Question 1

What new industry,transmitted to the Islamic world from China,was introduced during the Abbasid period?

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A)  steel production
B)  paper manufacture
C)  bronze production
D)  textile production
E)  iron production

Question 2

Discuss the Five Pillars of Islam.What are some of the other basic tenets of Islam? Examine the importance of the Quran.

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The Five Pillars of Islam are the five b...

Question 3

Arabic numbers actually had their origin in

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A)  India.
B)  China.
C)  Persia.
D)  Egypt.
E)  Arabia.

Question 4

Compare Islam to Judaism and Christianity.What are the biggest differences between these religions? What factors do they have in common?

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Islam, Judaism, and Christianity are all...

Question 5

The larger Muslim society is often called dar al-Islam,an Arabic term meaning "the Muslim house."

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

After the assassination of Ali,power fell to the

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A)  Umayyad dynasty.
B)  Saljuq Turks.
C)  Abbasid dynasty.
D)  Byzantine empire.
E)  Roman empire.

Question 7

The Persian influence on Islam could be seen in

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A)  treatises on mathematics.
B)  works calling for greater equality for women.
C)  Islamic administrative techniques.
D)  the adoption of Hellenistic gods into the Islamic pantheon.
E)  the fact that the Quran was written in Persian.

Question 8

Increased agricultural production contributed to the rapid growth of cities in all parts of the Islamic world,from India to Spain.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

An individual who accepts the Islamic faith is a Muslim,meaning "one who has submitted."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Islamic banks honored letters of credit,drawn on the parent bank,known as

Accepted Answer

A)  sakk.
B)  qadis.
C)  ka'ba.
D)  sufis.
E)  sunnis.

Question 11

Examine the split between the Sunni and Shia sects of Islam.What brought about this schism? How has it shaped Islamic history?

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The split between the Sunni and Shia sec...

Question 12

The Umayyad insisted that conquered people pay a special head tax if they did not convert to Islam.This head tax was called the

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A)  sakk.
B)  ulama.
C)  hajj.
D)  shia.
E)  jizya.

Question 13

The Sufis believed

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A)  in reconciling the spiritual and rational worlds.
B)  that they,and not the Umayyads,were the legitimate rulers of the Islamic world.
C)  in an emotional and mystical union with Allah.
D)  that the leadership of the Islamic world had to pass through the line of Ali.
E)  in a strictly logical and rational definition of the divine.

Question 14

Muhammad came to refer to himself as the "seal of the prophets."

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The term Islam means

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A)  "Allah is great."
B)  "devotion to the rule of life."
C)  "submission."
D)  "Allah desires for you what is easy,not what is hard."
E)  "the one god."

Question 16

How was the Islamic world influenced by its contact with the older Greek,Persian,and Indian societies? How did Islam influence these societies?

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The Islamic world was greatly influenced...

Question 17

After the death of Muhammad,political leadership fell to a caliph by the name of

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A)  Abu Bakr.
B)  Ali.
C)  Abu al-Abbas.
D)  Harun al-Rashid.
E)  Khadija.

Question 18

How did the Abbasids come to power,and how did their rule differ from the Umayyads?

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The Abbasids came to power through a ser...

Question 19

During the last two hundred years of the Abbasid empire,it fell under the control of the

Accepted Answer

A)  Byzantine empire.
B)  Ottoman Turkish empire.
C)  Sasanids.
D)  Saljuq Turks.
E)  Holy Roman Empire.

Question 20

The word Islam means "submission," signifying obedience to the rule of Allah.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

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