World Regions and Cultures 11 College Prep: March 2021

Monday, March 29, 2021

The Kingdom film assignment

Student Learning Objective- Students will be able to explain the differences between Islam and radical Islam.

After the completion of the film, the class will have a film discussion. After the film discussion, even if it is that day in class, I will collect the assignment. The assignment is very simple. Record facts and quotes from the film. Facts should be things that happen that indicate real factors in Saudi Arabia, the Middle East and the world (geographic social, economic, political, historic, etc.). Quotes that we record are spoken words that are so insightful that indicate facts, but are so interesting or powerful that we do not paraphrase. For quotes, explain what it means or why it's important after. Put that and the facts in your own words. No plagiarism! Google plagiarism detection software is used. Here is how I would do it.

FACTS QUOTES

Tuesday, March 23, 2021

Studying for the Middle East Test (3/25)

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Test is Thursday, March 25. Remember, all tests in WRC 11 CP are 100% notes and discussion based. Anything from the book or online was covered in class too. The class will review in class Wednesday, 3/24, but study, study and more studying. The multiple choice and open response questions are based on the class essential questions. Open response questions must specifically and correctly answer the question with a relevant example in your own words!

What impact has Geography had on the development of the Middle East?

How has Religion, Philosophy, and Ideology affected the Middle East?

What role has Imperialism played in shaping the Middle East and cultures therein?

How has Nationalism been instrumental in affecting the Middle East?

How have Governments formed and evolved over time in 

the Middle East?

What are the important and ongoing Issues in 

the Middle East?

How has Innovation/Technology changed 

the Middle East and cultures within the region?

How have Interactions between civilizations impacted the Middle East?

How have Economic Systems and Trade impacted the Middle East?

Monday, March 22, 2021

Middle East Pilgrimage Presentations (class 3/23, due 3/24)

Class time to work on the Summative grade Tuesday, March 23

This assignment is due on google classroom Wednesday, March 24

Student learning objective- Students will develop an understanding of what a religious pilgrimage is like and how important it is to Jews, Christians or Muslims by planning one!

This assignment is aligned with World Regions 11 Essential Question #2 Explain how religion, philosophy, or ideology has affected the MENA (Middle East and North Africa).
This is something many people in the region and around the world do until this day!

Directions: Students are required to create a google slides presentation which this time will be a religious pilgrimage. Students may choose to do additional slides to show where they would travel for pleasure!

Every student must have the following slides

-title slide

-5 slides of where they would travel if they completed a Jewish, Christian, Muslim or other Middle Eastern faith pilgrimage. Each site MUST have a picture. Each slide must say in your own words why you would go there if that was your faith.
-Optional slides to show places you would visit

It is not hard to find online where people going on their pilgrimages, but please email me if you need help as always! Remember, you do not need a lot of words on each slide and you need to put the sources used at the bottom (small font) on each slide. As always, plagiarism results in a score of zero! Put in your own words!

Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Iran and Turkey Notes

Student Learning Objective- Students will be able to summarize the relevance of Turkey and Iran in world affairs.

Turkey
Physical Map
Bosporus and Dardanelles
Turk
Turkish
Istanbul
Ankara
Cold War?

Iran
Physical Map
Isolation
Persian Empire
Farsi
Shah
Ayatollah Khomeini
Iranian Hostage Crisis (film clip)
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Israel?
Nuclear weapons?
"Death to America"
Hassan Rouhani

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Modern day Iraq notes

Student Learning Objective- Students will be able to examine the causes and effects of Saddam Hussein's Iraqi dictatorship.

Brainstorm- What do you know about Iraq?
Mesopotamia
Read "biography of Saddam Hussein" and underline or highlight key events
Iraq invaded Kuwait and Saudi Arabia in 1990 (film clip)
Persian Gulf War (film clip)
Operation Desert Storm
US forces expel Saddam Hussein but did not capture him
Discussion
2nd Persian Gulf War (2003-2011)
WMD's? Chemical weapons?
Saddam Hussein apprehended
Executed by UN in 2006
Insurgents
"Stable government"?
US forces withdrawn 2011

Biography of Saddam Hussein

Biography of Saddam Hussein of Tikrit

Note to our website visitors: This is an "open" chronology of Saddam Hussein's regime. Please e-mail us any additions, corrections and comments, with references if possible. We hope to expand the chronology with your help.

Part I: Early Beginnings to the Presidency

April 28, 1937 is the declared birth date of Saddam Hussein in the village of Ouja, near Tikrit in northern Iraq. He is born of a poor landless peasant family. His father dies, or disappears, before Saddam is born. He is sent to live with his maternal uncle, Khairallah Talfah, who influenced Saddam's life tremendously. Several reports link Saddam to the murders of a school teacher and/or a cousin during these early years.
1957Saddam joins the Ba'th party at the age of 20. Also in this year Saddam was denied admission to the prestigious Baghdad Military Academy (probably because he had not finished high school), a humiliating blow that dishonors him vis-à-vis his military counterparts. (Later, in 1976, President Bakr confers on him the rank of General.)
1959 Complicity in an assassination attempt against Abdul Karim Qasim, Prime Minister of Iraq after the 1958 revolution. He flees to Egypt, where he spends the next four years and completes high school.
February 1963-November 1963First Ba'th regime in Iraq. Saddam, a mid-level operative, takes no part in the coup. After the collapse of the Ba'th regime in November 1963, Saddam takes charge of organizing a Ba'th security organ, "Jihaz Haneen." This becomes the core of the dreaded security apparatus after 1968.
July 17-30 1968The 2nd Ba'th regime takes over. A bloodless coup by senior Arab Nationalist officers and retired Ba'thist officers overthrows the regime of President Abd al-Rahman Aref. Saddam is the Deputy Secretary-General of the Ba'th party at the time, but plays a minor role in the coup. Ahmed Hassan Al-Bakr, a relative of Saddam, becomes president and chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council (RCC).
July 30, 1968 Saddam carries out a plot to oust the rival faction (Arab Nationalist officers) in the coup. Among others, minister of Defense Ibrahim Dawood is "sent" to Jordan and Prime Minister Abd al-Razzah Nayif is "sent" to Morocco.
Fall of 1968 beginning of purges to remove all non-Ba'thists from posts within state institutions. Saddam engages in purifying the government and society of potential dissidents. The higher echelons of the military and the government deemed disloyal are sent into retirement, imprisoned, tortured, or executed. Members of non-Ba'th political parties and non-Arabs are accused of crimes and executed or deported.
November 1969 President al-Bakr, Saddam's kinsman, appoints Saddam Deputy Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council (RCC) and Vice-President. He controls the internal security and intelligence organs and is the driving force behind the regime.
November 1968 Nasir al-Hani, former Foreign Minister and co-plotter of the 17 July, 1968 coup is abducted from his home under the pretext that President Bakr wanted to consult with him. A few days later his body is discovered dumped in a ditch.
January 1969 17 alleged "spies" (including 13 Jews) are hanged in Liberation Square.
August 8, 1969 Kurdish village of Dakan in Mosul governorate is site of a massacre performed by the army.
October 1969 Abd al-Rahman al-Bazzaz, former prime minister, is imprisoned on charges of being a Zionist agent. Tortured and sentenced to 15 years imprisonment.
March 1970Hundreds of Communists are arrested and tortured.
October 15, 1970 Hardan al-Tikriti, Minister of defense, Deputy Premier, and former member of the RCC, is dismissed from all his functions. Assassinated in Kuwait on March 30, 1971.
March 11, 1970 An "autonomy agreement" is concluded between the Kurds, under Mulla Mustafa Barzani, and the central government, but was never implemented.
September 1971 Failed assassination attempt on Mulla Mustapha Barzani, the Kurdish leader. Several other people are killed in the attempt.
September 28, 1971 Abd al-Karim al-Shaikhli, Foreign Minister and member of RCC is dismissed, appointed to a position at the UN. Later assassinated.
1972 1st wave of deportations of Iraqi Arabs, Turkoman and Kurdish families, stripped of their citizenship and sent to Iran.
July 8, 1973 The Chief of Internal Security, Nadhim Kzar, is executed along with 35 other after reports a coup and conspiracy.
1974-1975 War against the Kurds ignites again. Phosphorous shells are reportedly used against the Kurds.
March 1974 The Kurdish towns of Zakho and Qala'at Diza are razed to the ground. 8,000 Kurds disappear from the village of Barzan.
December 1974 5 Shi'a 'ulama are executed.
6 March 1975 Saddam signs Algiers Accord with the Shah of Iran. The Accord defines border with Iran and ends Iranian support for Kurds.
March-April 1975 Major exodus of Kurds to Iran, including departure of leader, Mulla Mustapha Barzani.
February 1977 Beginning of mass deportations to Iran of Iraqi Shi'a, confiscation of their property and "disappearance" of sons. Estimated that by early 80's, 200,000 Iraqis are deported to Iran and stripped of nationality and property.
1975-1979 President Bakr remains the head of State, but his power is virtually reduced to a figurehead while Saddam controls in the president's shadow.
February/March 1977 Eight Shi'a dignitaries, 5 clergy and 3 laymen are executed. Mass purges of Shi'a suspected of belonging to the Da'wa Party.
1978-79 The regime eliminates an estimated 7,000 Iraqi Communists.
October 1978 Ayatollah Khomeini, exiled by the Shah and living in Najaf, is expelled from Iraq.

May 1979 All Communist party offices are closed down in all provinces.

Part II: Presidency to the Gulf War (1979-1991)

On July 16, 1979 At the age of 42, Saddam forces Al-Bakr to retire and is sworn in as President of the Republic of Iraq. President Bakr officially steps down. Saddam now holds the posts of President of the Republic, Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council, Secretary-General of the Ba'th Party Regional Command, Prime Minister, and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. Saddam grants himself a Staff Field Marshal army rank.
July 15-August 8, 1979 In order to consolidate his power, Saddam embarks on a purge, reminiscent of Stalin, in which party members are accused of being involved in a Syrian plot to place Iraq under Syrian hegemony and remove Iraq's leadership. By the end of the purge, hundreds of top ranking Ba'thists and army officers are executed, including five members of the RCC.
April 1980 Revolutionary Command Council bans the Da'wa Party and membership in its ranks becomes a capital crime punishable by death.
April 1980 Leading Shi'a cleric Sayyid Muhammad Baqir Al-Sadr and his sister Bint al-Huda are executed.
On September 22, 1980five days after Saddam Saddam publicly tears up the 1975 Algiers Accord with Iran and denounces "the frequent and blatant Iranian violation of Iraqi sovereignty", the Iraqi Air Force bombs Iranian airfields and Iraqi forces invade Iran.
In 1982, former President Bakr dies mysteriously. It is widely suspected that Saddam is involved.
June 1982 Riyadh Ibrahim, Minister of Health and Shafiq 'Abd al-Jabbar Kamali, ex-RCC member, are executed.
1987-1988 Saddam launches the Anfal campaign against the Kurds, in which some 180,000 "disappear." 4,000 villages are razed. Depopulation of large areas of eastern Kurdistan.
March 1988 The Kurdish town of Halabja is gassed. 5,000 people perish, 10,000 suffer injuries.
August 1988 A number of Kurdish villages on Turkish borders are gassed. Thousands of casualties.
August 1988. Ceasefire declared between Iraq and Iran, ending the 8-year war. The war is estimated to have caused one million casualties including 250,000 Iraqi dead.
May 1989 Adnan Khayrallah, Saddam's cousin, brother-in-law, popular army officer and Defense Minister, dies in a helicopter crash widely believed to be engineered by Saddam.
March 1990 British journalist Farzad Bazoft is executed on charges of espionage. International indignation brings attention to the brutality of Saddam regime.
August 2, 1990Iraqi troops cross into Kuwait and occupy the country, ejecting the Kuwaiti government.
August 28, 1990 Kuwait officially becomes the 19th province of Iraq.
January 17, 1991 Allied planes begin bombing Iraq.

Monday, March 15, 2021

Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan

Student learning objective- Students will be able to explain the effects of US policy regarding the Middle East in Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan.

Watch and discuss:

The Kingdom (opening scene)

What did you already know?

What did you learn or put together?

What is the main point of the film clip?

Take notes on the lecture:
Aramco
OPEC
Jihad
Muslim Fundamentalism
Taliban
Soviet-Afghan War (1970's and 1980's)

Osama bin Laden

Al Qaeda
Saudi Arabia and bin Laden
Sudan and bin Laden
Afghanistan and bin Laden
US-Afghan War
Pakistan and bin Laden
Pushtu
Hazara

scene from Charlie Wilson's War

What war is this?

Who is funding who?

Why?

Sunday, March 7, 2021

Middle East Cultural Traditions (due 3/16)

Directions: Complete on the same country as you had for the World Nations Report (see separate post). Find answers on credible sources whether they are online or print. Any plagiarism results in a zero. Paraphrase your answers and list the source or sources that you used after every question response. Do not merely list the sources at the end. You must indicate what source or sources you use for each question’s answer. Answer in complete sentences. Typed responses are preferred. If you handwrite this assignment, it must be legible. In that case, upload with a picture on the written document. Pictures and other attachments must be labeled. It is as easy as this. Number each one. Answer in full sentences. Give the picture if needed and always the sources used before numbering the next. Upload to google classroom by 3/16. This is a 3rd quarter Summative grade. Class time will be provided to students 3/10, 3/11, 3/15.

Country Name:

1) Staple food (explain if necessary and include picture):

2) Unique food (explain and include picture):

3) Major historical event (explain briefly):

4) Major historical figure (explain briefly and include picture):

5) Popular forms of entertainment (explain and include picture):

6) Popular sport (explain and include picture):

7) Holiday or celebration (Explain):

8) Birth custom (Pick any birth custom and explain):
9) Wedding custom (Pick any wedding custom and explain):

10) Death custom (Pick any death custom and explain):

11) Gender Equality? (Explain)

12) Common boy or male name?

13) Common girl or female name?

14) Unique custom (Pick any cultural custom and explain):

15) Unique dress (explain and include picture if possible)

16) Attitude toward regional power (How do people feel about the major power in the country and region? (Positive or negative?)) Explain.

Middle East World Nations Reports (due 3/11)

Student learning objective- Students will compile facts about a specific country. Later, the class shares at least one detail about each country. It is our goal to get even a small picture of what it is like to live in each country and how that would affect a citizen or a traveler.

Use "CIA World Factbook" to complete. Google "CIA World Factbook" and choose from countries at the top of the web page.

Country name-

Geography- Do all 14

Continental Location (Relative)-

Geographical Location (Absolute)-
Size (total area in square Kilometers or square Miles)-
Area country comparison to the world-
Area comparative-
Climate-

Terrain-

Elevation extremes-

Natural resources-

Land use/arable land-

Natural hazards-

Environment-current issues-

Environment- international agreements-

People- Pick 7

15. Nationality-

16. Ethnic Groups-

17. Language(s)-

18. Religion-

Population-
Total median age-
Birth rate-
Death rate-
Net migration rate-
Urbanization/Urban Population-
Maternal mortality rate country comparison to the world-
Infant Mortality rate/country comparison to the world-
Total Life expectancy-
HIV/AIDS adult prevalence rate-
Obesity- adult prevalence rate-
Literacy of total population-
Total school life expectancy-
Total unemployment rate-

Government- Pick 4

Country name Conventional long form-
Country name Conventional short form-
Country name Local long form-
Country name Local short form-
Government type-
Capital-
Independence-
Constitution-
Legal system-
Suffrage-
Executive Branch/Chief of State and Head of Government (if the country has both)à Give the office held and name of the person or people-
Diplomatic Representation in the US-
Diplomatic Representation from the US-
National Symbol-
National Anthem-

Economy- Pick 5

GDP purchasing power parity country comparison to the world-
GDP (Gross Domestic Product) official exchange rate-
GDP per capita country comparison to the world
Agriculture-
Industries-
Labor force-
Labor force by occupation-
Unemployment rate country comparison to the world-
Population below poverty line-
Budget (revenues and expenditures)-
Taxes country comparison to the world-
Public debt country comparison to the world-
Inflation rate country comparison to the world-
Market value of publicly traded shares country comparison to the world-
Exports-
Exports/Commodities-
Exports/Partners-
Imports-
Imports/Commodities-
Imports/Partners-
Exchange rates-

Energy- Pick 1

69. Crude oil production-

70. Crude oil exports-

71. Crude oil imports-

Communications- Pick 1

Telephones mobile cellular country comparison to the world-
Broadcast media (summarize very briefly)-
Internet users and country comparison to the world-

Transportation- Pick 1

Airports country comparison to the world-
Railways country comparison to the world-
Waterways country comparison to the world-

Military- Pick 1

Military branches-
Military service age and obligation-
Manpower fit for military service-
Military expenditures and country comparison to the world-

Transnational Issues- Pick 1

Summarize a national or international dispute-
Refugees and internationally displaced persons-
Illicit drugs-

From the beginning of the web page (Staple this information to this paper)- DO BOTH

Attach a picture of your nation’s flag
Attach a map of your country’s location within the continent (in this case the map must show Africa and where your country is within the region)

G Block countries for Middle East World Nations Reports and Cultural Traditions

Aiello- Turkey

Barbagallo- Syria

Battle- Lebanon

Benway- Jordan

Calomo- Israel

Costanzo- Saudi Arabia

Cruz- Oman

Galdamez- Martinez- Bahrain

Gillis- Yemen

Joseph- Afghanistan

Macchi- Iran

Marchant- Iraq

Moore- United Arab Emirates

Olsen- Kuwait

Quintanilha- Qatar

Rose- Cyprus

Emily Shea- Egypt

Haily Shea- Algeria

Smith- Tunisia

F Block countries for Middle East World Nations Reports and Cultural Traditions

Bolcome- Iraq

Bryant- Saudi Arabia

Burke- Iran

Connolly- Israel

Donahue- Lebanon

Graffeo- Afghanistan

Marrone- Turkey

Palazola- United Arab Emirates

Piraino- Yemen

Quince- Qatar

Scuderi- Jordan

Silva- Syria

Stasio- Cyprus

Ulrich- Tunisia

Verga- Egypt

Arab-Israeli Conflict Notes

Student Learning Objective- After 4 days of discussion and lecture, students will be able to summarize, analyze and evaluate the Arab-Israeli Conflict.

Directions: Discussion and lecture will go in this order. Write what you need to write in order to keep up. Feel free to use a notebook also.

Day 1

Brainstorm the most serious conflicts in the world today

Brainstorm mistreatment of Jews

Brainstorm mistreatment of Arabs or Muslims

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Arab-Israeli Conflict

Car analogy

Class discussion- try to solve the car analogy

Ancient Israel (Israelites)

Abraham

Moses

David

Solomon

66 AD- Diaspora

Roman Empire sells land to Palestine
Watch “History of Religion in 90 Seconds (Maps of War)”

Discussion- Solve the real version of the “car analogy”

Day 2

Pogroms

Dreyfus Affair

Holocaust

Zionist Manifesto by Theodore Herzl (1897)

Zionism

Hussayn-McMahon Letters (1915)

Sykes-Picot Agreement (1916)

Balfour Declaration (1917)

Holocaust (1938-1945) film clip

White Paper of 1939

WWII ends (1945)

1947- UN partitions Israel and Palestine 50/50

“2 State Solution”

Day 3

1948- War for Independence (Film clip available week of 3/11)

1956- Suez War (Film clip available week of 3/11)

1967- Six Day War (Film clip available week of 3/11)

1972- Munich Olympics (Film clip available week of 3/11)

1973- Yom Kippur War (Ramadan War)

1978- Camp David Peace Agreement (Film clip available week of 3/11)

Day 4

1981- Assassination of President Sadat (film clip)

Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)

Yasser Arafat

Palestine Authority

Mahmoud Abbas

Hamas

Fatah

Hezbollah

1993-1994- Peace brokered between Israel and PLO (film clip)

1995- Yitzhak Rabin (film clip)

Utility laws

Military

Gun (control) laws

West Bank and Gaza Strip

Right of Return

Security Wall

Discussion- 1 State Solution or 2 State Solution (or 3 State Solution)

Discussion- Pro-Israeli or Pro-Arab? (Evaluate!)

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

Middle East Group Work G block

Student Learning objective- Students will break into groups and compile knowledge from the textbook before it is orally shared a different day. The goal is to not just learn from a teacher, but also each other.

World Regions and Cultures 11- Middle East Group Work

Group 1- Aiello, Battle, Kenny B, Calomo, Costanzo

Group 2- Quintanilha, Benway, E Shea, Gillis

Group 3- Macchi, Moore, H. Shea

Group 4- Rose, Cruz, Galdamez, Olsen, Marchant, Joseph

Directions: Find the correct answers for your assigned group and share those answers with your classmates. Record all answers from other groups. No creativity display is required.

Group 1- The Land and the People (pages 551-556)

“What is the Middle East”?
It is commonly known as the Middle East, but what is the geographical name of the region?
What 2 things make North Africa part of the Middle East?

What continents is the Middle East at the crossroads of?
What ideas originated in the Middle East?
The Middle East sits at vital sea routes. What sea routes does Egypt control?
What sea routes does Turkey control?
What are the 5 subregions of the Middle East?
What countries are the Northern Tier?
The Arabian Peninsula is ________ the size of the US but has a _________ population
There is a lack of _______________ in the subregion
An _______________ is a fertile desert area that has enough water to support plant and animal life
There are huge amounts of _______________ in this subregion
Where is the Fertile Crescent?
Conquerors historically have taken over here because of its fertile lands and rich cities. The Ancient Kingdom of Israel and the first civilizations of _______________ were here.

16. The _______________ Valley had geographic advantages that Mesopotamia did not have

17. “Maghreb” means “western isle” or “west” in _______________

18. What countries are in the Maghreb subregion?

19. Less than _______________ of the land receives enough water to make farming possible

20. Modern technology improved their _______________ methods to make farming possible

21. What religions call the Maghreb home?

22. Discussion question (ask to the class)- What is an Arab? (define Arab)

Group 2- Early Civilizations (pages 556-563)

When was the Epic of Gilgamesh composed?
What natural disaster happened a lot in the Tigris-Euphrates Valley?
What was the first civilization?
They used _______________ to get water to crops
They also built dikes and _______________
By 3500 BC there were _______________ in Mesopotamia
Why were priests important to the Sumerians?
The chief building in the city-state was called the _______________, which was a huge, many-tiered temple where the priests controlled the daily lives of the people
_______________ could read and write so they kept records
The Sumerians developed a system of _______________ like many ancient civilizations
The Romans called this writing _______________
The Sumerians were the first people known to use the _______________ and they invented the _______________ for boats
What else did they invent?

_______________ wander from place to place
King _______________’s Code included 282 laws
What was the basic principle of Hammurabi’s Code?
Discussion question- What is our opinion of Hammurabi’s Code?
The Hittites are best known for their mastery of _______________
Our alphabet today is based on the _______________ alphabet
The _______________ Empire stretched from Asia Minor to the Indus Valley (modern-day India).
_______________ divided his empire into 20 provinces
The Persians tolerated _______________ among the peoples they conquered allowing them to keep their own languages, customs, religions, etc. but they just wanted to conquer them, tax them and become more powerful
The governor or _______________ was responsible for taxation and running the colony
The ancient Persian religion was called ______________________________
_______________ the Great is responsible for conquering much of the Middle East and leading to cultural diffusion
The _______________ Empire conquered large parts of the Middle East after. The Bible refers to the Roman Empire having the authority to put Jesus to death

Group 3- Judaism and Christianity (pages 563-566)

Discussion question- What does it mean to be “Jewish”?

Discussion question- What is the difference between Judaism and Christianity?

_______________ were enslaved in Egypt
_______________ led them out of captivity
Hebrews believed that they were _______________’s chosen people
Hebrews were eventually called _______________ because their land was eventually called Judea
In about 1025 BC Hebrews established the kingdom of _______________
Canaan or Israel was in between _______________ and _______________
_______________ was known for being a skilled general
_______________ was known for his wisdom
_______________ became the magnificent capital of Israel
In 70 AD, the Jews revolted against Roman rule, which is called the _______________ or “scattering” because Jews ended up dispersed from Jerusalem and Israel and scattered all over the world, but especially Europe
The Hebrews believed in one god, which is called ______________________________
What is their sacred book called?
What are the most important laws in the Torah?
Discussion question- How many can we name?

Israel became known as _______________ after the Romans sold the land to Arabs when they dispersed the Jews in 66-70 AD
_______________ grew out of Judaism
Christians believed that Jesus was the Christ or _______________, which means savior
Romans were threatened by Jesus’ popularity so he was put to death by _______________
Jesus stressed love and compassion for the rich or poor, _______________or Gentile, which means non-Jew
Jesus used _______________ or short stories to teach lessons
Christians were persecuted by the _______________ Empire before Christianity became legal in 313 and then the state religion by 395!
The bishop of Rome (or the Vatican City) took the name _______________
When Rome split, the _______________ emperor refused to recognize the pope as the leader of the church and this created the divide between the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church

Group 4- The World of Islam (pages 569-575)

Discussion Question- Define “Muslim”

Who founded the Muslim religion?
What angel told Muhammad (Mohammed) all of these teachings?
What is the holy book of Islam called?
What percentage of the world’s population are Muslim today?
The leading towns on the Arabian Peninsula were Yathrib and _______________
People came to worship in Mecca at the _______________
_______________ was born in Mecca in 570 AD
In 622, Muhammad and his followers were forced out of Mecca and fled to _______________ which is called the “hejira”
In _______________ he returned to Mecca
By Muhhamad’s death in 632, most of the _______________ Peninsula was under Islam’s control, influence or belief
What do Muslims call God?
What are the five pillars of Islam?

Middle East Group Work F block