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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