Chapter 10 – Study Guide Ancient Arabia
Vocabulary Words
 Quran
 Muhammad
 Mecca
 Kaaba
 Caravans
 Oasis
 Arabia
 Astrolabe
 Pilgrimage
Questions to answer:
1. What evidence can you give to support the statement that to practicing Muslims, religion is
a very important part of their lives?
2. How did Islam spread Arab influence and unite the people under it?
3. Where in Arabia would you expect most of the population to live? Explain why you think
this.
4. Compare the city of Mecca before and after its surrender to Muhammad.
Study Facts:
 Khadija was the wife of Muhammad
 Most of the inner part of the Arabian Peninsula is made up of deserts
 Muhammad brought Islam to the people of Arabia
 Muslim scholars excelled in math and science
 Christianity, Judaism and Islam share a belief in one God
 Avicenna was a Muslim who described how disease spread through the air
 The center of the Muslim world community is Mecca
 The main activity of the Bedouin people was herding