TOPIC #1: Introduction and Geography of the Islamic World OBJECTIVES: 1. Understand class expectations. and 2. Locate and label the countries in the Islamic World.

KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT:3. Label and colour in the map of Middle East.

Saudi Arabia

Black Sea

Kuwait

PalestineLebanon

Egypt

Cyprus

IranMedSea

Syria

RedSea

Iraq

ArabianGulf

CaspianSea

Arabian Sea

Afghanistan

Pakistan

India

Turkey

Armenia Azerbaijan

AralSea

TurkmenistanUzbekistan

Kyrgyzstan

Tajikistan

Qatar U.A.E.Bahrain

Yemen

Oman

Gulf of Oman

Jordan

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Non-Islamic Countries

TOPIC #1: Introduction and Geography of the Islamic World OBJECTIVES: 1. Understand class expectations. and 2. Locate and label the countries in the Islamic World.

KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT:4. Label and colour in the North African Islamic countries. Make a key. Use p. 17 & 18.

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TOPIC #1: Introduction and Geography of the Islamic World OBJECTIVES: 1. Understand class expectations. and 2. Locate and label the countries in the Islamic World.

4. Label and colour in the North African Islamic countries. Make a key. Use p. 17 & 18.

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2 Western Sahara

3 Morocco

4 Algeria 5 Libya6 Egypt

7 Sudan

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8 Somalia

9 Tunisia

TOPIC #2: Geography of the Islamic World OBJECTIVE: 3. Know important facts and statistics about Islamic countries.

KD ANSWERS:1. Muslims in the world: (1)

• More than 1.5 billion

2. An Islamic Country: (2) • The population is made up of 50% or more Muslims.

3. The Oceans that border the Islamic world: (3) • Indian, Pacific and Atlantic

4. Six Regions of the Islamic World: (6) • Arabian Peninsula, North Africa, Balkan Europe, Levant, South Central

Asia and Far South East Asia

5. Number of countries in the Islamic world: (4)• 53 • 24 - Africa• 27 - Asia• 2 - Europe

TOPIC #2: Geography of the Islamic World OBJECTIVE: 3. Know important facts and statistics about Islamic countries.

KD ANSWERS:6. The largest Islamic country (by area): (2)

• Kazakhstan – 2.7 million sq. km.

7. Country with the largest population of Muslims: (2) • Indonesia with over 200 million people

8. The largest Islamic country in Africa (area, and capital too): (3) • Sudan – Khartoum – over 2.5 million sq. km.

9. Part of the world where the majority of Muslims now live: (1) • Far East

TOPIC #2: Geography of the Islamic World OBJECTIVE: 3. Know important facts and statistics about Islamic countries.

KD ANSWERS:1. Islamic country in Africa with the largest population: (2)

•Egypt, with over 78.5 million people.

2. Islamic country in Africa with highest percentage (%) of Muslims: (2)• Tunisia – 99.5%

3. Muslim country in Africa with smallest population: (2)• Comoros, with over 660,000 people. • Djibouti is second with over 830,000 people.

4. Two European Islamic countries: (2)• Albania and Bosnia

TOPIC #2: Geography of the Islamic World OBJECTIVE: 3. Know important facts and statistics about Islamic countries.

KD ANSWERS:

5. Smallest country in the Arabian Gulf (by area): (3) • Bahrain – with 622 sq. km. and over 640,000 people

6. Write in the capital cities of the following countries (10):• Albania – Tirana Oman - Muscat • Pakistan – Islamabad Bangladesh - Dhaka• Morocco – Rabat Turkey – Ankara• Uzbekistan - Tashkent Malaysia – Kuala Lumpar• Afghanistan - Kabul Indonesia - Jakarta

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DATE: October 14, 2014TOPIC #3: Climates Found in the Islamic World

OBJECTIVE: 4. Identify the types of climates in the Islamic World.

WARM UP:1. What is climate? Discuss.

2. In what ways does climate affect us?

Climate – the prevailing weather conditions of a region, characterised by temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloudiness, and winds, throughout the year or over a series of years.

Climates Found in the Islamic World

Type of Climate

Characteristics Where they can be found

Temperate

Tundra

No extremes of temperature and moderate rainfall

Balkans, Europe

Poor soil, little rain, great difference between day and

night temperatures

Kazakhstan

Desert

High latitudes, few trees, permanently frozen soil and low temperatures.

Arab Gulf and parts of North Africa

Tropical High temperatures, rainfall ALL year and high

humidity.

Malaysia and Indonesia

TOPIC #3: Climates Found in the Islamic WorldOBJECTIVE: 4. Know important facts and statistics about Islamic countries.

KD ANSWER: 2. Climate different in the south of the Arabian Peninsula to the north: (3)• In the south the climate is sub-tropical. It is hot with monsoon rains during

the summer.

• But in the north, most of the rainfall is during the winter.

3. Surface features of the Arabian Peninsula: (4)• There is a plateau in the west, sloping toward the east.• The Najd Plateau rests in the center. • There are mountain ranges in the west, including Al Hijaz, Asir and Yemen.• Coastal plains stretch along the east coast of the peninsula.

TOPIC #4: Pre Islamic Times - TradingOBJECTIVE: 5. Describe how Arabs lived before Islam - Trading.

KD ANSWERS: 1. Arab people settled in many parts of the Arabian Peninsula. The western

part of the peninsula is made up of two large regions with _________

in the north and __________ in the south. (2) p. 22 2. Before Islam there was no single Arabian country (Bilad Al Arab). There were independent political units called tribes. What is a tribe? (3) p. 22

3. Where did these tribes migrate to? Why? (4) p. 22

Al Hijaz

Al Yemen

A tribe is a group of people related to one another by blood and common interests.

They migrated to Egypt, Iraq, Palestine, Lebanon and Syria because they thought life was better.

TOPIC #4: Pre Islamic Times - TradingOBJECTIVE: 5. Describe how Arabs lived before Islam - Trading.

KD ANSWERS: 4. Commerce: (2)• The trading of goods and materials, usually for profit.

5. Considered one of the most famous Arab markets in Pre-Islamic times: (2)• Okaz Maeen, between Mecca and Taef (or Taif).

6. Most important goods that Arabs acquired by trade in PIT: (4)• Jewellery - Bahrain Silk - China• Spices – India Perfume – Yemen, Al Sham and Egypt

TOPIC #5: Pre Islamic Times – Government and ReligionOBJECTIVE: 6. Describe how Arabs lived before Islam – Government and Religion.

KD ANSWERS:1. Agriculture - three main activities of Arab peoples: (3)• Keeping flocks of sheep, goats and herds of camels.

3. Three types of government and an example of each. (6)

Type of Government Example(s) 1.

2.

3.

Monarchical Maen, Saba’a, Hamiar, Tadmor, Al-Anbaat

Tribal Coalitions Quraish

City States Mecca and Medina

TOPIC #5: Pre Islamic Times – Government and ReligionOBJECTIVE: 6. Describe how Arabs lived before Islam – Government and Religion.

KD ANSWERS:4. Monarchical Tribal City-States KES

__________________ 1. The school that you attend.

__________________ 2. These developed when people settled along trade routes and set up government rule.

__________________ 3. A system of government usually ruled by Kings or Shaikhs.

__________________ 4. A system of government where groups of individuals were organized because of blood relations and

common interests. They came together to make laws and organize their communities.

KES

City States

Monarchical

Tribal

TOPIC #5: Pre Islamic Times – Government and ReligionOBJECTIVE: 6. Describe how Arabs lived before Islam – Government and Religion.

KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT:5. Religious beliefs on the Arabian Peninsula before Islam: (4)

• Idolatry

• Animism

• Monotheism

• Zoroastrianism

The worshipping of idols.

The belief that spirits lived in things such as stones or trees.

The belief in one God, such as Islam, Christianity or Judaism.

The worshipping of fire.

TOPIC #6: RevisionOBJECTIVE: 7. Create a glossary of important names and terms for revision.

KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT: Match the following names and terms to their descriptions. Write the correct term in the space provided. Majority Peninsula Monsoon Temperate ClimateTribe Migration Plateau CommerceQuraish Nomads Cultivation CoalitionMonarchy Kinship Animism Zoroastrianism

________________ 1. Trading of goods and materials, usually for profit.

________________ 2. People who move from place to place; people who look for fresh grazing land.

________________ 3. The growing of crops.

________________ 4. To move from one place to another.

Commerce

Nomads

Cultivation

Migration

TOPIC #6: RevisionOBJECTIVE: 7. Create a glossary of important names and terms for revision.

Majority Peninsula Monsoon Temperate ClimateTribe Migration Plateau CommerceQuraish Nomads Cultivation CoalitionMonarchy Kinship Animism Zoroastrianism

________________ 5. A group of people related to one another by blood and common interests.

________________ 6. An alliance between groups of countries because of shared interests or shared threats.

________________ 7. High, flat land with steep sides.

________________ 8. No extremes of temperature and moderate rainfall.

________________ 9. A period or season of heavy rains.

________________ 10. The belief that spirits exist in such things as stones or trees.

Tribe

Coalition

Plateau

Temperate Climate

Monsoon

Animism

TOPIC #6: RevisionOBJECTIVE: 7. Create a glossary of important names and terms for revision.

Majority Peninsula Monsoon Temperate ClimateTribe Migration Plateau CommerceQuraish Nomads Cultivation CoalitionMonarchy Kinship Animism Zoroastrianism

________________ 11. Relationships in a family.

________________ 12. More than 50% of something.

________________ 13. Rule by a King or a Queen.

________________ 14. The most important Pre-Islamic Arab tribe that controlled the city of Mecca.

________________ 15. An area of land with water on three sides.

________________ 16. The worshipping of fire, found in Persian areas.

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Majority

Monarchy

Quraish

Peninsula

Zoroastrianism

Year 8 Social Studies – The Islamic World

DATE: November, 2015TOPIC #6: Revision

REVIEW:Glossary.

OBJECTIVE: 8. Create revision strategies using trigger words.

WARM UP:1. How can you revise? Discuss different strategies.

2. What do you think trigger words are?

TOPIC #6: RevisionOBJECTIVE: 8. Create revision strategies using trigger words.

WARM UP:2. Trigger Words: • Trigger words are terms from your notes that help TRIGGER your memory.

• They help you recall a large amount of information by using or remembering a few words.

TRIGGER WORDS and REVISION: 1. Go through you exercise book and rewrite some of your notes with TRIGGER WORDS only. For example:

• 1.5 billion• 50% - more • 53 - 24 - 27 – 2• group – related – blood - interests

Question, Answer and Word Search Review Game

1. The most important Pre-Islamic Arab tribe that controlled Mecca.

2. One of the Six Regions of the Islamic World.

3. High latitudes, few trees, permanently frozen soil and low temperatures.

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1st Read through your exercise book. 2nd In your exercise book write out 10 descriptions, facts or information from your notes. 3rd Put their one word answers in the WORD SEARCH spaces and paste into your exercise book.

Question, Answer and Word Search Review Game

1. The most important Pre-Islamic Arab tribe that controlled Mecca.

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