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Standards-based KWL for Islam in the Middle Ages
Analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of Islamic civilizations
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Answer on binder paper.
Know Arabian
peninsula’s geography
and how it affected
ways of life.
Where is the Arabian
Peninsula? What is the land
like? The climate?
Who was Muhammad?
What are some
similarities btw Islam,
Christianity, and
Judaism? Describe how
Islam began.
Who is Muhammad? Do you
think there are any
similarities btw Islam,
Christianity, and Judaism?
What are they?
What is the Qur’an?
How is the Sunna
different? List some of
the daily life rules that
Muslims should follow?
What do you think Muslims
believe? List the 10
Commandments. Do you
think Muslims believe in
them? What do you know
about Islam?
Explain the expansion
of Muslim rule and
Arabic language and
culture.
How do empires become
larger? Why is it important to
speak the same language?
Describe the trade
routes btw Asia, Europe
and Africa and what
traveled along them.
What role did Arab
merchants play in
society?
What other “things” might
be spread along trade routes
by merchants other than the
intended trade goods?
List the contributions of
Muslim scholars in the
areas of science, math,
medicine, art, and
literature.
Can you think of any ideas,
stories, or art that originated
(came from) in the Middle
East?
Describe the height
and fall of Muslim
rule in the Iberian
peninsula (the
Reconquista.)
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