Transcript Islam Focus Vocabulary

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* 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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* 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?
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Mrs. Chen
7th Grade World History
* 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?
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* 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?
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* 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?
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* 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?
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* 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?
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* 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?
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* 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?
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* 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?
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* 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?
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* 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?
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* 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?
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* 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?
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* 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?
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* 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?
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* 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 _________?
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* Read the story on page 82-83 of your
textbook
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[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.