* Scan the titles and pictures in Chapter 7 of your textbook. * Write 3 sentences predicting what you think we will be learning about in our next unit.

*Do Now

*Scan the titles and pictures in Chapter 7 of your textbook.

*Write 3 sentences predicting what you think we will be learning about in our next unit.

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*Arabian Peninsula

*Use the map on page 89 of your book to answer the following 2 questions…

1. What city is at the intersection of six trade routes?

2. What trade goods were produced on the Arabian peninsula?

Mrs. Chen

7th Grade World History

*Islam Focus Vocabulary

*Nomads

*Nomads move from place to place instead of settling permanently

*What are nomads?

*What do we call people who move from place to place instead of settling permanently?

*What are nomadic tribes?

*Oasis

*An oasis is a fertile or green spot in a desert

*What is an oasis?

*What do we call a fertile or green spot in a desert?

*How can an oasis support a city in the desert?

*Clan

*Clans are families of people related by blood or marriage

*What are clans?

*What do we call families of people related by blood or marriage?

*How would clans help people in harsh conditions?

*Allah

*Allah is the Arabic word for God

*What is Allah?

*What is the Arabic word for God?

*Is Allah the only other word for God?

*Monotheism

*Monotheism is the belief in one God

*What is monotheism?

*What do we call the belief in one God?

*If monotheism is the belief in one God, then what is polytheism?

*Pilgrimage

*A pilgrimage is a journey to a sacred place or shrine

*What is a pilgrimage?

*What do we call a journey to a sacred place or shrine?

*Christians, Muslims, and Jews all make pilgrimages to what city?

*Islam

*Islam is a religion based upon the teachings of Muhammad

*What is Islam?

*What do we call the religion based on the teachings of Muhammad?

*Where did Muhammad begin to spread Islam?

*Muslim

*A Muslim is a believer in Islam

*What is a Muslim?

*What do we call a believer in Islam?

*What country has the largest population of Muslims?

*Hijrah

*Hijrah is the migration of Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to the town of Yathrib(Medina)

*What is Hijrah?

*What do we call the migration to Yathrib?

*Why did Hijrah happen?

*Qur’an

*The Qur’an is the Muslim holy book

*What is the Qur’an?

*What do we call the Muslim holy book?

*The Qur’an was originally written in what language?

*Sunnah

*The Sunnah are teachings and practices of Muhammad used by Muslims as guides for proper living

*What are the Sunnah?

*What do we call the Muslims’ guides for proper living?

*The Sunnah and Qur’an became part of what?

*Mosque

*A mosque is a Muslim house of worship

*What is a mosque?

*What do we call a Muslim house of worship?

*All mosques face what?

*Caliph

*A caliph means “successor,” a secular and religious head of a Muslim community

*What is a caliph?

*What do we call the secular and religious head of a Muslim community?

*A caliph was elected to be who’s successor?

*Shi’a

*Shi’a means “the party of Ali” and is a branch of Islam that resisted the rule of the Umayyads and believed the caliph should always be a relative of the Prophet(Muhammad)

*What is the Shi’a?

*What do we call the branch of Islam that resisted the Umayyads?

*What do we call members of the Shi’a?

*Sunni

*Sunni is the branch of Islam that did not resist the Umayyads

*What is the Sunni?

*What do we call the branch of Islam that did not resist the Umayyads?

*The Sunni accepted elected _________?

*A Journey to Mecca*Read the story on page 82-83 of your

textbook

1. [The plot is a sequence of events in the story] With your partner, identify the 5 events that make up the plot of this story in the correct sequential order.

2. Write a paragraph (3-5 complete sentences) describing what you think will happen to Ayesha and Yazid and their Muslim community after the death of Muhammad.