1. SOCIAL STUDIES TEXTBOOK HOMEWORK
Use the top half of your homework sheet.
Title for your work: Textbook Homework for Week of Nov. 17
Answer each item in a complete sentence.
Write the question and answer for number 1,2,3 on the front half
and 4,5,6 on the back half.
1. Why did panic sweep through the Muslim community after Muhammad’s death?
p. 99
2. What did Abu Bakr do about central Arabia and Iraq and Syria? p. 100
3. What were the two weaknesses of the Byzantine and Persian empires? p. 101
4. What were three reasons for people converting to Islam in Muslim-ruled
territories? p. 101
5. What did the Umayyad family do after the death of the fourth caliph called Ali?
p. 102
6. What do Shi’a Muslims and Sunni Muslims believe about Muslim rulers? p. 103