Deck 11: Islam

Question 1

The early successors to Muhammad were known as ________.

A) sultans
B) caliphs
C) qadis
D) ulama

Answer 1

caliphs

Question 2

The hijra was the flight from ________.

A) Damascus to Baghdad
B) Mecca to Medina
C) Medina to Cairo
D) Baghdad to Mecca

Answer 2

Mecca to Medina

Question 3

The hadith record the words of ________.

A) qadis
B) Muhammad
C) Allah
D) Ali

Answer 3

Muhammad

Question 4

The Seljuks were part of a much larger group speaking ________ languages.

A) Persian
B) Mongol
C) Arabic
D) Turkic

Question 5

Which of these was a Muslim historian,author of Universal History?

A) al-Biruni
B) Ibn Sina
C) Ibn Khaldun
D) al-Javaini

Question 6

The followers of Ali are known as ________.

A) Shi'a
B) Sunnis
C) Sufis
D) sultans

Question 7

Which of these was the first Umayyad ruler?

A) Mu'awiya
B) Ali
C) Uthman
D) Harun-al-Rashid

Question 8

The Arab expansion into Western Europe was stopped in 732 by the ________.

A) Byzantine Empire
B) Romans
C) Franks
D) Visigoths

Question 9

Which of these is one of the five pillars of Islam?

A) jihad
B) daily prayer
C) dar al-Islam
D) Sufism

Question 10

The principle inhabitants of Arabia in the sixth century were ________.

A) Romans
B) Greeks
C) Bedouins
D) Quraysh

Question 11

Muhammad was born into the ________ tribe.

A) Abbasid
B) Quraysh
C) Umayyad
D) Fatimid

Question 12

Which of these are Muslim mystics?

A) Sunnis
B) Sufis
C) Shi'a
D) qadis

Question 13

Which of these is the community of Muslims?

A) umma
B) dhimmi
C) shari'a
D) jihad

Question 14

From 661 to 750,Islam was led by the ________.

A) Abassids
B) Fatimids
C) Ghaznavids
D) Umayyads

Question 15

The dar al-Islam is the region ________.

A) of Islam's first spread
B) in which Islam may be freely practiced
C) of Arabia and neighboring countries
D) in which Muslims live

Question 16

From the thirteenth century,a sultanate was established in India,based in ________.

A) Delhi
B) Goa
C) Calicut
D) Peshawar

Question 17

The first Muslim leader after Muhammad was ________.

A) al-Tabari
B) Husayn
C) Umar I
D) Abu Bakr

Question 18

Which of these established an independent Egyptian state?

A) Umayyads
B) Abassids
C) Mongols
D) Fatimids

Question 19

Quran means ________ in Arabic.

A) "word of God"
B) "scripture"
C) "divine"
D) "recitations"

Question 20

Which of these was a large kingdom that emerged in the Sahel region around 300 C.E.?

A) Timbuktu
B) Morocco
C) Ghana
D) Malindi

Question 21

The five pillars of Islam are best characterized as Muslim ________.

A) beliefs
B) practices
C) organization
D) values

Question 22

The Abbasid capital was at ________.

A) Mecca
B) Damascus
C) Persepolis
D) Baghdad

Question 23

Abd al-Rahman III was ruler of the caliphate based in ________.

A) Delhi
B) Córdoba
C) Cairo
D) Baghdad

Question 24

Which of these was central to Arab spirituality,both before and after Muhammad?

A) the Quran
B) the hadith
C) caliphs
D) the Ka'aba

Question 25

The Fatimids' basis for their political claims was ________.

A) membership in the Quraysh clan
B) association with the Ka'aba
C) blood descent from Muhammad
D) being chosen by Muhammad

Question 26

Initially,the split between the Shi'a and Sunnis was based on ________.

A) doctrine
B) the composition of the Quran
C) ethnicity
D) leadership

Question 27

Looking at the map "The expansion of Islam," which of these halted the expansion of the Muslim world into Europe from the east?

A) the Byzantine Empire
B) Persia
C) the Abbasids
D) the Franks

Question 28

In its first century,Islam was above all a ________ faith.

A) Persian
B) universal
C) Arab
D) Meccan

Question 29

Like earlier Indian empires,the Delhi Sultanate was ________.

A) focused on the Indus valley
B) based in northern India
C) short-lived
D) created by conquerors

Question 30

Al-Khwarazmi is best known as the developer of ________.

A) the modern science of chemistry
B) a theory concerning the circulatory system
C) algebra
D) the heliocentric model

Question 31

The hijra is important in Muslim life because it marks the ________.

A) transcription of the Quran
B) birth of Muhammad
C) birth of Islam
D) first expansion of Islam outside of Mecca

Question 32

The first Muslims highlight the importance of ________ in Arab life.

A) tribal ties
B) commerce
C) foreign influences
D) Roman networks

Question 33

Which of these combined political and religious authority in Umayyad and Abbasid Islam?

A) qadis
B) caliphs
C) Sufis
D) sultans

Question 34

The Sultanate of Delhi marked ________.

A) the end of Buddhism in India
B) the expansion of the caliphate into India
C) a political shift in India
D) the revival of the Mauryan Empire

Question 35

The life of Mansa Musa illustrates the role of the ________ in bringing much of the Muslim world together.

A) ulama
B) qadis
C) Sufis
D) hajj

Question 36

The adoption of the title "sultan" indicated ________.

A) the end of Muslim unity
B) the expansion of Islam
C) a new direction in the Muslim world
D) the inauguration of the Abbasid dynasty

Question 37

The Battle of Manzikert was a victory for the ________.

A) Arabs
B) Abbasids
C) Turks
D) Egyptians

Question 38

Over time,the center of the Islamic empire shifted ________.

A) to central Arabia
B) north and east out of Arabia
C) to Egypt
D) southward

Question 39

Which of these is the Muslim term for Christians,Jews,and Zoroastrians?

A) dhimmi
B) qadis
C) ulama
D) hadith

Question 40

Which of these was the main route for the spread of Islam to island Southeast Asia?

A) the Indian Ocean
B) mainland Southeast Asia
C) China and the Pacific Ocean
D) the Silk Road

Question 41

In relation to Muslims,in the Islamic world the dhimmi had a(n)________ status.

A) favored
B) high
C) equal
D) protected

Question 42

Comparison of mosque architecture indicates that mosques in different regions ________.

A) were nearly identical
B) had no features in common
C) all followed Arab decorative styles
D) retained the same components, but varied in construction and decoration

Question 43

Looking at the map "Islam in Africa," which of these explains the rise of states such as Ghana and Darfur?

A) Indian Ocean trade
B) the spread of Islam
C) trans-Saharan trade
D) routes of communication along rivers

Question 44

The ulama served to ________ the power of the caliphs.

A) increase and protect
B) destroy
C) legitimate but also limit
D) serve

Question 45

Compare the spread of Islam to the spread of Buddhism and of Christianity.What are the most important similarities and differences?

Question 46

How did decisions about leadership impact the history of Islam and the Islamic empires from the time of Muhammad to around 1300?

Question 47

Like Alexander's empire,the empire based in Ghazni ________.

A) lasted only a few decades
B) served as a bridge between the Middle East and India
C) introduced a new religion to India
D) was based primarily on commerce

Question 48

What were the most important features of interactions between Muslims and Christians between the time of Muhammad and 1300?

Question 49

How did expansion into the Middle East reshape Islam and Muslim culture?

Question 50

Like the Hebrew Bible,the Quran ________.

A) is scripture
B) records folk histories
C) is composed of diverse genres
D) is considered the word of God

Question 51

The hadith serve to ________ the Quran's teachings.

A) correct
B) expand upon
C) replace
D) translate

Question 52

What steps made up the shift of Islam from and Arab to a universal religion?

Question 53

Like the Byzantine Emperors,the caliphs were ________.

A) their faith's ultimate spiritual authorities
B) secular, rather than religious leaders
C) religious and spiritual leaders
D) chosen by popular acclaim

Question 54

Islamic intellectuals of the Abbasid and Umayyad eras can be characterized as having ________ classical Greek knowledge.

A) preserved and built upon
B) destroyed
C) criticized and ultimately rejected
D) been ignorant

Question 55

In the long run,the Crusades had an impact on the Muslim world that can be characterized as ________.

A) unimportant
B) temporary
C) disastrous
D) profound