Both Islam and Christianity were successful in universalizing religion because of their:

Insistence that all of humanity were brothers under one God

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

The system of Islamic education created by the ulama

Which of the following is NOT a reason for Islam's rapid spread?

Power of professional religious leaders

Women’s status in Islamic societies began to decline during the caliphate because:

Muslim leaders’putting the practices of conquered peoples before their own

When scholars write of an “Islamic flowering” during the age of the caliphate, to what are they referring?

Muslims’ advances along the lines laid down by many classical Eurasian civi

In what way was Islamic society similar to the pre-Islamic Persian Empire?

It incorporated local elites, traditions, and bureaucracies into the empire

What is classical Islam’s attitude toward trade?

Islam was friendly to commercial life and trade.

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

Judaism, Christianity, and Zoroastrianism

The issue, which eventually split Muslims into Shi’a and Sunni sects, involved...

Disagreement over who should lead the Islamic world

The status of Mecca was enhanced by what?

The Ka’aba, a religious shrine which attracted pilgrims

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

Early Islamic empires treated Jews and Christians as:

To be tolerated as long as they paid a fee

What are the five Pillars of Islam?

Shahadah, Salat, Sawm, Zakat, and Hajj

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1
Both Islam and Christianity were successful in universalizing religion because of their:
Insistence that all of humanity were brothers under one God
Insistence that the state take measures to reduce economic inequality
Democratic political values
Support of commercial interests over spiritual concerns
2
Which of the following was a force that helped bind the Islamic world together?
The system of Islamic education created by the ulama
The expulsion of Jews & Christians from Islamic territories
The successful suppression of competing religious orders
Strong leadership over the Islamic world by Arab caliphs
3
Which of the following is a requirement for all Muslims?
Meditation
Charity
Confession
Baptism
4
Membership in the Islamic community known as the umma was based on a common:
Race
Culture
Faith
Class
5
Which of the following is NOT a reason for Islam's rapid spread?
Power of professional religious leaders
The seeming inevitability of military conquest
Marriage alliances
Economic benefits
6
Women’s status in Islamic societies began to decline during the caliphate because:
There was a high death rate of males, which decreased the value of women
The necessities of war tended to overemphasize the importance of males
Muslim leaders’putting the practices of conquered peoples before their own
Pre-Islamic traditions remaining very strong in caliphal families.
7
When scholars write of an “Islamic flowering” during the age of the caliphate, to what are they referring?
Cross-cultural borrowing exclusively from the Chinese
Muslims’ advances along the lines laid down by many classical Eurasian civi
The culmination of centuries of indigenous Arabian and Bedouin traditions
The emergence and growth of Sufi poetry
8
In what way was Islamic society similar to the pre-Islamic Persian Empire?
Granted married women extensive legal and familial rights
Discouraged toleration of foreigners & conversion to the official religion
Denied merchants equivalent social status to landed elites
It incorporated local elites, traditions, and bureaucracies into the empire
9
Choose one of the two major external threats to the Islamic civilization in the third-wave era.
China
Jews
Christian Crusaders
Mongols
10
the concept of the “umma” challenged Arab social structures in all the following ways EXCEPT:
Allowed Islam to expand rapidly
Prioritized loyalty to broader Muslim community over tribe
Rejected polygamy
Centralizing power in the person of Mohammed
11
What is classical Islam’s attitude toward trade?
Islam was friendly to commercial life and trade.
Islam was completely negative about trade, rejecting it as Devil's work
From the beginning, the Islamic state was eager to harness trade
Islam was suspicious of trade, but gradually allowed trade among Muslims
12
Islam had roots in which set of religious or philosophical traditions?
Judaism, Christianity, and Zoroastrianism
Christianity, Hinduism, and Zoroastrianism
Buddhism, Judaism, and Hinduism
Judaism, Buddhism, and Zoroastrianiam
13
As the Islamic empire grew and adapted to local traditions, women's rights
Women became rulers
Decreased
Increased
Stayed the same
14
The issue, which eventually split Muslims into Shi’a and Sunni sects, involved...
Disagreement over who should lead the Islamic world
The belief that Husayn, the son of Ali, was the real messiah
Fear that Muslims in conquered lands were abandoning Islam
The imam Ali’s elaboration of the teachings of Islam
15
What was NOT revolutionary about the Quran's message?
Criticism of social injustices
Support of trade
Challenge to tribal structure
Monotheism
16
Who first brought Islam to West Africa?
Sudanese imperial officials
Trans-Saharan merchants
Abbasid soldiers
Muslims fleeing persecution in Iberia
17
The status of Mecca was enhanced by what?
The presence in the city of a Christian bishop
The Ka’aba, a religious shrine which attracted pilgrims
Its close political alliance with the Byzantine Empire
Its merchants’ direct control over the trade of Africa
18
Which of the following is not a right or protection given to women by the Quran?
Female infants could no longer be killed at birth
Men and women now had equal rights of inheritance
Women now had some control over property
Women could no longer be kidnapped into marriage
19
Early Islamic empires treated Jews and Christians as:
Infidels, persecuting them harshly
As superiors, with things to adopt into Arab society
To be tolerated as long as they paid a fee
Equals, with all the same rights as Muslims
20
What are the five Pillars of Islam?
Shahadah, Sunni, Shi'a, Zakat, and Hajj
Shalala, Salad, Swam, Zagat, and Heyyy
Shahadah, Salat, Sawm, Zakat, and Hajj
Sunni, Salat, Sufi, Zakat, and Hej

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