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Chapter 6: The World of Islam

The World of Islam

1
The Arabian Peninsula took on a new importance when political disorder in Mesopotamia and Egypt _____.
A)created tensions between Bedouins and Egyptians
B)ended trade in the region
C)shifted trade routes through Makkah to Yemen and then across the Indian Ocean
D)limited trade to Mesopotamia
2
In the year 1 of the Islamic calendar, Muhammad and his followers relocated to _____.
A)Madinah
B)Makkah
C)Damascus
D)Baghdad
3
After Muhammad's death, Muslim scholars developed a law code known as the _____.
A)Quran
B)shari'ah
C)Hijrah
D)hajj
4
A revolt of Muslims in 680 in Iraq led to a split of Islam, with _____ Muslims accepting only the descendants of Ali as the true rulers of Islam.
A)Sunni
B)Umayyad
C)Hussein
D)Shia
5
What was significant about the Battle of Tours?
A)Arab expansion in Europe was halted.
B)The Umayyads emerged as caliphates.
C)A split in Islam occurred.
D)Seljuk Turks conquered the Byzantine Empire.
6
The Umayyad capital was at Damascus, but the Abbasids moved the capital of the Arab Empire to _____.
A)Makkah
B)Cairo
C)Jerusalem
D)Baghdad
7
How were Arab traders' goods carried over land for long distances?
A)by mules
B)by donkeys
C)by camels
D)All of these.
8
Although according to Islam, all people are equal in the eyes of Allah, _____.
A)women had no right to own and inherit property
B)merchants received no respect in the Islamic world
C)peasants worked as indentured servants for wealthy landowners
D)slaves were not considered equals
9
Muslim contributions to later European culture included _____.
A)the improvement of the astrolabe
B)translations of and commentaries on the works of Aristotle
C)the development of algebra
D)All of these.
10
The Alhambra in _____ is considered the finest example of an Islamic palace.
A)Samarra
B)Granada
C)Córdoba
D)Baghdad
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