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ISLAMIC CIVILIZATIONS JEOPARDY Religion Jeopardy Final Category Government Yathrib and and Rel. Muhammad the Islamic Move. State The VERY Beginning City of Mecca 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 20 30 30 30 30 30 40 40 40 40 40 50 50 50 50 50 People who inhabited a large peninsula between Asia and Africa Answer Who are Arabs? 10 Points Definition of Peninsula Answer What is a piece of land surrounded on 3 sides by water? 20 Points Formed when several related families came together. & The leader of the thing that formed when several related families came together. Answer A tribe and a sheikh 30 Points How life changed for Arabians in 500 C.E. Answer Instead of migrating in search of food, they began to settle in oases or fertile valleys. There they built towns and villages. 40 Points Reason why the Arabian Culture evolved in a unique direction, completely separate from the cultures of other civilizations around them. Answer How did the remoteness of the Arabians’ villages and the brutal deserts that surrounded them influence their culture? 50 Points Sea located about 55 miles from Mecca Answer What is the Red Sea? 10 Points Surprise! If you get the correct answer, the point value for this question will be doubled. How its location on the Red Sea influenced the city of Mecca. Answer What is making it a good location for controlling trade in the region? 20 Points Sacred building located in Mecca. Answer What is the Kaaba? 30 Points The original contents of the sacred building in Mecca. Answer Engraved images of all the Arabian gods. 40 Points Way in which the sacred building in Mecca influenced its economy. Answer What is bringing additional wealth and prosperity to the city. 50 Points Reason why it was difficult for prosperous Arabian cities to defend themselves. Answer They did not have a central government. The old tribal governments were no longer sufficient. 10 Points Two empires the Arabians saw as a threat. Answer What are the Persian and Byzantine Empires? 20 Points The belief in one God. Answer What is monotheism? 30 Points Arab teachers Answer What were hanifs? 40 Points Meaning of Islam Answer What is “submission to the will of Allah”? Bonus Question: This must be answered for 10 of the 50 points Who is Allah? 50 Points Muhammad’s first job Answer What is a caravan leader? 10 Points One concern Muhammad had about his faith and homeland Answer What is the greed and wickedness of his people; disparity between the wealthy and the poor; the worship of idols? 20 Points How people reacted to Muhammad’s message at first Answer They persecuted him and his followers 30 Points Reason why the poorer classes were drawn to Muhammad’s message. Answer Because he taught that the poor and wealthy were equal and that the wealthy should share their means with those who did not have enough. 40 Points Why did the wealthy merchants of Mecca fear the religion of Islam? Answer They thought if people didn’t worship idols they wouldn’t visit the Kaaba anymore and the merchants would lose money. 50 Points Word meaning “great emmigration” Answer What is Hijrah? 10 Points Book detailing Muhammad’s revealed teachings and laws Answer What is the Quran? 20 Points Yathrib was rename this __________, meaning “The City of the Prophet.” Answer What is Madinah 30 Points How did Muhammad change Mecca into the religious capital of the Islamic Nation? Answer He conquered it. Destroyed the idols. Established the Kaaba as the center of Muslim worship. 40 Points One way Muhammad changed the course of history Answer Founded a world religion, created strength within the middle east by united all of the Arabian tribes under one central government. 50 Points Final Category: Social Studies Vocabulary One of the sciences of social studies in which someone studies social behavior, its origins, development, organization, and institutions. Answer What is sociology? THANKS FOR PLAYING!