Unit 2 Exam Review

Identify the name of the intellectual center of Baghdad that was established and patronized by the Abbasid Caliphate.

House of Wisdom

Which of the following factors represents the most significant cause of the growth of cities in Afro-Eurasia in the period of 1000 CE-1450 CE?

Increased interregional trade

Like the city-states of Venice and Malacca, Swahili city-states such as Kilwa and Mombasa also developed due to

Increased interregional trade.

In the period of 600 CE to 1450 CE, Africa's Swahili coast was a major part of which trading system?

Indian Ocean

A Sailing Ship on the Indian Ocean Carrying Pilgrims to Mecca,13th Century CE The activity depicted in the illustration is most associated with which Pillar of Islam?

The Hajj

The Bhakti movement was

An attempt to erase distinctions between Hinduism and Islam.

The term Dar al-Islam refers to

Areas that share a common Muslim culture as a basis for society.

What groups were most responsible for the conversion of Indians to Islam?

Merchants and Sufis

Which of the following statements concerning political and religious practice in Africa is most accurate for the post-classical era? -Africa was politically united into a single kingdom, but Islam was only found in West and East Africa. -Africa was religiously united, but faced political divisions based on kinship. -Africa was politically and religiously disunited, but found some converts to Christianity and Islam. -Africa was politically fragmented, but Islam found converts throughout the entirety of Africa.

Africa was politically and religiously disunited, but found some converts to Christianity and Islam.

Which of the following is NOT true of slavery as it existed under the post-classical Islamic caliphates? -Male slaves sometimes served as soldiers in armies. -Slaves were regularly used as farmers and drudge laborers. -All slaves used by the caliphates originated from sub-Saharan Africa. -Women were in high demand as concubines and domestic servants.

All slaves used by the caliphates originated from sub-Saharan Africa.

By the 8th century CE, the city of ______ became a new key commercial center along the Silk Routes.

Baghdad

During the Abbasid Caliphate, Muslim women

Became increasingly isolated in the harem and behind the veil.

The pastoralist nomads of the pre-Islamic Arabian Peninsula were known as

Bedouins

Which of the following is NOT true of the spread of Islam to Southeast Asia by c1450? -Buddhism was completely replaced in all areas of Southeast Asia. -Diasporic communities of Muslims merchants in port cities facilitated the spread of Islam. -Islam syncretized with local animism and ancestor worship. -It was introduced by Sufi missionaries.

Buddhism was completely replaced in all areas of Southeast Asia.

Which of the following is NOT a feature of traditional stateless societies of sub-Saharan Africa? -Matrilineal ancestry -Bureaucracies -Clans based on kinship -Animism, polytheism, and ancestor worship

Bureaucracies

The political, military, and religious successors of Muhammad are known by what title?

Caliph

Many members of the following South Asian groups were attracted to Islam with the exception of

High-caste Hindus

Mansa Musa made a hajj that

Demonstrated the enormous wealth of his country.

Which one of the following factors was NOT one of the foundations of Mali's power? -A series of powerful kings -Control over trans-Saharan trade -Devout religious devotion to Christianity -Use of Arab scholars

Devout religious devotion to Christianity

Despite pressures by Islamic kingdoms surrounding it, which sub-Saharan African kingdom consistently managed to protect its Christian heritage and independence?

Ethiopia

During the period of 600 CE to 1450 CE, the slave trade from West Africa to the Muslim world

Existed prior to the arrival of Islam but expanded after its arrival.

"Great Zimbabwe directly participated in the Indian Ocean trade network and saw considerable conversion to Islam by Muslim merchants."

False

Which of the following developments most directly resulted from the Crusades?

Growth of Italian city-states.

What earlier religious traditions most influenced the beliefs of Islam?

Judaism & Christianity

Which of the following did NOT promote the commercial exchange of luxury goods along overland trade routes? Camel caravans, Lateen Sails, Credit Systems, Caravanserai

Lateen Sails

What is considered to be the holiest city for Muslims and the location of the Ka'ba?

Mecca

Which of the following was most responsible for the initial spread of Islam to West Africa? -Soldiers who fought on behalf of the Abbasid caliphate. -Merchants on the trans-Saharan trade routes. -Officials of the Swahili city-states. -Sufi mystics trying to eliminate animism.

Merchants on the trans-Saharan trade routes.

Which was NOT true of the spread of Islam to West Africa during the period 600 CE-1450 CE? -Islam had limited impact on women's freedoms in West Africa. -Animism and ancestor worship were syncretized with Islam. -Most citizens fully converted to Islam. -Many West African merchants converted.

Most citizens fully converted to Islam.

What is the name of the Islamic legal code that was shaped by teachings from the Quran?

Sharia Law

Besides gold, identify ONE other product regularly traded on the trans-Saharan trade network.

Slaves

Which West African civilization replaced Mali, but carried on its many traditions including Islamic conversion?

Songhai

In what region did the post-classical Buddhist state known as the Khmer Empire exist?

Southeast Asia

Before 1450 CE, which of the following is true of sub-Saharan Africa's commercial economy? -The Saharan Desert prevented sub-Saharan traders from participating in long distance trade. -Sub-Saharan Africa exported gold to the Middle East. -Christian and Jewish merchants controlled most of the long-distance trade of sub-Saharan Africa. -Sub-Saharan Africa produced cotton and silk textiles for export.

Sub-Saharan Africa exported gold to the Middle East.

Which of the following languages developed c1000 CE as intercultural exchanges increased in the Indian Ocean trade network?

Swahili

Large and ornate mosques like the one shown here were built in areas conquered by the Islamic caliphs as a way to

Symbolize the spiritual power and majesty of Islam.

Which of the following was NOT a cross-cultural interaction that occurred during the period of 700 CE to 1450 CE? -Arabic numerals were introduced to Western Europeans as a result of interactions with Muslims in the Middle East. -Answer The astrolabe and lateen sail were introduced to the Islamic world from Western European scholars and merchants. -Knowledge of papermaking was passed on from China to the Middle East via the Silk Routes. -Southeast Asians adopted Islam from Muslim merchants traveling from the Middle East and South Asia.

The astrolabe and lateen sail were introduced to the Islamic world from Western European scholars and merchants.

The religious schism (split) between Sunni and Shiite Muslims originated in a disagreement about

The basis of succession of the caliph.

Which of the following describes a major effect of the Bantu migrations? -The spread of Islam across sub-Saharan Africa. -The Introduction of banana cultivation in East Africa. -The success of hunter-foraging in sub-Saharan Africa. -The diffusion of agriculture and iron metallurgy in sub-Saharan Africa.

The diffusion of agriculture and iron metallurgy in sub-Saharan Africa.

Which of the following was NOT true of Timbuktu? -Timbuktu was a point of Islamic conversion of local merchants and nobility. -Timbuktu was a city-state that developed due to intensification of Indian Ocean trade. -Timbuktu was a center of Islamic learning. -Timbuktu became wealthy due to the taxation of trade goods moving to and from trans-Saharan routes.

Timbuktu was a city-state that developed due to intensification of Indian Ocean trade.

A Sailing Ship on the Indian Ocean Carrying Pilgrims to Mecca,13th Century CE Which of the following best describes the primary purpose of the travel depicted in the illustration?

To bind diverse communities to a common tradition

What was a primary motive for expansion of Muslim Arabs beyond the Arabian Peninsula?

To collect jizya

The use of camels by Arab and Berber traders to travel across the Sahara shows that

Traders gained knowledge of their environments and adapted to them.

What trade route connected West Africa with North Africa, and therefore, also to the Mediterranean and Middle East?

Trans-Saharan

"In the early 15th century CE, the Chinese government briefly supported expeditions along the Indian Ocean coast of Africa."

True

Is the following statement true or false?: "During the period between 600 CE to 1450 CE, most sub-Saharan Africans maintained traditional Bantu religious beliefs such as ancestor worship, animism, and polytheism."

True

As the Abbasid Caliphate fragmented, new Islamic entities emerged in the Middle East, most of which were dominated by

Turkic Peoples

Ibn Battuta traveled widely across North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia during the fourteenth century CE. His travels serve as evidence for the

Unifying influence of Islam.