Chapter 3 The Rise of Islam Study Guide
The following information will assist you in preparing for your chapter test. History is a broad topic, and this study guide
will help you focus on the key concepts that will be tested. If you complete, study, and know the following information,
your overall performance on the test should be high. Do your best and ace the test!
Section 1
1. Where is the Arabian Peninsula specifically located? (north, northwest, etc…)
2. Why is Arabia referred to as a “crossroads” location?
3. Traders passing through Arabia influenced its culture in what ways?
4. Arabia’s landscape is made up mostly of __________________________.
5. Describe a “nomad”.
6. Why was trading important to both nomads and townspeople?
Section 2
7. Who is Islam’s most important prophet?
8. What is the Qur’an?
9. What was the main difference between the beliefs of other Arabs and the teachings of Muhammad?
10. What was the main commonality of early followers of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam?
11. How did Muhammad’s teachings originally affect the people of Arabia?
12. Before Muhammad’s teachings, why did many Arabs visit the Kaaba in Mecca each year?
13. Why did many merchants reject the teachings of Muhammad?
14. What did Muhammad do when rich merchants refused to share their wealth and ignored the poor?
15. When was the Kaaba in Mecca an important and sacred place to Muslims?
16. What was the reason Muhammad and his followers left Mecca in 622?
17. What did the destruction of the statues in Mecca say about the people?
18. What is a mosque?
Section 3
19. What is the central teaching of Islam?
20. What is the Sunnah based off of?
21. Islamic law is based off of what two things?
22. Why is Islamic law important to Muslims?
23. The acts of worship required of all Muslims is called __________________________________________.
24. One can infer that those who care about following the rules of Islam, ________ during the holy month of
Ramadan.
25. What is the reason that Muslims fast during Ramadan?