1. Warm-up Think: What are the people who follow Islam called? Pair:
What languages do Muslims speak?
Share:
Where do you find the most Muslims?

2. Muslim Population Distribution Map
Standard 7.2.4: Discuss the distribution and spread of Muslims.
Task:
To create a distribution map showing the percentage of Muslims in the ten largest nations on Earth.

3. Muslims in the World Today

4. Countries with the Largest Muslim Population1.
Indonesia
183,000,000 6.
Iran
62,000,000 2.
Pakistan
134,000,000 7.
Egypt
59,000,000 3.
India
121,000,000 8.
Nigeria
53,000,000 4.
Bangladesh
114,000,000 9.
Algeria
31,000,000 5.
Turkey
66,000,000
10.
Morocco
29,000,000
* Arabs make up only 20% of the total Muslim population of the world.

6. Tasks Copy names of countries from the chart on p. 97.
List the names in size order from largest to smallest .
Use Atlas to write the name of each country in its correct location on the world map provided.
Divide the list into four categories by percentage. Example: 0- 25% , %, %, %

7. Tasks Continued
Make a key or legend with a title and 4 boxes labeled as above.
Color each box a different color.
Color each country with the correct color for its percentage of Muslims.
7. Add a title to the map.

8. Follow-up Questions Answer the following questions (see p. 97)
On which continent are the nations with the greatest percentage of Muslims found?
What reasons might be given for the large Muslim population found there?
What reasons might be given for the low percentage of Muslims in the Western Hemisphere?

9. Population Map Rubric List #1-10- size order of population- 10 points
Map correctly labeled with the 10 places -10 points
Color key + legend – 5 points
Title- 5 points
Questions on p. 97 answered – 6 points (2 points each)
Map colored correctly according to key- 4 points