HW due Thu., 11/19

Write an answer to your buddy's letter, and include a token gift, such as a fun magnet, a little stuffed toy, something of your own invention. Include a nametag on it so it gets to the right person (t0...from...). Write your letter tonight, but you have two days just in case you need time for the gift.

If you were absent, you can get your letter when you get back. Go ahead and start a letter and collect a gift now, and then add to your letter later.

NOTE: THE AMNESTY MEETING HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO NEXT TUESDAY DUE TO ABSENCES.

Then, study for your test. It's a test because it covers a longer period of class studies, but it won't be a long document. You can finish it in one class period. Here are the topics:

* TOPICS: ISLAM, GEOGRAPHY, 3MPIRES, OUTLINING

* STUDY MATERIALS: YOUR BINDER AND HANDOUTS, ATLAS, TEXTBOOKS

* SPECIFIC TOPICS:

1. Different monotheist religions (chart from beginning of class)

2. Basic religion vocabulary, like prophet, pilgrimage, polytheist, monotheist

3. Pillars of Islam, in English and Arabic

4. Basic beliefs – what is the basic idea of the “shahadah”?

5. Basic components of prayer – in a mosque, facing Mecca, 5 x a day, etc., the mihrab

6. Notes from INTRO TO ISLAM packet

Be able to tell the story of early Arabia, about Mohammed, and how Islam got its start, about Mecca and Medina, the Hegira, and so on

7. Sunni and Shi’iah split

7. Baghdad, City of Scholars, House of Scholars (be able to name some things that you thought were impressive)

8. Other places Islam spread to – Spain (Al-Andalus), Ottoman (Turkish) Empire, the Safavid Empire ((Persia/Iran); mention a few others

Note: Iran and Turkey are not Arab; Iran is the only one that is Shi’ah

9. How Islam spread: trade, preaching, and conquest

10. Jerusalem and the Crusaders

10. Middle East geography: know main countries and places where cool empires were and some important cities

11. Know outlining techniques (some of your answers will be in outline format)

THIS IS NOT A LONG TEST!