Download 9.3 Study Questions: Rise of Islam

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Rise of Islam (pp. 371-378)
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Daily Life in Early Arabia
1. Although most of the Arabian Peninsula is very dry, where is there enough water for
plants to grow?
2. How were the Arab people organized, and what were their leaders called?
3. What were Bedouins?
4. *How was the lifestyle of Arab villagers different from the lifestyle of the Bedouins?
5. What was a caravan?
6. Where did Arab merchants travel?
7. *Why was Makkah (Mecca) so important?
8. What was the Kaaba and what was inside it?
Muhammad: Islam’s Prophet
9. *Describe Muhammad’s early life.
10. *Why was Muhammad dissatisfied?
11. *What happened to Muhammad when he went to the hills to meditate?
12. What does “Islam” mean?
13. List the ideas that Muhammad preached to people. (Find six different ideas: Some were
things they should do and some were things they should believe). (Bullet point answers
are OK).
14. After his family, what people were particularly attracted to Muhammad’s teachings?
15. *What people felt threatened? *What did they do?
16. How did Muhammad and his followers escape persecution in Makkah (Mecca)?
17. What is the journey in the previous question called? How is it honored in the Muslim
calendar? In what year of the Christian calendar did it take place?
18. What new name did people of Yathrib give to their city? What does it mean?
19. *What type of government did Muhammad establish in Madinah? *What was new for the
Arabs about this form of government?
20. What important event took place in 630 CE ?
21. By the time Muhammad died two years later (632 CE) how far had Islam spread?
Islam’s Teachings
22. List five beliefs that Islam, Judaism, and Christianity all have in common ( bullet points
OK)
23. *How do Christians and Muslims view Jesus differently?
24. What is the holy book of Islam, and where do Muslims believe these writings come
from?
25. List five moral teachings in the Quran that are similar to those in the Bible (bullet points
OK)
26. According to rules in the Quran regarding daily life, what should Muslims NOT do?
27. What other aspects of daily life does the Quran have rules about?
28. List and describe the 5 Pillars of Islam.
29. What does the Islamic law code explain and what did Islamic scholars take it from?
30. What is the Sunna?
Daily Life in Early Arabia
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