1. Islam Geography & Spread (15 slides) Muhammad & Islam (30 slides)
Scholars & Contributions (15 slides)
Crusades & Modern Issues (15 slides)
Review, Quiz & Assessment (15 slides)

2. Islam: Muhammad & Islam
7.2:  Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the civilizations of Islam in the Middle Ages.
1: Identify the physical features & describe the climate of the Arabian peninsula, its relationship to surrounding bodies of land and water, and nomadic & sedentary ways of life.
2: Trace the origins of Islam and the life and teachings of Muhammad, including Islamic teachings on the connection with Judaism and Christianity.
3: Explain the significance of the Qur’an and the Sunnah as the primary sources of Islamic beliefs, practice, and law, and their influence in Muslims’ daily life.
4: Discuss the expansion of Muslim rule through military conquests and treaties, emphasizing the cultural blending within Muslim civilization and the spread/acceptance of Islam & the Arabic language.
5: Describe the growth of cities and the establishment of trade routes among Asia, Africa, and Europe, the products and inventions that traveled along these routes (e.g., spices, textiles, paper, steel, new crops), and the role of merchants in Arab society.
6: Understand the intellectual exchanges among Muslim scholars of Eurasia and Africa and the contributions Muslim scholars made to later civilizations in the areas of science, geography, mathematics, philosophy, medicine, art, and literature.

3. Review, Quiz & Assessment 1) Which of these statements is true?
A Judaism was the world’s first monotheistic religion
B Islam was the world’s first monotheistic religion
C Christianity was the world’s first monotheistic religion
D All of these started at the same time
E None of these are monotheistic religions

4. Review, Quiz & Assessment
2) Islam started in…
A Jerusalem
B Mecca
C Rome
D Baghdad
E none of the above

5. Review, Quiz & Assessment
3) Muhammad…
A Had a magic carpet
B started the religion of Islam
C was friends with Jesus
D hated the poor
E found a genie in a cave

6. Review, Quiz & Assessment
4) Jerusalem is…
A An important city for Jews
B An important city for Christians
C An important city for Muslims
D An important city for both Jews and Christians
E An important city for Jews, Christians & Muslims

7. Review, Quiz & Assessment 5) The 5-Pillars of Islam include…
A Charity, Fasting and Pilgrimage
B Reading the Qur’an, Charity, Fasting
C Worshipping Muhammad, Pilgrimage, Charity
D Profession of Faith, Fasting, Prayer
E A and D

8. Review, Quiz & Assessment 6) Which statement is true?
A Jews read the Koran
B Christians read the Koran
C Muslims pray to Muhammad
D all of the above
E None of the above

9. Review, Quiz & Assessment
7) Islam spread throughout the Arab World for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
A Muhammad had a strong group of followers who promoted his message
B The Arabian Peninsula was united by the military leader Abu Bakr
C Arab merchants spread the religion of Islam
D Muslims always sent missionaries to surrounding countries to convert people
E Much of the Middle East was unified by a common language (Arabic)

10. Review, Quiz & Assessment
8) Which description best captures the Sunnah?
A books written by Muhammad
B Directions for how to pray 5 times a day
C Directions on how to build a mosque
D A translation of the Qur’an
E Rules, laws and guidelines for Muslim daily living

11. Review, Quiz & Assessment
9) Which was NOT an important Arabian trade city?
A Rome
B Jerusalem
C Baghdad
D Medina
E Mecca
Jerusalem
Baghdad
Medina
Mecca

12. Review, Quiz & Assessment 10) Islam first spread to the region of:
A Northern Europe (England, Germany)
B Arabia and Northern Africa
C Southern Africa
D Southern Europe (Italy, France, Spain)
E Eastern Europe (Poland, Russia)

13. Review, Quiz & Assessment Both believe the Old Testament is true
Venn Diagram
Islam
Christianity
Similarities
Founder was Prophet Muhammad
Spread through traders/travelers
Worship in a Mosque
Read the Qur'an
Followers called Muslims
Holiest city is Mecca
Spread in Middle East & Africa
Believe in no God but Allah
Founder was Jesus
Spread by Missionaries
Worship in a church
Read the Bible
Followers called Christians
Holiest city is Jerusalem
Spread in Europe & Americas
Believe Jesus is son of God
Both monotheistic
Both believe the Old Testament is true
Both have place of worship
From Middle East
Have a holy book
Both practice prayer
Both practice fasting

14. “The Big 3” Monotheistic Religions Mini-Quiz!
1) Earliest monotheistic religion
2) Jesus is the savior of the world
3) Muhammad is the prophet
4) Abraham is the father of these people
5) The Old & New Testament (Bible) is their holy book
6) The Torah (Old Testament) is their holy book
7) The Qur'an (Koran) is their holy book
8) They worship in a mosque
9) They worship in a church
10) They worship in a synagogue
11) The world’s largest religion
12) They believe in one god
13) Spread to North Africa by merchants & traders
14) Spread throughout Asia Minor by merchants
15) Started in the Middle East
Judaism
Christianity
Islam

15. S.W.A.T. 21)A religious journey
22)Where Muslims are supposed to take a religious journey
20) Guiding rules, based on how Muhammad lived his life
20) The name to which the Muslim Turks changed ‘Constantinople’
17)The Muslim house of worship
18) A ‘Holy War’ (in Arabic)
23)City that Christians, Muslims, & Jews have fought over in the past
24)Muslims have a mosque, Christians have this…
29) An area of the world that is mostly Muslim today
30) Muslims are to do this five times a day
28) Find a monotheistic religion
27) Find a monotheistic religion
25)Muslims have a Qur’an, Christians have this…
26) Find a polytheistic religion
16) The belief in only ONE God
19) The Holy book of Islam
15) The ‘Kaaba’ is an example of:
6) Holy City of Islam
7) People who spread the Islamic religion to Africa
4) Follower of Islam
3) Prophet of Islam
1) Founder of Islam
2) God of Islam
8) Groups traveling together
5) Charity, Fasting, Pilgrimage, Prayer, Profession of Faith
13) People living on-the-move
9) Which one is missing: Prayer, Charity Pilgrimage, Profession of Faith, _______
12) Where Muhammad claimed to see revelations from god
14) People living permanently
11) Language of the Qur’an
10) Which is missing: Prayer, Fasting, Pilgrimage, Profession of Faith, _______
S.W.A.T.
Monotheism
Middle East
Church
Arabic
Sedentary
Caravan
Buddhism
Qur’an
Muslim
Mosque
5 Pillars of Islam
Polytheism
Charity
Muhammad
Nomadic
Jihad
Sunnah
Allah
Islam
Traders
Prayer
Cave
Shrine
Merchants
Pilgrimage
Mecca
Profession of Faith
Fasting
Arabia
Istanbul
Hinduism
Bible
Judaism
Jerusalem
Koran
Christianity
North Africa