Global 2 - HW#21            Global 4 - HW#21               April 23, 2004
Read pages 254-260 
complete (1-6) on page 260

1. Identify: Mecca, Kaaba, Khadija, Quran, Sharia, People of the Book

2. Define: hijra, caliph, mosque, hajj

3. How did Muhammad become the prophet of Islam?

4. a) What the Five Pillars of Islam?
    b) How do they help unite Muslims?

5. How do the Quran and Sharia guide the lives of Muslim men and women?

6. Critical Thinking: Reread Abu Bakr's words about the death of Muhammad on page 257.
a) Restate his main point in your own words.
b) Why do you think he made this statement?

Arabs, Muhammad and Islamic Empire to 680 A,D.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 






 Read pages 765-773 
complete (2-7) on page 773

2. Why was the PLO formed? How did the PLO 
and Israel change their policies toward each other 
in 1993?

3. What were the causes and results of Iran's 
1979 revolution?
            The Iranian Revolution

4. How did Sadat's policies for Egypt differ from 
those of Nasser? What problems did Mubarak face?

5. What groups fought each other in the Lebanon war?

6. What cause the Gulf War?  What the resulys of the war?

7. Critical Thinking: How might rapid modernization in the Middle East have contributed to the growth of Islamic fundamentalism?