Question 1

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
Almoravids and the battle of Badajoz

Accepted Answer

The Almoravids were a Berber Muslim dyna

Question 2

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
Mongols

Accepted Answer

The Mongols are a Central Asian ethnic g

Question 3

The city to which Muhammad went to in 622, a journey known as the Hijrah, was

Accepted Answer

A) Mecca. 
B) Medina. 
C) Jerusalem. 
D) Riyad. 
E) Damascus. 
A) Mecca. 
B) Medina. 
C) Jerusalem. 
D) Riyad. 
E) Damascus.

Question 4

How did Turks, Christians, and Mongols influence the course of Islamic civilization?

Accepted Answer

The Turks, Christians, and Mongols all h

Question 5

Which of the following is an accurate statement about the Arab Empire?

Accepted Answer

A) It was strongly united under the tight control of the caliph in Baghdad. 
B) It created an era of great economic prosperity in the Middle East region in the Abbasid era . 
C) It contained fewer urban centers than any other regime of its era. 
D) Under Islamic principles, trade was limited and every Muslim received the same income. 
E) It was culturally and intellectually inferior to the Frankish empire of Charlemagne. 
A) It was strongly united under the tight control of the caliph in Baghdad. 
B) It created an era of great economic prosperity in the Middle East region in the Abbasid era . 
C) It contained fewer urban centers than any other regime of its era. 
D) Under Islamic principles, trade was limited and every Muslim received the same income. 
E) It was culturally and intellectually inferior to the Frankish empire of Charlemagne.

Question 6

The center of the Muslim state in Spain was​

Accepted Answer

A) ​Granada 
B) ​Andalusia 
C) ​Catalonia 
D) ​Gibraltar 
E) ​Aragon 
A) ​Granada 
B) ​Andalusia 
C) ​Catalonia 
D) ​Gibraltar 
E) ​Aragon

Question 7

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
Charles Martel

Accepted Answer

Charles Martel was a Frankish statesman

Question 8

The Frankish leader who defeated a Muslim army near Tours in 732 was

Accepted Answer

A) Pepin. 
B) Clovis. 
C) Charlemagne. 
D) Charles Martel. 
E) Louis the Pious. 
A) Pepin. 
B) Clovis. 
C) Charlemagne. 
D) Charles Martel. 
E) Louis the Pious.

Question 9

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
Koran/Qur'an

Accepted Answer

The Koran, also spelled Qur'an, is the c

Question 10

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
diwan and vizier

Accepted Answer

The term "diwan" has several meanings de

Question 11

How do you explain the remarkably rapid expansion of the Islamic caliphate in the seventh and eighth centuries? In what fundamental way was the Islamic empire transformed in the course of that expansion? How did the spread of Islam and the challenges faced by the need to choose successors to Muhammad affect the political structure of the Muslim world?

Accepted Answer

The remarkably rapid expansion of the Is

Question 12

What are the historical roots of the differences between the two major sects of Islam (Shi'ite and Sunni)?  How has this affected geographic and political developments?

Accepted Answer

The historical roots of the differences

Question 13

​The first areas of Islamic expansion were to

Accepted Answer

A) ​the Byzantine and Sassanid empires 
B) ​Egypt and Israel 
C) ​Greece and the Sassanid Empire. 
D) ​North Africa and Spain. 
E) ​India and Afghanistan 
A) ​the Byzantine and Sassanid empires 
B) ​Egypt and Israel 
C) ​Greece and the Sassanid Empire. 
D) ​North Africa and Spain. 
E) ​India and Afghanistan

Question 14

One of the key reasons for the Arab empire's success in developing trade was ​

Accepted Answer

A) ​commonality of religion through Islam. 
B) ​a mastery of many languages as Islam expanded through many cultures. 
C) ​extermination and enslavement of non-Muslim merchants. 
D) ​mastering the latest in naval technology. 
E) ​expelling Christian Crusaders from major port cities. 
A) ​commonality of religion through Islam. 
B) ​a mastery of many languages as Islam expanded through many cultures. 
C) ​extermination and enslavement of non-Muslim merchants. 
D) ​mastering the latest in naval technology. 
E) ​expelling Christian Crusaders from major port cities.

Question 15

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
Seljuk Turks

Accepted Answer

The Seljuk Turks were a medieval Turko-P

Question 16

The capital of the Abbasid empire was

Accepted Answer

A) Damascus. 
B) Persepolis. 
C) Tehran. 
D) Baghdad. 
E) Mecca. 
A) Damascus. 
B) Persepolis. 
C) Tehran. 
D) Baghdad. 
E) Mecca.

Question 17

Andalusia ?

Accepted Answer

Andalusia is a region in southern Spain

Question 18

The theoretical purpose of the jihad was to

Accepted Answer

A) maintain peak military readiness. 
B) wage holy war against all other Muslims on the Arabian peninsula. 
C) broaden Muslim hegemony throughout Africa and Europe. 
D) strive in the way of the Lord. 
E) massacre all Jews and Christians. 
A) maintain peak military readiness. 
B) wage holy war against all other Muslims on the Arabian peninsula. 
C) broaden Muslim hegemony throughout Africa and Europe. 
D) strive in the way of the Lord. 
E) massacre all Jews and Christians.

Question 19

In pre-Islamic times, the Arabs were polytheistic, with a supreme god known as Allah presiding over other gods and spirits.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
Hadith

Accepted Answer

The term "Hadith" refers to the collecti

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Almoravids and the battle of Badajoz

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Mongols

The city to which Muhammad went to in 622, a journey known as the Hijrah, was

How did Turks, Christians, and Mongols influence the course of Islamic civilization?

Which of the following is an accurate statement about the Arab Empire?

The center of the Muslim state in Spain was

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Charles Martel

The Frankish leader who defeated a Muslim army near Tours in 732 was

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Koran/Qur'an

Instructions: Identify the following terms. diwan and vizier

What are the historical roots of the differences between the two major sects of Islam (Shi'ite and Sunni)? How has this affected geographic and political developments?

The first areas of Islamic expansion were to

One of the key reasons for the Arab empire's success in developing trade was

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Seljuk Turks

The capital of the Abbasid empire was

Andalusia ?

The theoretical purpose of the jihad was to

In pre-Islamic times, the Arabs were polytheistic, with a supreme god known as Allah presiding over other gods and spirits.

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Hadith

Early Humans and the First Civilizations

Ancient India

China in Antiquity

The Civilization of the Greeks

The Roman World Empire

The Americas

Early Civilizations in Africa

The Expansion of Civilization in South and Southeast Asia

The Flowering of Traditional China

The East Asian Rimlands: Early Japan, Korea, and Vietnam

The Making of Europe

The Byzantine Empire and Crisis and Recovery in the West

New Encounters: the Creation of a World Market

Europe Transformed: Reform and State Building

The Muslim Empires

The East Asian World

The West on the Eve of a New World Order

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Exam 7: Ferment in the Middle East: the Rise of Islam

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Almoravids and the battle of Badajoz

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Mongols

The city to which Muhammad went to in 622, a journey known as the Hijrah, was

How did Turks, Christians, and Mongols influence the course of Islamic civilization?

Which of the following is an accurate statement about the Arab Empire?

The center of the Muslim state in Spain was​

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Charles Martel

The Frankish leader who defeated a Muslim army near Tours in 732 was

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Koran/Qur'an

Instructions: Identify the following terms. diwan and vizier

What are the historical roots of the differences between the two major sects of Islam (Shi'ite and Sunni)? How has this affected geographic and political developments?

​The first areas of Islamic expansion were to

One of the key reasons for the Arab empire's success in developing trade was ​

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Seljuk Turks

The capital of the Abbasid empire was

Andalusia ?

The theoretical purpose of the jihad was to

In pre-Islamic times, the Arabs were polytheistic, with a supreme god known as Allah presiding over other gods and spirits.

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Hadith

Early Humans and the First Civilizations

Ancient India

China in Antiquity

The Civilization of the Greeks

The Roman World Empire

The Americas

Early Civilizations in Africa

The Expansion of Civilization in South and Southeast Asia

The Flowering of Traditional China

The East Asian Rimlands: Early Japan, Korea, and Vietnam

The Making of Europe

The Byzantine Empire and Crisis and Recovery in the West

New Encounters: the Creation of a World Market

Europe Transformed: Reform and State Building

The Muslim Empires

The East Asian World

The West on the Eve of a New World Order

Filters

The center of the Muslim state in Spain was

The first areas of Islamic expansion were to

One of the key reasons for the Arab empire's success in developing trade was