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Religions of the Middle East
Read pages 88 to 93 of the textbook and answer the following questions in complete sentences.
1. Why do historians and news reporters call Southwest Asia the “Middle East?”
2. What does monotheism mean? What are three examples?
3. What city is considered a holy site by three monotheistic religions?
Note: This city has been occupied for more than 4000 years! During that time, it has been destroyed and
rebuilt several times.
4. Which monotheistic religion is the oldest? What is the holy book called?
5. What does Diaspora mean?
6. What does messiah mean?
7. What are two holy days in the oldest monotheistic religion? Explain what they are and how they are
observed.
8. What are the followers of Jesus Christ called? What is their holy book called?
9. What event occurred in A.D. 1 in the Christian calendar?
10. What are disciples?
11. What does minister mean?
12. What was the military campaign to capture the city of Jerusalem called?
13. What are four holy days in the Christian religion? What do these holy days celebrate?
14. What does the word Islam mean?
15. What are the followers of Islam called? What is their holy book called?
16. What are the 5 pillars of faith?
17. What is the Islamic pilgrimage known as?
18. What is Ramadan? How is it observed?
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