APWH Chapters 6-8

The son-in-law and cousin of Muhammad who was murdered after he became caliph was

Ali.

What was a pueblo?

An adobe communal house in Anasazi lands.

The center of the Muslim state in Spain was

Andalusia

Among the mounted nomads who came to dominate much of the southwestern plains of North America after 1500 C.E. were the

Apache and Navajo.

Which of the following statements about the Sahara Desert is true?

At one point, it was an area that was green and flourishing with life.

Competition to Meroe's economic predominance came from

Axum.

The capital of the Abbasid empire was

Baghdad.

The family of languages spoken by people who inhabit the region south of the Sahara Desert and Axum is

Bantu.

All of the following statements about the arrival of Islam in Africa are true except

Berber resistance blocked Arab expansion to the westward continental limits until after 1200.

The people of North Africa, who served as trade intermediaries for the great trans-Saharan commerce, were the

Berbers.

The largest city in North America until 19th century Philadelphia was located at

Cahokia.

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

Cairo.

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

Charles Martel.

Andalusian caliphate was centered on

Cordoba

The Ka'aba

Correct Answer: was the shrine in Mecca containing a large black meteorite.

The Inka capital was

Cuzco.

The great mosque constructed in Jerusalem at the site of the old temple is the

Dome of the Rock.

What was the chief reason for migration of peoples in North Africa to go east and south to resettle?

Drying up of the Saharan grasslands.

The Shi'ite capital at Cairo was established under the dynasty of the

Fatimids.

In regard to state building in West Africa, it can be said that

Ghana was the first great commercial state there.

The caliphate that is often described as the Abbasid "Golden Age" was the reign of

Harun al-Rashid.

The earliest collective civilization in the Central Andes was

Inka

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic shared by the civilizations of the Western Hemisphere with those of the Old World?

Iron smelting

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

It created an era of great economic prosperity in the Middle East region in the Abbasid era.

Which of the following is not true of the Olmec culture?

It developed in the high, mountainous areas of central Mexico.

Which of the following was not true about the spread of Islam in Africa?

It interfered with the efforts of African rulers to strengthen their power.

Which of the following is not a valid observation about the ancient civilization of the Kush?

It spread its empire to the north by driving the Romans out of Egypt.

Which of the following statements accurately depicts the nature of the African lineage group?

It was similar in many respects to the clan in China and the caste system in India.

Which of the following was NOT a detrimental factor in the technological development of the peoples of the Western Hemisphere?

Lack of established trade routes.

Which of the following states developed in the center of Africa?

Luba

A Malay settlement was established on the island of

Madagascar.

The military defeat of the Byzantine armies by the Seljuk Turks, which led to the Crusades, was the Battle of

Manzikert.

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

Medina.

The great river that dominates the western region of Africa, the so-called "hump of Africa," is the

Niger.

The great iron-working culture of northern Nigeria was the

Nok.

The first civilization in Mesoamerica was the

Olmec.

Which of the following is NOT one of the Five Pillars of Islam?

Recognition of Abu-Bakr as the legitimate caliph

Organized resistance to the Christian crusaders from Europe was led by the former Fatimid vizier

Saladin

The Persian empire which experienced defeats at the hands of the Arab armies was the

Sassanid.

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

She could determine the acceptability of her husband's other wives.

The Muslim sect who were the "partisans of Ali" are the

Shi'ites.

The Muslims who sought a mystical relationship with Allah were the

Sufis.

Which of the following is not accurate?

The Olmecs adopted many aspects of Inka culture.

The Ethiopian Christian dynasty which experienced a long-lasting conflict with African Muslims was the

Zagwe.

Trade along East Africa and across the Indian ocean was facilitated by

a string of islands making distances between landfall shorter.

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

also provides the ethical foundation for life.

In southern Africa,

an integration of Khoisan and Bantu-speaking peoples took place.

Social practices typical in many African societies included

both a lineage system that was often matrilineal rather than patrilineal and behavior patterns between the sexes that were more relaxed than those found in other societies.

The civilization of the Inka

constructed an impressive system of roads and bridges throughout its extensive domain.

A significant characteristic of South American agriculture is

dependence on extensive, complex irrigation of crops.

The Olmec peoples

developed a system of hieroglyphics.

The Kingdom of Ghana

exported gold, leather goods, slaves, and ostrich feathers.

Anasazi society possibly declined for all of the following reasons except

extensive floods.

Axum was

founded possibly by migrants from the Kingdom of Saba/Sheba in the Arabian Peninsula.

All of the following were true about the spread of Arab control except

if an individual chose not to become a Muslim, he still had to participate in mandatory military service.

African culture

is notable for its use of bards to retain and spread communal history and religious beliefs.

The geographical obstacle which divides Africa's northern coast from the rest of the continent

is the Sahara Desert.

A unique aspect of the ancient Ethiopian civilization was the fact that

it adopted the form of Christianity practiced in Egypt.

The following were true about the trans-Sahara caravan trade except

it brought the first Islamic traders to central Africa in the first century B.C.E.

All of the following were true about the southern African state of Zimbabwe except

it played no significant role in the gold trade with the Swahili states to the east.

The Aztec capital of Tenochtitlán was unusual because:

it was centered on an island in the middle of Lake Texcoco

All of the following are correct about the land of Zanj except

it was ruled by the Zagwe and Azim dynasties for 400 years.

The San

linguistically were related to the Khoi, distinguished by the use of "clicking" sounds.

The Kingdom of Mali

maintained a very active pro-Islamic policy under Mansa Musa.

The local chieftain of a Mali farming village was called a

mansa.

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

mastering the latest in naval technology.

The Seljuk Turks were initially incorporated into the Abbasid caliphate as

mercenary soldiers

Islam is

monotheistic.

Before Islam developed in Africa,

most African societies already had well-developed systems of religious belief.

Muhammad was

not widely accepted for many years after he announced his religious revelations.

The lowest and most basic level of African social groupings was the

nuclear family.

A primary contribution of Arab scholarship was the

preservation and dissemination of the science and philosophies of ancient civilizations.

In general terms, it can be said that Islamic society

relied heavily on religious doctrine to determine proper behavior in the areas of politics, economics, law, and ethics.

The vast grasslands that border the great desert region of the Sahara are known as

savannahs.

The ruling member of a Bedouin tribe was called the

sheikh.

If one traveled south from the grasslands of central Africa, one would reach the region of

some of the world's richest deposits of minerals.

The distinctively carved stone pillars used to mark the tombs of Axum kings are known as

stelae.

Muhammad's teachings

stressed that Islam was not just a religion but also a way of life.

The theoretical purpose of jihad was to

strive in the way of the Lord.

Caliph (or khalifa) literally means

successor.

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

the Abbasid Caliphate

The first areas of Islamic expansion were to

the Byzantine and Sassanid empires

During the Abbasid dynasty,

the caliphs were more like kings than spiritual leaders.

Which of the following is the earliest form of surviving architecture found in Africa?

the pyramids of Egypt

The original reason for the rise of the kingdom of Ghana was

the role it played in the gold trade.

In regard to the urban life of African towns, it can be said that

they usually developed from smaller, fortified walled villages.

The Koran, or Qur'an,

was derived from the revelations of Muhammad.

Slavery in Africa

went back to ancient times, long before the arrival of the Europeans.

The Mongols

were unable to capture Egypt, due to the effective resistance of the Mamelukes.

The Hadith and Shari'a

were, respectively, a collection of Muhammad's sayings and a law code.

The official calendar of Islam begins

with the occurrence of the Hijrah.