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Hhe Spread of Islam
) Gathering the Facts
1. Turn to pages 4G47 in the Atlas. Read the introduction
and the history question,
"What's Islam?" Then look at picture A and read its caption. Use the information to
answer the following questions.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Where did Islam begin?
e.
What is the name of the holy book of Islam?
f.
What does the Qur'an include?
g.
How did Islam spread into regions that were not ruled by Islamic leaders?
h.
What is the name for God in Arabic?
Who was the founder of Islam?
What are followers of Islam called?
How did ttre early leaders of Islam spread the religion?
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Look at map B, "spread of Islamic Empires." Use the information to sequence the
following events in chronological order. Write I next to the event that occurred first
and 9 next to the event that occurred last.
Event
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
Islam begins to spread.
Muslims defeat the Chinese.
Capital moves from Medina to Damascus.
Muslims win a batfle and expand into Spain.
Muhammad rules the western half of Arabia.
Muslim armies win a battle at Alexandria.
tslamic rule expands to include lands from the Maghreb
to the Indus River.
h. Franks stop Muslim advance.
Muslims expand farther northeast after the battle of Merv.
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F Location
3. Use map C, "Later Spread of Islam," to locate the cities below. Next to each cit5r,
write the region in which it was located. Circle the cities that were not in Muslim
regions in 850.
Ctty
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.
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Changan
Delhi
Mecca
Herat
Hardwar
Medina
Cairo
Malacca
Lahore
Baghdad
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Look at picture D and read its caption. Use picture D and map C, "Later Spread of
Islam," to answer the following questions.
a.
Why is Mecca important for Muslims?
b.
What is one of the religious duties for Muslims?
c.
Describe what is happening in the picture.
d.
Islam is one of the world's major religions today. How did.Islam spread after 85O?
e.
By
f.
In addition to Mecca, what were four other major Muslim sites in
f 5OO
which continents had Islam spread to?
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) Links Far and Near
1. Turn to pages 58-59 in the Atlas. Read the introduction.
Write T next to each of the
following statements if it is true or F if the statement is false.
a.
After the Muslim invasion, Muslim North Africans gained independence from the
Islamic empires further east.
b.
Muslim and Christian scholars wrote books on mathematics, science, and
philosophy.
c.
North African goods and merchants moved across Europe, Asia, and Africa.
F People and Cultures
2. Look at picture A and read its caption. Then read the history question, "What do
algebra and syrrp have in common?" Use the information to complete the following
sentences.
a.
The warriors shown in picture A were from the
Caliphate.
b. The Fatimids founded
c.
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Use map B, "North African Islamic Empires," to sequence the following events in
chronological order. Write I next to the event that occurred first and 5 next to the
event that occurred last.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
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Europeans incorporated
Almohads overthrowAlmoravids.
Almoravid Empire is established.
Fatimids establish their caliphate.
Saladin abolishes the Fatimids.
Arab Muslims reach Spain.
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4. Use map C, 'Ayyubid Empire," to classiff
the following countries. Next to each
countr5r, write the religion that was practiced there between 1169 and L25O.
Write IS for Islam and C for Christianity.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
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Abbasid Caliphate
Ayyubid Empire
Byzantine Empire
Seljuk Empire
Antioch
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5.
Use map D, 'The Travels of Ibn Battuta," to complete the following paragraph.
. In 1325 he left his country to begin
Ibn Battuta was born in
his holy pilgrimage, or
, to the city of
Ibn Battuta
visited two cities of the African Swahili States,
and
. In L342, the Sultan of
appointed Ibn
.
Battuta envoy to the emperor of
From Delhi Ibn Battuta
and married into ttre mling family. He
traveled south to the
. In 1348
journeyed to China and visited the northern city of
in the Middle East. Between
he witnessed the
1349 and 1354, Ibn Battuta visited the city of
on the continent
of Europe. By f 354 Ibn Battuta had visited
miles. An account of his travels can be found in his
covered about
book
or
>t lo""tion
6.
Use map D, 'The Travels of lbn Battuta," to order the following cities visited by
Ibn Battuta between 1325 and 1354. Write I next to the city farthest west and
5 next to the city farthest east.
Mecca
Fez
T,aitun
Cairo
Calicut
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oorish Spain
) Gathering the Facts
l. Turn to page 66 in the Atlas. Read the introduction.
Use the information to answer
the following questions.
a.
What lands did Muslims and Christians fight for?
and
b.
How many years did Muslims and Christians fight for the control of Spain and
Portugal?
c.
Where did the Moors come from?
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2.
Use map A, "Moorish Conquest," to sequence the following events. Write
the event that occurred first arrd 7 next to the event that occurred last.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
I next to
Christians stop Moors at Asturias.
Cordoba Caliphate is established.
Franks defeat Moors at Tours.
Moors win battle at Lisbon.
Moors invade Spain.
Moors cross $rrenees and conquer Narbonne.
Moors win batfle at Toledo.
) People and Cultures
3. Look at picture B and read its caption. Then look at chart C, "Islamic
Contributions." Write T next to each of the following statements if it is true or F if
the statement is false.
a.
The rest of Western Europe was significantly more advanced than
Moorish Spain.
b. Moors built the first windmill.
c. Arabs created Arabic numerals.
d.
Moors used arches in their architecture.
e.
Muslims wrote leading textbooks on surgery and medicine.
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IGrowth of Eastern Empires
F Time and Change
1. Turn to pages 90-91 in the Aflas. Read the introduction.
Write T next to each
statement if it is true or F if the statement is false.
a.
The Ottoman Empire was the world's wealthiest empire about the same time
Russia was becoming the world's largest country.
b. Subjects of the Ottoman Empire were required to practice Islam.
c. Ivan the Terrible was the last czar of Russia.
d.
Russia adopted customs from Western Europe.
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2. Look at picture A and read its caption. Use the information to answer the following
questions.
a.
Which Ottoman ruler does the great Suleimaniye Mosque honor?
b.
In what city was this mosque built?
c. What a.re some of the features of the mosque?
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g. Use map B, "Height of the Ottoman Empire," to answer the following questions.
a.
By 1481 tJle Ottomans controlled the area north of the Black Sea and which two
and
other regions?
b. What city became the new capital after I48I?
c.
On which three continents did the Ottoman Empire have areas of control by
, and
1683?
d. Who did the Ottomans fight with for more than 12O years?
What is the name of the battle that began this fighting?
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In what battle did the Ottomans kill the king of Hungary?
f.
Who stopped the northern expansion of the Ottomans into central Europe?
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