I will pass out the study guide below on Monday, March 4, but I know some of you wanted to start working on the map part this weekend. 😊
I. Map/Geography
Ø Study
this slightly shortened list of countries from the map you made: Morocco, Algeria,
Libya, Egypt, Oman, United Arab Emirates aka UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Pakistan,
Afghanistan, Israel, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Lebanon.
Ø Study
this slightly shortened list of cities from the map you made: Islamabad, Mecca, Cairo, Jerusalem, Tehran, Baghdad.
Ø Answer and study the following questions:
1. What peninsula is bordered
by the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea, and the Indian Ocean?___________
2. What is the large desert
that covers North Africa? ______________________________
3. What is the large body of
water that separates Africa from Europe? _________________________
4. What two rivers are located
in Iraq and flow into the Persian Gulf?
___________________ and _____________________
5. What river flows along the
border of Jordan? ___________________________
6.
What triangular area, bordered by water on three sides connects the continents
of Africa and Asia?
___________________________________
7. What is the body of water
that lies between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran?_________________
8. What sea is located between the Israel-Jordan
borders? ___________________
9. What is another name for the sea in question
8? __________________________
10. What is the longest river
in Africa? _________________________________
11. Which ocean is off the
west coast of Africa?______________________
12. Which ocean is off the east
coast of Africa?______________________
13. Name four modern countries
that are located in the Fertile Crescent.
____________, ____________________, ___________________,
______________________
II. Cultures
1.
_____________________________ is an area in Egypt that is the burial place for
more than 60 pharaohs.
2. Why
was/is the Rosetta Stone
significant?___________________________________________
_____________________________
Where can we find it today?___________________________
Why is
its current location unacceptable to
Egypt?_______________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
3. Name
two of our “ancient mystery” sites and an interesting fact about them.
_________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
4.
Name a trend or generalization that applied to most or all of the “ancient
mystery” sites. _______
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
5. What
is the name for the area stretching from the Persian Gulf, north between the
Tigress and Euphrates rivers, and then south to the present-day country of
Israel? _______________________
6. Why
do we read epics from each cultural region we study?
______________________________
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7. Name
each of the ancient cultures we studied during this unit. For each civilization, note one thing they
are famous for and your favorite piece of information you learned about them.
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8. The name, Mesopotamia,
means “______________________________________,” and the two rivers that border
Mesopotamia are the ________________________and ___________________________.
9. Christians, Muslims, and Jews
all worship the God of _______________________.
10. The building where Muslims
worship is the ______________________.
11. The ____________________
is the holy book of Judaism, and the sacred language is
________________________.
12. A holy city for
Christianity, Islam, and Judaism is __________________________.
13. The holy book of
Christianity is the ________________________.
14. The holy day of the week for
Christians is _______________________________.
15. The sacred language of
Judaism is __________________________.
16. The Star of David is the
symbol of which religion?
______________________
17. The holiest city of Islam
is _____________________.
18. The building where Jews
worship is the ________________________________.
19. The holy book of Islam is
the ________________________, and it is written in the _________________
language.
20. ________________________
was the final prophet in Islam.
21. Which religion teaches
that Jesus is divine? _____________________________
22. Christians worship in a
____________________.
23. The religion that
considers Moses the most important prophet is _______________.
24. Different groups within a
religion are called __________________.
25. The two major sects in
Islam are ______________ and _________________.
26. Which religion includes
the concept of the Trinity? __________________________
