Middle East Part I - North Allegheny School District



Middle East Part I

Study Guide

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Land and People

• Regions of the Middle East

• Two ties between the Middle East and North Africa

• Three continents that intersect in the Middle East

• Use of region since ancient times

• Strategic international importance

• Two ways that technology has improved irrigation

• Three major religions in the region

• Location of the majority of the population and reason why

Early Civilizations

• First civilization to develop and why

• Hammurabi's Code – importance of and basic principle

• Importance of Hittites

• Significance of Phoenician alphabet

• Main belief of Zoroaster and affect on Persians

• Exchange of ideas during the Roman Empire

Judaism

• Date that Israel came into existence and reason it did not last long

• Treatment of Hebrews by Persians and Romans

• Define Diaspora

• Define Covenant

• Identify the Torah and name place of worship

• 10 Commandments

• Identify the following…

o Abraham

o Moses

o Sabbath

o Yom Kippur

o 4 Major Types of Judaism in the US

o Yarmulke

o Wailing Wall

o Yahweh

Christianity

• Other religion which came from Christianity

• Founder of Christianity

• Define Parable and Messiah

• Basic teachings of Christ

• Reason Greeks and Romans opposed Jesus

• Roman Empire helped to spread the Christian religion

• Reason Christianity appealed to the people

• Identify or define the following…

o 3 Main Branches of Christianity

o Sabbath

o Easter

The World of Islam

• Two leading towns of the Arabian Peninsula

• Who "spoke" to Muhammad? What did they say?

• What was Muhammad to "proclaim"?

• Name and description of Islamic holy book

• Three reasons why many Arabs rejected the teachings of Islam at first

• What is the Kabaa's importance?

• Basic message of Islam

• Five Pillars

• Significance of Mecca and Medina

• What is Ramadan and how is it celebrated?

• Islamic centers of worship

• Fundamentalism

• Common characteristics between Islam, Judaism, and Christianity

• Tensions in the Middle East between what groups?

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