammad when he was 40 years old?
49. What does Allah mean?

The Prophet Muhammad on page 268

50. What did Muhammad do after Allah talked to him?
51. Why did Muhammad leave Mecca in 622?

 Muhammad’s Migration on page 268

52. Where did Muhammad go first?
53. Where is Medina? (Map on page 267)
54. What does hijra mean?

Return to Mecca on page 269

55. What happened in 624 A.D.?
56. Why did Mecca surrender?
57. What did Muhammad do in 630 A.D.?
58. When did Muhammad die?

The Sacred Book of Islam on page 269

59. When was the Quran written down?
60. What was the most important teaching?
61. The Quran serves as a guide for what?

The Five Pillars of Islam on page 269

62. What was the 1^st Pillar of Islam?
63. What was the 2^nd Pillar of Islam?
64. What was the 3^rd Pillar of Islam?
65. What was the 4^th Pillar of Islam?
66. What was the 5^th Pillar of Islam?
67. What is a pilgrimage?

Muslims Around the World on page 270

68. By 750 A.D. followers of Islam could be found from where?

Islam Today on page 270

69. How many Muslims live in the U.S.?
70. What is Ramadan?
71. Why do Muslims make the pilgrimage to Mecca?
72. What do the Muslim women do with their children?