Geography of Arabian Peninsula & Beliefs of Islam

What is this physical feature?

• Jordan River
• Persian Gulf
• Red Sea
• Euphrates River

Which feature is labeled #5?

• Red Sea
• Gaza Strip
• Persian Gulf
• Arabian Peninsula

Oases are

• when you travel in groups for protection
• an awesome rock band
• fertile areas in the desert around an underground water source
• when mountains are made easier for farming by flattening them into stairs

What developed in and around oases?

• feudal manors
• trading centers
• rival kingdoms
• new technologies

This Arabian Peninsula environment contains the most cultivated (farmable) land on the peninsula. 

• Coastal Plain
• Desert
• Mountains
• Oasis

What major geographical feature covers most of the central Arabian peninsula?

• oases
• mountains
• desert
• plains

What did the Bedouins use to meet almost all of their needs?

• date palms
• their herds of camels
• the desert sand
• papryus plants

What is a sedentary lifestyle?

• one in which people live settled in one place
• one in which people wander from place to place
• one in which people visit foreign places
• one in which people live alone and isolated

What is a caravan? 

• a route that allows people to steal your items
• a ship that transports automobiles
• a group of camels following people around
• a group of traders that travel together

Who was the founder of Islam?

• Muhammad
• Abraham
• Jesus
• Confucious