2. Religion Jeopardy The VERY Beginning City of Mecca Government and Rel. Move. Muhammad Yathrib and the Islamic State 10 20 30 40 50 Final Category

3. People who inhabited a large peninsula between Asia and Africa Answer

4. Who are Arabs? 10 Points

5. Definition of Peninsula Answer

6. What is a piece of land surrounded on 3 sides by water? 20 Points

7. Formed when several related families came together. & The leader of the thing that formed when several related families came together. Answer

8. A tribe and a sheikh 30 Points

9. How life changed for Arabians in 500 C.E. Answer

10. Instead of migrating in search of food, they began to settle in oases or fertile valleys. There they built towns and villages. 40 Points

11. Reason why the Arabian Culture evolved in a unique direction, completely separate from the cultures of other civilizations around them. Answer

12. How did the remoteness of the Arabians’ villages and the brutal deserts that surrounded them influence their culture? 50 Points

13. Sea located about 55 miles from Mecca Answer

14. What is the Red Sea? 10 Points

15. Surprise! If you get the correct answer, the point value for this question will be doubled.

16. How its location on the Red Sea influenced the city of Mecca. Answer

17. What is making it a good location for controlling trade in the region? 20 Points

18. Sacred building located in Mecca. Answer

19. What is the Kaaba? 30 Points

20. The original contents of the sacred building in Mecca. Answer

21. Engraved images of all the Arabian gods. 40 Points

22. Way in which the sacred building in Mecca influenced its economy. Answer

23. What is bringing additional wealth and prosperity to the city. 50 Points

24. Reason why it was difficult for prosperous Arabian cities to defend themselves. Answer

25. They did not have a central government. The old tribal governments were no longer sufficient. 10 Points

26. Two empires the Arabians saw as a threat. Answer

27. What are the Persian and Byzantine Empires? 20 Points

28. The belief in one God. Answer

29. What is monotheism? 30 Points

30. Arab teachers Answer

31. What were hanifs? 40 Points

32. Meaning of Islam Answer

33. 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

34. Muhammad’s first job Answer

35. What is a caravan leader? 10 Points

36. One concern Muhammad had about his faith and homeland Answer

37. What is the greed and wickedness of his people; disparity between the wealthy and the poor; the worship of idols? 20 Points

38. How people reacted to Muhammad’s message at first Answer

39. They persecuted him and his followers 30 Points

40. Reason why the poorer classes were drawn to Muhammad’s message. Answer

41. 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

42. Why did the wealthy merchants of Mecca fear the religion of Islam? Answer

43. They thought if people didn’t worship idols they wouldn’t visit the Kaaba anymore and the merchants would lose money. 50 Points

44. Word meaning “great emmigration” Answer

45. What is Hijrah? 10 Points

46. Book detailing Muhammad’s revealed teachings and laws Answer

47. What is the Quran? 20 Points

48. Yathrib was rename this __________, meaning “The City of the Prophet.” Answer

49. What is Madinah 30 Points

50. How did Muhammad change Mecca into the religious capital of the Islamic Nation? Answer

51. He conquered it. Destroyed the idols. Established the Kaaba as the center of Muslim worship. 40 Points

52. One way Muhammad changed the course of history Answer

53. Founded a world religion, created strength within the middle east by united all of the Arabian tribes under one central government. 50 Points

54. Final Category: Social Studies Vocabulary

55. One of the sciences of social studies in which someone studies social behavior, its origins, development, organization, and institutions. Answer

56. What is sociology?