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Worlds Together, Worlds Apart, Chapter 9
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In750CE, the most powerful,most advanced,and best administered empire in the world was found in
East Asia
Middle East
Europe
Southwest Asia
2
Which regime began as a Shi'ite revolution against the Sunnis?
Charlemagne's
Abbasids
Fatamids
Umayyads
3
Islam's new community of believers was called the ulama.
False
True
4
Which of the following is an accurate description of Mecca before the introduction of Islam?
Mecca contained a revered sanctuary where polytheistic Meccans worshipped
Mecca was a kind of paradise, with flowing rivers, lush grasses
Men gathered there to debate Zoroastrianism and Judaism
The Roman and Ptolemaic empires had already influenced the city
5
The only female ruler in Chinese history was:
Empress Gao
Empress Li
Empress Wu
Empress Gunzhou
6
Which is true about the Abbasids?
Encouraged mathematicians
Ordered the burning of all non-Muslim books
Absorbed European paper to produce the Quran
Believed it was pointless to study history pre-Muhammad
7
What did the Tang gain by dismantling Buddhist landholding and monasteries?
Ensured no religious rival to Tang power
created religious uniformity under Daoism
created new prose styles to reject the past
gained the trust of Muslim merchants
8
He wrote the prevailing medical textbook during the Abbasid caliphate
Ibn Sina
al-Farabi
Abd al-Raham III
al-Khawarizmi
9
What is true about both the Tang military and Islamic military?
Both reduced the size of the empire to secure it
Both rejected the use of cavalry
Both relied on pastoral nomads for soldiers
Both had highly trained infantry
10
How did the Tang react when Islam threatened the Silk Road?
Focused on their domestic markets instead
Lost military outposts
Formed a Silk Road by sea
Expanded military presence
11
Where was the terminus of trans-Saharan gold-salt trade routes?
Southern Bantu tribes
Cairo
Ghana
Nigeria
12
The Tang empire's day-to-day control rested on the emperor himself
True
False
13
The Umayyads discriminated against non-Arab converts to Islam
False
True
14
The Japanese prince who was credited with introducing Buddhism and Confucianism into Japan was:
Prince Nakatomi
Prince Amaterasu
Prince Shotoku
Prince Taika
15
Who created a trade link between the Baltic and Kyiv, connecting Scandinavian trade to that in Baghdad?
Abbasids
Charlemagne
Vikings
Pastoral Nomads
16
Which is true about women in early Islamic society?
Poor women were required to veil and be secluded
Their status shifted as the patriarchy started to emerge
Women could divorce freely and have multiple husbands
Women lost all rights to inherit or own property
17
What resulted from Muslim merchant influence on Africa?
Ghanaian mosques
Swahili language
All of the above
Yoruba language
18
What is true about Abd al-Raham III's rule?
Increased instability by waging war against Christians
Lived a simple life to prevent corruption
Facilitated friendly relations between Muslims, Christians, and Jews
Forced all Muslims to convert or die
19
From where did Tang China import Buddhism?
From the Han
From India
From the Abbasids
Through Korea
20
In Tang China, what mediated between the emperor and provincial governments?
Eunuchs
Local governors
Aristocrats
Civil servants
21
Under the Tang, the civil service exam:
increased the influence of Buddhism
allowed commoners to outperform aristocrats
was eliminated
discouraged the poor from education
22
Chang'an was a multi-cultural city that welcomed Christians, Buddhists, Zoroastrianists, and more.
False
True
23
The "father of algebra," he turned Indian digits into Arabic numerals, which we still use today
Abd al-Rahman III
al-Farabi
Al-Khwarizmi
Ibn Sina
24
In the caliphate, authority over Islamic religious matters belonged to these religious scholars
the ulama
the imams
the jizra
the caliphs
25
What group blended with native Japanese kinship groups as Japan developed?
No one- only Japanese
Muslim expats
Han Chinese
Korean migrants
26
Wealth was a major motivating factor in the "Rightly Guided" Caliph's expansion
True
False
27
Charlemagne's empire was larger than that of the Abbasids.
False
True
28
The Shiites believed that the rulers of Islam should be:
the physically strongest warrior
the four rightly guided caliphs, the Umayyads and Abbasids
individuals with impeccable religious credentials.
Ali, the son-in-law of Muhammad, and his descendants.
29
Author of "City of God," he argued the Catholic Church was meant for all people in all times
Saint Anthony
Saint Augustine
Saint Benedict
Saint Bernard
30
What created a doctrinal and legal structure for the new Islamic empire?
Quran
Five Pillars
Jihad
Hadiths
31
What was the primary export of the Franks?
Timber
Wool
Slaves
Copper
32
Sharia law only covered spiritual life
False
True
33
Muhammad’s most insistent message was:
the importance of righteous living.
carrying the faith to nonbelievers.
the oneness of God.
the care for the less fortunate.
34
How were Abbasid rulers similar to Roman emperors?
Both relied on a single ethnicity for support
Both balanced central and distant administration
Both relied on diverse populations far from the imperial center for armies
Both joined the religious and imperial centers into one capital
