Chapter 15: Islamic Civilization

Chapter 15: Islamic Civilization

Arabian Desert

Arabian Desert

Bedouin Family (Arab nomads)

Multiple Choice

What type of people lived on the Arabian peninsula that traveled with their herds?

• farmers

• merchants

• artisans

• nomads

Mosque in Canada

Multiple Choice

According to Islamic belief, how did Muhammad get the ideas that started Islam?

• He received them from God from and angel.

• He collected ideas in a journal as he traveled.

Multiple Choice

What is a key Islamic belief about God?

• There is only one God, Allah. Muhammad is his prophet.

• Allah and Muhammad are two gods who have joint power.

Multiple Choice

How did trade affect the spread of Islam?

• As Arab merchants traveled, they conquered new people and forced them to worship Allah.

• As Arab merchants traveled, they shared their Muslim faith with the people they met.

Multiple Select

Select 3 ways Muslims influenced the field of medicine.

• They wrote a medical encyclopedia.

• They pioneered pharmaceutical schooling.

• They found a treatment for smallpox.

• They performed the first heart transplant.