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Religion Jeopardy
The VERY Beginning
City of Mecca
Government and Rel.
Move.
Muhammad
Yathrib and the Islamic State
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Final Category
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.
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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
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.
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What is monotheism?
30 Points
Arab teachers
Answer
What were hanifs?
40 Points
Meaning of Islam
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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
One of the sciences of social studies in which someone studies social behavior, its
origins, development, organization, and institutions.
Answer
What is sociology?
