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Arabia and Islam Webquest
Each question on this worksheet is based on information from the web. I have
listed a couple of websites below to help you in your quest. You may need other sites
to assist you in your quest. Use any search engine to complete this worksheet. Please
use your time wisely as you only have the one class period to find all this information.
Please answer the questions on a separate sheet of paper. You may type your answers.
Websites:
www.religionfacts.com/
library.thinkquest.org/05aug/00157/index.html
www.ecentrify.com/discuss/religion/1definitions.htm
www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/HistTopics/Arabic_numerals.html
Timeline
1. How old was Muhammad when he began teaching about Islam?
2. What happened first- Muhammad leaves Mecca or Calakmul defeats Tikal?
Sequence Chain
3. Where did Islam spread before moving into Spain?
Map
4. What bodies of water surround Arabia?
5. Why do you think Mecca was such an important city?
History Close-up
6. Do you think the man below is a townsperson or a nomad? Why?
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Timeline
7. About how long after the beginning of Christianity were the beginnings of Islam?
8. How many years passed between Muhammad seeing the angel and beginning to spread his message?
9. What is the holy book of Islam?
10. What is the holy book of Christianity?
Map
11. Where did Muhammad and his followers go after being kicked out of Mecca? (Hint: Use the timeline
from the first website I have given you.)
Five Pillars
12. Which of the five pillars shows how Muslims are supposed to treat other people?
13. How many times a day must a Muslim pray?
Early Muslim Conquests
14. How many miles across (east-west) was the empire in 750 AD?
15. How did the Empire grow?
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Trade in the Muslim World
16. Which continents did the trade routes reach?
Islamic Achievements
17. Why do we call our numbers Arabic numerals?
18. What did Muslim doctors develop?
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