Which of the following is not a right or protection given to women by the Quran?

Men and women now had equal rights of inheritance

Islam had roots in which set of religious or philosophical traditions?

Judaism, Christianity, and Zoroastrianism

Early Islamic empires treated Jews and Christians as:

To be tolerated as long as they paid a fee

Which of the following is NOT a reason for Islam's rapid spread (according to Strayer)?

Power of professional religious leaders

•Which of the following was a force that helped bind the Islamic world together?

The system of Islamic education created by the ulama

What initiated the division within Islam between the Sunnis and Shias?

Disagreement over who should lead the Islamic world

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1
Membership in the Islamic community known as the umma was based on a common:
Class
Culture
Race
Faith
2
Which of the following is not a right or protection given to women by the Quran?
Women could no longer be kidnapped into marriage
Female infants could no longer be killed at birth
Women now had some control over property
Men and women now had equal rights of inheritance
3
What was NOT revolutionary about the Quran's message?
Challenge to tribal structure
Monotheism
Criticism of social injustices
Support of trade
4
Islam had roots in which set of religious or philosophical traditions?
Christianity, Hinduism, and Zoroastrianism
Judaism, Buddhism, and Zoroastrianiam
Buddhism, Judaism, and Hinduism
Judaism, Christianity, and Zoroastrianism
5
As the Islamic empire grew and adapted to local traditions, women's rights
Decreased
Increased
6
Choose one of the two major external threats to the Islamic civilization in the third-wave era.
Jews
Christian Crusaders
Mongols
China
7
Which of the following did NOT influence pre-Islamic Arabs?
Zoroastrians
Christians
Jews
Hindus
8
Early Islamic empires treated Jews and Christians as:
Infidels, persecuting them harshly
To be tolerated as long as they paid a fee
Equals, with all the same rights as Muslims
9
Which of the following is NOT a reason for Islam's rapid spread (according to Strayer)?
Marriage alliances
Power of professional religious leaders
Economic benefits
The seeming inevitability of military conquest
10
This famous religious shrine in Mecca is called the
Hajj
Quraysh
Kaaba
Sassanid
11
Which of the following is a requirement for all Muslims?
Charity
Meditation
Baptism
Confession
12
•Which of the following was a force that helped bind the Islamic world together?
The expulsion of Jews & Christians from Islamic territories
The system of Islamic education created by the ulama
The successful suppression of competing religious orders
Strong leadership over the Islamic world by Arab caliphs
13
the concept of the “umma” challenged Arab social structures in all the following ways EXCEPT:
Centralizing power in the person of Mohammed
Prioritized loyalty to broader Muslim community over tribe
Allowed Islam to expand rapidly
Rejected polygamy
14
What initiated the division within Islam between the Sunnis and Shias?
The imam Ali’s elaboration of the teachings of Islam
The belief that Husayn, the son of Ali, was the real messiah
Fear that Muslims in conquered lands were abandoning Islam
Disagreement over who should lead the Islamic world
15
Who first brought Islam to West Africa?
Abbasid soldiers
Sudanese imperial officials
Muslims fleeing persecution in Iberia
Trans-Saharan merchants

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