history ch 16 and ch17

How did the status of Islam in West Africa change after the establishment of the Sokoto Caliphate? a. It changed from a minority religion to the majority religion in the region. b. It changed from an urban religion to the religion of rural pastoralists. c. It changed from a polytheistic religion to a monotheistic religion. d. It changed from a warlike religion to a peaceful religion. e. It changed from a religion shared among all social groups to a religion of the upper classes.

A

Viewed collectively, the actions of rebels and dissidents in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries reflected: a. local traditions and levels of contact with global trade networks and European power. b. their embrace of Enlightenment ideals and European technology. c. the status of dissident leaders within their native societies. d. the support they received from outside sources such as foreign missionaries. e. the level of bureaucratic organization within their native societies.

A

Wahhabi Islam was a threat to the political power of _______. a. Napoleon Bonaparte b. the Ottoman Empire c. the House of Saud d. the British e. the Egyptian

B

8. Islamic reformers in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries were inspired by: a. the wealth of the established Islamic empires. b. the similarities between Islam and other Abrahamic religions. c. the life of Mohammed and early Islamic practice. d. the connections that had emerged between Islam and regional religious traditions. e. the growing power of European military forces

C

Mohammad Ibn al-Wahhab's Islamic reform movement stressed the oneness of Islam as a reaction against: a. the presence of multiple Islamic empires such as the Mughals and the Ottomans. b. the tendency of some Muslims to experiment with European ideas and technologies. c. the polytheistic beliefs that had taken root among some Muslims. d. debates among representatives of different religions at the Mughal court. e. the increasing importance of global trade networks.

C

All of the following groups supported Usman dan Fodio's revolt against the Hausa citystates except: a. devout Muslims. b. Fulani tribesmen. c. Fulani women. d. Hausa landlords. e. Hausa peasants

D

The leaders of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Islamic revitalization movements sought to reestablish the glory of Islam through which new practice? a. the abolition of slavery b. making alliances between Islam and other religious traditions c. increasing the Islamic presence in world markets d. creating full-scale theocratic polities e. industrialization in the Islamic world

D

The international order that began to emerge during the nineteenth century was based on all of the following except: a. the ideals of the French and American revolutions. b. laissez-faire capitalism. c. the nation-state as a form of social organization. d. new technologies and industrial organization. e. the emergence of international law

E

Which of the following groups of people was most attracted to Wahhabi Islam? a. People who believed their current version of Islam was too restrictive and needed to compromise with local cultural traditions. b. People who were curious about Western innovations and wanted to explore them. c. People who belonged to Sufi sects and devoted themselves to Muslim saints. d. People who supported the power of the Ottoman Empire in the Arabian peninsula. e. People who felt threatened by the increasing pace of commerce and intellectual change

E