Chapter 10 & 11 Test Review

West African merchants were willing to pay a high price for salt because

Which of the following is a key belief, or duty, of Islam?

Akbar the Great helped to unite the Mughal empire by

In what way did the Delhi sultanate affect India?

How did the famous Persian physician Ibn Sina (Avicenna) improve the practice of medicine?

What contributed to the economic success of Great Zimbabwe?

A major reason for Meroë’s success was the ability of its people to make tools and weapons from

How do the beliefs of Shiite and Sunni Muslims differ?

Which of the factors contributed to the destruction of Mali, Ghana, and the Songhai civ's?

Muslim mystics who sought communion with God through meditation and fasting were called

Mecca became the holiest city in Islam because that is where Muhammad

When camels were brought to Africa from Asia, trade increased across the

Tolls collected from the flow of gold and salt helped to build the kingdom of

Scholars have been able to trace the Bantu migrations by studying

The Islamic university in Timbuktu was one result of the hajj made by

Neolithic people of the Sahara migrated south because of

In medieval Africa, matrilineal societies formed strong ties between

Muslims believe the sacred word of God as revealed to Muhammad is contained in the

The eleven remarkable houses of worship built in Ethiopia by King Lalibela were made of

Many lower-caste Hindus in India converted to Islam because

According to Muslim belief, Muhammad became the prophet of Islam after he

Arab writers adapted stories from their own and other cultures in the collection entitled

Unlike large kingdoms, governments of smaller medieval African societies often

The kingdom of Nubia absorbed culture and traditions from the civilization of

Trade in pepper, ivory, and slaves helped to build the African rain forest kingdom of

After Muslims conquered the cities of North Africa in the 690s, the dominant language became:

When Muslims conquered a new land, they often

What do some scholars think was a cause for the decline of the empire of Great Zimbabwe?

At the bottom of Ottoman society were the

One reason for conflict between the Ottoman and Safavid empires was that