Question 1

The capital city of the Abbasid caliphate was Damascus.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Identify the following terms.
-Ramadan

Accepted Answer

Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islami

Question 3

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 4

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

Accepted Answer

The Turks, Christians, and Mongols all h

Question 5

Compare and contrast the origins and achievements of the Umayyad, Abbasid, and Fatimid regimes.

Accepted Answer

The Umayyad, Abbasid, and Fatimid regime

Question 6

The city that replaced Baghad as the greatest Muslim city and the focus of trade was

Accepted Answer

A) Damascus. 
B) Jerusalem. 
C) Cairo. 
D) Alexandria. 
E) Medina. 
A) Damascus. 
B) Jerusalem. 
C) Cairo. 
D) Alexandria. 
E) Medina.

Question 7

Identify the following terms.
-"fleets of the desert"

Accepted Answer

The term "fleets of the desert" is a met

Question 8

In addition to being Islam's sacred book, the Qur'an

Accepted Answer

A) is composed, in part, of the Christian New Testament. 
B) also provides the ethical foundation for life. 
C) provides a systematized body of illegal tenets and theories of political procedures. 
D) took oral shape before the writing of the Christian bible. 
E) was written down by Muhammad's two sons. 
A) is composed, in part, of the Christian New Testament. 
B) also provides the ethical foundation for life. 
C) provides a systematized body of illegal tenets and theories of political procedures. 
D) took oral shape before the writing of the Christian bible. 
E) was written down by Muhammad's two sons.

Question 9

Identify the following terms.
-jihad

Accepted Answer

The answer of Identify the following terms.
-jihad...

Question 10

To what degree do the beliefs of Islam, distinct from other aspects of Arab culture between 500 and 650 C.E., appear to have motivated Muslims to expand the territory under their control? How does the evidence, as you see it, lead you to that result?

Accepted Answer

The beliefs of Islam played a significan

Question 11

Identify the following terms.
-Hasan al-Sabahh and "assassins"

Accepted Answer

Hasan al-Sabahh, often spelled Hasan-i S

Question 12

The Ka'aba

Accepted Answer

A) was a group of sacred stones revered by the Bedouin tribes, each of which possessed one. 
B) was the shrine in Mecca containing a large black meteorite. 
C) represented the monotheism of the Bedouins. 
D) was Allah's representative Arab priesthood. 
E) was the male initiation ceremony when one formally became an adult. 
A) was a group of sacred stones revered by the Bedouin tribes, each of which possessed one. 
B) was the shrine in Mecca containing a large black meteorite. 
C) represented the monotheism of the Bedouins. 
D) was Allah's representative Arab priesthood. 
E) was the male initiation ceremony when one formally became an adult.

Question 13

How did the founding of Islam compare and contrast with that of the other major monotheistic religions?

Accepted Answer

The founding of Islam compared and contr

Question 14

Which of the following is NOT true for women in the Islamic world? ​

Accepted Answer

A) ​She was allowed to own property. 
B) ​She was expected to be modest. 
C) ​She could determine the acceptability of her husband's other wives. 
D) ​She could obtain a separation from her husband under certain circumstances. 
E) ​She was prohibited from social contact with males who were not family members. 
A) ​She was allowed to own property. 
B) ​She was expected to be modest. 
C) ​She could determine the acceptability of her husband's other wives. 
D) ​She could obtain a separation from her husband under certain circumstances. 
E) ​She was prohibited from social contact with males who were not family members.

Question 15

Shi'ite Islam differs from other factions in its support of ​

Accepted Answer

A) ​the Abbasid Caliphate 
B) ​Mamluk independence. 
C) ​the Umayyad Caliphate 
D) ​religious toleration of non-Muslims. 
E) ​a separation of Sharia and civil law. 
A) ​the Abbasid Caliphate 
B) ​Mamluk independence. 
C) ​the Umayyad Caliphate 
D) ​religious toleration of non-Muslims. 
E) ​a separation of Sharia and civil law.

Question 16

Identify the following terms.
-Hegira

Accepted Answer

Who? - The term "Hegira" refers to the P

Question 17

A primary contribution of Arab scholarship was the

Accepted Answer

A) creation of original contributions in the areas of astrophysics and geology. 
B) preservation and dissemination of the science and philosophies of ancient civilizations. 
C) establishment of the university system of study. 
D) discovery of the rings of Saturn. 
E) invention of paper. 
A) creation of original contributions in the areas of astrophysics and geology. 
B) preservation and dissemination of the science and philosophies of ancient civilizations. 
C) establishment of the university system of study. 
D) discovery of the rings of Saturn. 
E) invention of paper.

Question 18

Identify the following terms.
-majlis

Accepted Answer

The term "Majlis" is an Arabic word that

Question 19

In many Islamic societies there was no hereditary nobility.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The official calendar of Islam begins

Accepted Answer

A) in 222 C.E. 
B) when Muhammad and his closest supporters left Yathrib and went to Mecca. 
C) with the occurrence of the Hijrah. 
D) with Muhammad's death in 632 C.E. 
E) with the Arab conquest of Damascus. 
A) in 222 C.E. 
B) when Muhammad and his closest supporters left Yathrib and went to Mecca. 
C) with the occurrence of the Hijrah. 
D) with Muhammad's death in 632 C.E. 
E) with the Arab conquest of Damascus.

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

The capital city of the Abbasid caliphate was Damascus.

Identify the following terms. -Ramadan

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

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

Compare and contrast the origins and achievements of the Umayyad, Abbasid, and Fatimid regimes.

The city that replaced Baghad as the greatest Muslim city and the focus of trade was

Identify the following terms. -"fleets of the desert"

In addition to being Islam's sacred book, the Qur'an

Identify the following terms. -jihad

To what degree do the beliefs of Islam, distinct from other aspects of Arab culture between 500 and 650 C.E., appear to have motivated Muslims to expand the territory under their control? How does the evidence, as you see it, lead you to that result?

Identify the following terms. -Hasan al-Sabahh and "assassins"

The Ka'aba

How did the founding of Islam compare and contrast with that of the other major monotheistic religions?

Which of the following is NOT true for women in the Islamic world? ​

Shi'ite Islam differs from other factions in its support of ​

Identify the following terms. -Hegira

A primary contribution of Arab scholarship was the

Identify the following terms. -majlis

In many Islamic societies there was no hereditary nobility.

The official calendar of Islam begins

Early Humans and the First Civilizations

Ancient India

China in Antiquity

The Civilization of the Greeks

The First World Civilizations: Rome, China, and the Emergence of the Silk Road

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

The Beginnings of Modernization: Industrialization and Nationalism in the Nineteenth Century

The Americas and Society and Culture in the West

The High Tide of Imperialism

Shadows Over the Pacific: East Asia Under Challenge

The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution

Nationalism, Revolution, and Dictatorship: Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America From 1919 to 1939

The Crisis Deepens: World War 2

East and West in the Grip of the Cold War

Brave New World: Communism on Trial

Europe and the Western Hemisphere Since 1945

Challenges of Nation Building in Africa and the Middle East

Toward the Pacific Century

Filters

Which of the following is NOT true for women in the Islamic world?

Shi'ite Islam differs from other factions in its support of