The Beginning of Islam

The Beginning of Islam

by jennifer Smith

​Arabs

​Arabs are people who speak the Arabic language.

They share the same history and culture.

Early Arabs lived in a large peninsula between Asia and Africa.

It is the Arabian Peninsula.

Nomads that rode Camels​

​The Arabs were nomads and camel herders.

They moved a lot to find water and food for their animals.

They lived in tribes.

Each tribe was ruled by a sheik.

Multiple Choice

Why did Arabs move a lot?

• They liked seeing new places

• Their houses burned down

• To find water and food for their animals

Multiple Choice

a social group that shares a common ancestry, leadership, and traditions

• tribe

• dynasty

• clan

• caliphate

​Caravans

​About 400 BC, there were several small states in the Arabian Peninsula.

They were centers for trade. Traders usually travelled in groups called caravans.

It was safer to travel with a group.

Multiple Choice

What was the name of the groups that traders traveled in?

• Flock

• Heard

• Caravan

​Muhammed

​Muhammed was born about 570 AD.

He was an orphan.

Went to work as a caravan leader when he was a teenager.

Multiple Choice

 What did Muhammad do when he was a teenager?

• Chef

• Caravan leader

• Doctor

• Boaswalk

Multiple Choice

belief in a single god.

• boycott

• siege

• monotheism

• province

Multiple Choice

a group of related families

• prophet

• polytheist

• tribe

• clan

Multiple Choice

a person who adopts new beliefs, especially those of a religious faith

• monotheist

• boycott

• prophet

• convert