Arabia, AD 570

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Class
Date
History and Geography
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Arabia, AD 570
The Arabian Peninsula is located near the intersection of Africa,
Asia, and Europe. This made it well suited for trade between all three
continents. By AD 570, traders were using both land and sea routes to
carry goods between all three continents.
ELEVATION
Feet
N
E
W
S
13,120
6,560
1,640
656
(Sea level) 0
Below
sea level
Meters
4,000
2,000
500
200
0 (Sea level)
Below
sea level
Land trade route
Sea trade route
0
0
250
250
500 Miles
500 Kilometers
MAP ACTIVITY
1. On the map, draw an X on the city that is located between a desert in Arabia and
a mountain range in Persia.
2. Use a bright color to trace a sea trade route from India to Constantinople.
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Class
Date
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3. Use a second bright color to trace a land trade route from India to
Constantinople.
4. Use a different bright color to trace a sea and land trade route from India to
Constantinople.
ANALYZING MAPS
1. Movement What is the shortest trade route between India and Constantinople:
the land route, the sea route, or the land and sea route?
2. Place What city in Arabia was located on both a sea route and a land route to
Europe?
3. Location What two deserts are found in Arabia?
4. Human/Environment Interaction Based on the map, what were some of the
challenges traders traveling from Asia to Medina faced?
5. Compare/Contrast What two cities were on sea trade routes to Europe?
How were they alike? How were they different?
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Answer Key
History and Geography
Economics and History
MAP ACTIVITY
WHAT DID YOU LEARN?
1. X should be on Ctesiphon, in
You may wish to verify that students’ lists and
answers to activity questions are properly
completed.
1. Trade enables people to have a greater
variety of goods. Also, people along trade
routes make money selling goods and
services to the traders.
2. Jobs are lost and wealth declines.
3. It would make the empire less wealthy and
its control over faraway places less strong.
4. Gunpowder cannons would break the
walls. A wall is no longer a useful defense.
northeastern Arabia.
2. Route should start in India and go to a
port in southern Arabia and then to Aden.
It should then go through the Red Sea,
then the Mediterranean Sea, and end at
Constantinople.
3. Route should start in India, extend
upward through Asia, veer left through
Persia to Ctesiphon, then move to
Antioch, and end at Constantinople.
4. Route should start in India, go through
the Arabian Sea to Muscat, continue
through the Persian Gulf and then
go over land to Ctesiphon. From this
location, land routes may vary: one goes
through Antioch to Constantinople and
one goes through Damascus to Antioch to
Constantinople.
Social Studies Skills
PRACTICE THE SKILL
Students’ answers may vary. Sample answer:
At the time that Muhammad began to write
the messages he claimed that he received from
Allah, many Arabs believed in more than one
god: they believed in spirits in natural objects
or they considered the sun and moon as
deities. When Muhammad preached that there
was only one god, Allah, some Arabs were
probably angry and resentful that their beliefs
were being challenged and replaced.
ANALYZING MAPS
1.
2.
3.
4.
the land and sea route
Antioch
the Syrian Desert and the Nafud Desert
crossing the Zagros Mountains and
traveling through the Syrian Desert and
the Nafud Desert
5. Alexandria and Antioch shipped goods
directly to Europe. Both cities were on the
Mediterranean Sea and were on sea routes
to Constantinople. Both cities were on
trade routes that originated in Asia. They
differed in that Antioch was on both a
land route and a sea route to Europe.
APPLY THE SKILL
Students’ answers will vary, but may reflect
awareness of violence or threats of violence
that have occurred in school settings.
Chapter Review
REVIEWING VOCABULARY, TERMS,
AND PEOPLE
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
caliph
Muhammad
jihad
Islam
tolerance
minaret
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