first test of 2nd semester

These items are referring to what famous religious figure?

Abraham

What is the term that describes the regions ruled by Islamic law, customs and economic connections?

Dar al-Islam

Which of these is a shared Sunni-Shia belief?

Following the Five Pillars of Islam is the way to achieve happiness in the afterlife.

Who wrote The Canon of Medicine , which was a standard medical text at many medieval universities until the 1600s?

Ibn Battuta

The cities of Mecca and Medina are MOST associated with what religion?

Islam

In which area was Islam spread MOST quickly using trade routes in the 8th and 9th centuries?

North Africa

These details describe which denomination of Islam?

Sunni

Which of these post-classical civilizations is MOST directly related to the interregional routes established in this era?

The Islamic Caliphates

Using this map, one can deduce that the spread of Islam

was not stopped by geographic features.

According to the Koran (Qur'an), Muhammad

was the messenger of God.

What religious founding father is shared by Jews, Christians, and Muslims?

Abraham

Who is considered to be the "Father of the Hebrews"?

Abraham

Which statement represents one of the beliefs of Judaism?

Abraham is the father of the faith.

During the "Golden Age of Islam," which of these was MOST true of non-Muslims living under Abbasid rule?

Abrahamic religions were free to practice their religious beliefs in relative peace.

One example of the growth of intellectual thought during the Golden Age of Islam was the "House of Wisdom" established during the rule of

Al-Ma'mun.

Shia Muslims believe that Muhammad divinely ordained his successor to be his cousin and son-in-law

Ali.

Shia Muslims believe that the caliphate should pass via the bloodline of

Ali.

The _____ recited the Qur'an to Muhammad in a cave in Hira'a.

Angel Gabriel

Islam originated on the

Arabian Peninsula.

The numerals shown here were invented around 500 A.D. in India and were then adapted by Abbasid Caliphate. They are

Arabic numerals.

Which continent was the birthplace of most of the world's major religions, including Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?

Asia

Based on the title, which text was MOST LIKELY written in 1025 CE by Ibn Sina, a Persian Muslim?

Canon of Medicine

Which of these is a way in which Christianity is different from Judaism

Christians believe Jesus to be the Messiah

How are the Christian religion and the Jewish religion connected to one another?

Christians believe that Jesus is the Messiah mentioned in the Jewish Torah.

Because Shia Muslims reject many of the writings by those who observed Mohammed and recorded his actions and traditions they reject which aspect of Islam?

Hadith

Which Sunni Muslim scholar is BEST known for traveling throughout most of the Islamic world in the 14th century, keeping detailed records of his observations?

Ibn Battuta

Who is considered one of the greatest travelers of all time, and during a 30 year period, traveled all over the known Islamic world, as well as many non-Muslim lands?

Ibn Battuta

The cities of Mecca and Medina were vital to the foundation of what religion?

Islam

These are four of the most important requirements of what religion?

Islam

What religion would the Chinese have come into contact with between 600-1450 based on the information presented in this passage?

Islam

As African merchants traded with people in the Middle East prior to the 1500s,

Islam spread to west Africa, combining with African religions to form the dominant faith.

This passage from the Qur'an is important to help describe the spread of Islam because

Islam was spread by many merchants.

All of these are describing advances made by

Islamic civilizations.

European intellectuals in the Middle Ages often studied academic advances and translated ancient works that were made or preserved by

Islamic scholars.

This statement is MOST important when describing the foundation of what religion?

Judaism

What religion is not only practiced today but also served as the foundation for both Christianity and Islam?

Judaism

This building is MOST important to the followers of

Judaism and Islam.

Which of these individuals can be MOST closely compared with Ibn Batuta?

Marco Polo

Which city is the birthplace of Islam?

Mecca

Which society is MOST closely associated with Islam?

Middle Eastern

From the seventh to the fourteenth centuries CE, which group was the PRIMARY trade link between India, China, Europe and Africa?

Muslim merchants

Developments in algebra, medicine, and astronomy that became the roots of the Scientific Revolution came from which group of people?

Muslim scientists

After the death of Mohammad, which of these events occurred?

Muslims split into two groups, Sunni and Shia.

Muslims who deny the legitimacy of the first three caliphs and believe that Ali and his descendants by Muhammad's daughter Fatimah are the sole legitimate Islamic leaders are called

Shia.

Which of these branches of Islam has always had the majority of followers since the Sunni-Shia split?

Sunni

What is the MAIN difference between Sunni and Shia Muslims?

The Shia wanted a family member of Muhammad to succeed him.

Which of these is a belief common to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?

They are all monotheistic faiths.

Which of these regions was NOT greatly impacted by Islamic culture because of merchants and pilgrims such as Ibn Battuta

Western China

The split into Sunni and Shia divisions of Islam can be traced to

a dispute over the question of Muhammad's successor.

Historians generally agree that the first international slave trade in Africa was

across the Sahara Desert.

Islam was founded in the 630s CE. Where on the timeline should it be placed?

after 312 CE

Using the prompt, what cultural contribution came from South West Asia and spread to other regions?

algebra

Unlike the other groups of people in their region during the Ancient Middle East, the Hebrews were monotheistic, meaning the

believed in only one god.

Islam was first introduced to South Asia

by Muslim merchants in the 600s.

It was not uncommon in the Middle East and Asia to find ___ of merchants traveling together across the desert to trade their goods in far-away markets.

caravans

During the age of Islamic expansion (7th and 8th centuries), urban areas began to grow in converted areas because

converts often moved to cities to learn Islam.

The greatest geographic obstacle to the spread of Islam in the 7th Century was

expansive deserts.

Ibn Battuta was an Islamic scholar and writer of the 14th Century. He is best known for writing detailed accounts of his travels, which have been of great use to the study of

geography.

What would be the impact that agricultural innovation had on on the Islamic empires during the Abbasid dynasty?

growth of cities and population

The great traveler Ibn Battuta set off on his first major pilgrimage, otherwise known as this, to Mecca in the early 14th century.

hajj

This region is unique in World History because it

is where the world's major monotheistic faiths began.

Ibn Sina (known in Europe as Avicenna) was an 11th Century Persian writer and philosopher who was MOST famous for his work in

medicine.

What were some of the contributions of Islamic civilization 600 to 1000 A.D.?

mosaics, architecture, and the Arabic alphabet

Shia Muslims believe the modern-day Islamic leader

must be a descendant of Muhammad.

Which technology did the Abbasid dynasty learn from the Tang dynasty during the 8th century?

paper-making

Which product would have been MOST likely to have been traded from the East to the West?

porcelain

One similarity between the Five Pillars of Islam and the Ten Commandments is that both

provide a guide to proper ethical and moral behavior.

When the last descendant of Ali, the eleventh Imam, disappeared In 830 C.E., many Shia became Twelvers, believing that the twelfth Imam would

return to rule over all Muslims at the end of times.

Shi'a Islam and Sunni Islam are ALIKE in that they

share fundamental Islamic beliefs.

Beginning in the 7th Century, some of the most important Muslim trade routes led from East Africa to the Middle East, and were used mainly to transport

slaves.

Which product would have been MOST likely to have been traded in this area at this time?

spices

During the Middle Ages, Arabia was relatively isolated from the benefits of the Silk Roads primarily because

the Arabian Desert cut them off from the full impact of trade.

In the Islamic religion a disagreement about Muhammad's successor led to what?

the Sunni and Shi'a split

Which of these was NOT a trade route either established or extensively used by Muslim merchants after 800 C.E.?

trans-Atlantic routes to the Caribbean