AY Honor Bedouin Life Answer Key

Bedouin Life

Skill Level

1

Year

2015

Version

09.11.2024

Approval authority

Egypt-Sudan Field

1

Define the word Bedouin, explaining its origin and the evolution of the term.

2

Who are the Bedouins?

3

Explain these characteristics that could identify the Bedouin lifestyle as unique:

3a

Food

3b

Religion

3c

Family

3d

Economy

3e

Habitation

3f

Language and dialects

3g

Clothes

Handicraft

i. Honor codes

4. What is the importance of the Oral Tradition in Bedouin lifestyle? Give special attention to their poetry.

5. How is Bedouin society organized and how is political power structured and kept?

6. Draw a map of North Africa and the Middle East, and mark the area where the Bedouin use to live. List countries with the biggest Bedouin population and give the numbers.

7. What changes have happened to the Bedouin lifestyle? How are they trying to solve these problems?

8. Explain the following statement regarding the Bedouin culture: "I against my brother, my brothers and I against my cousins, then my cousins and I against strangers".

9. Which Bible characters could we relate to the Bedouin lifestyle? Explain your choices.

10. Participate in an overnight campout in a Bedouin style and discuss two ways to make them know that Jesus loves them.

3h

3i

4

What is the importance of the Oral Tradition in Bedouin lifestyle? Give special attention to their poetry.

5

How is Bedouin society organized and how is political power structured and kept?

6

Draw a map of North Africa and the Middle East, and mark the area where the Bedouin use to live. List countries with the biggest Bedouin population and give the numbers.

7

What changes have happened to the Bedouin lifestyle? How are they trying to solve these problems?

8

Explain the following statement regarding the Bedouin culture: "I against my brother, my brothers and I against my cousins, then my cousins and I against strangers".

9

Which Bible characters could we relate to the Bedouin lifestyle? Explain your choices.

10

Participate in an overnight campout in a Bedouin style and discuss two ways to make them know that Jesus loves them.

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