12. QUICK WRITE
What is the largest city in Turkey?
What is the main language in the Middle
East?
Name one of the two mosques found in
Istanbul?
What is a mineret?
13.
14. The Faith or
Shahada, There
is no God but
Allah; his
prophet
Mohammad
The Prayer or
The Hajj; at
Salat, Facing
least once, a
Mecca, Muslim
Muslim must go
pray at down,
to Mecca on a
noon, 4pm, 6pm
Pilgrimage
and bedtime
The Fast or
Sawm. From The Alms or
dusk to dawn Zakat, One
for 1 month must give to the
Muslims fast. poor; Charity
Ramadan
18. THE HAJJ & THE KABBA
According to
Islamic
tradition the
Kaaba was re-
constructed by
Abraham. It is
stated in the
Qur'an that
this was the
first house that
was built for
humanity to
worship Allah.
20. QUICK WRITE
Who was the founder of Islam?
What are followers of Islam called?
What is the holiest city for Muslims?
What is their place of worship called?
What is the name of their holy book?
Name two of the five pillars.
22. JUDAISM
Founder Abraham
Monotheistic
Holy Book—Torah (Old
Testament)
10 Commandments
Followers are called Jews
(Hebrews)
Israel is the only country
with a major Jewish
population
25. QUICK WRITE
Capital of Israel
Followers of Judaism are called ______?
Holy book of Jews?
Country dominated by the Jewish people.
Sacred site of Jews.
Why Jews returned to the land and took it over
after World War II.
Name for the group of Muslims who want
independence from Israel?
35. QUICK WRITE
In which country is Petra located?
What is the name of the two rivers that flow
through Iraq?
What is the name of the ancient region
where the first civilization began?
44. TERRORISM
IRAN (Since Jan. 19, 1984):
- encourages militant groups including Hizbollah; increasingly assists militants in Iraq; provides Palestinian
militants with funding, training and weapons.
- declines to bring to justice senior al Qaeda members it has held since 2003.
- is a particular concern because of its nuclear program.
CUBA (Since March 1, 1982):
- actively opposes U.S.-led war on terrorism; does not try to track or block militants' assets; has taken no
action against al Qaeda or other militant groups.
- grants U.S. fugitives safe haven; has not satisfied U.S. extradition requests for people it calls terrorists.
- maintains close ties with Iran and North Korea, and has provided safe haven to militants including
members of Basque separatists ETA and Colombia's leftist FARC.
SUDAN (Since Aug. 12, 1993):
- hosted al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in the 1990s, which weighs heavily in assessment of Sudan.
- has caused concern with its handling of internal rebel movements, especially in western Sudan.
SYRIA (Since Dec. 29, 1979):
- provides political and material support to Hizbollah and Palestinian militant groups.
- has been implicated in the 2005 assassination of Lebanese ex-Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.
Source: Reuters; U.S. State Dept. (www.state.gov.in)
46. QUICK WRITE
Tile artwork is known as ______________.
Tallest building in the world is located in
which country?
What does OPEC stand for?
Full covering for Muslim women is called…?
What is the name for the nomadic, desert
dwelling people of the Middle East?
54. Petra Hajj Waililng/Western Wall
Dome of the Rock Bedouin Mosaic
Blue Mosque Click on the
picture to see
the term.
Burka
Editor's Notes
The Muslim world consists of the Middle East in Asia and the north African countries. The dominant ethnic/language group is Arabic.
Turkey is located on two continents (Asia and Europe). Turkey’s geographical location results in a mixture of both European and Middle Eastern traditions and culture. Istanbul is the largest city, laying along the Bosphorus strait that connects the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara.
Many of Turkey’s large cities in the West are reminiscent of major European cities. Turkey is a developed country with many modern technologies.
View of Istanbul with a view of the Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia.
The Blue Mosque of Turkey. Mosques throughout the Middle East require visitors and worshipers to remove their shoes before entering. Also, women and men are separated and pray and different areas. Mosques have a central dome often with at least 4 minerets, or towers.
The country with the world’s largest population of Muslims is not in the Middle East; rather it is the country of Indonesia. A split occurred within the Islam religion, resulting in two groups—the Shiites and the Sunnis. The Shiites are mainly concentrated in Iran, Iraq, and Pakistan. The Shiites are supporters of Ali (the son-in-law of Muhammad), who they believed was the rightful successor of Muhammad.
Mecca—holiest city and birthplace of the prophet Muhammad; Medina—burial place of Muhammad; Jerusalem—ascended to heaven
Remains of an old Jewish church completed around 19BC; destroyed by the Romans in 70AD
8 times saltier than the ocean. 33.7 salinity
Great city of Babylon was at its height circa 2300BC.Nebuchanezer’s Hanging Gardens was considered one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. During the Neo-Assyrian Empire (c.883-612), large monumental bulls, often with wings and always with human heads, were placed as gateway guardians at the entrances of royal palaces like Khorsabad and Nineveh. The general idea behind them was that they warded off evil. The ziggurat at Ur dates back over 4,000 years ago.
The height of Persian rule lasted from about 550 B.C. until 330 B.C., when Alexander the Great overthrew the ruling Archaemenid dynasty and burned Persepolis to the ground
