The Worlds of Islam, Afro-Eurasian Connections, 600

Chapter 9 Summative Quiz

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1. Which of the following is true of pre-Islamic Arabia?

It had no contact with the long-distance trade networks of Eurasia.

It enjoyed long periods of peace under the Bedoiuns.

Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians lived among the established Arab populations.

A centralized state ruled over the area for centuries.

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

Hinduism, Buddhism, and Manichaeism

Legalism, Daoism, and Confucianism

Judaism, Christianity, and Zoroastrianism

Sufism, Sikhism, and Greek rationalism

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3. Which of the following aspects of Arab tribal life was reinforced in the Quran?

Solidarity

Hierarchy

Pursuit of wealth

Independence

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4. What initiated the division within Islam between the Sunnis and Shias?

Fear that Muslims in conquered lands were “going native” and abandoning Islamic teachings

The imam Ali’s new revelation and elaboration of the teachings of Islam

The belief that Husayn, the son of Ali, was the real messiah

Disagreement over who should assume leadership in the Islamic world

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5. Which of the following statements expresses a view of women found in the Quran?

Women were always to remain veiled and secluded.

Women were solely to blame for the existence of evil in the world.

Women were spiritually equal to men.

Women were socially equal to men.

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6. In contrast to the spread of Buddhism and Christianity, the early spread of Islam

occurred at a much slower pace.

gave rise to a large empire.

was limited to the immediate vicinity of its birthplace.

was checked by surrounding older civilizations.

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7. Which of the following was a feature of Islam that attracted converts in India?

The religious inclusivity of Islam

The Muslim notion of equality of all believers

The eroticism of Islamic art

The secular values of the Quran

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8. Which of the following describes the effect of Islam on West Africa?

Merchants generally rejected Islam because of its hostility towards trade.

Islam had the greatest influence on rulers and urban elites.

Farmers comprised the majority of converts to Islam.

The Arabic language was used in daily life by both Muslims and non-Muslims.

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9. Which of the following resulted from Muslim rule in Spain?

The harmony and tolerance of Muslim Spain was used as a model for Christian Europe.

Islam became Christianized even as parts of Europe became Islamized.

A new hybrid religion developed which blended elements of Christianity and Islam.

The secular aspects of Islamic learning influenced the shaping of new European civilization.

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10. Which of the following was a goal of the education offered at the madrassas?

To preserve an established body of Islamic learning

To prepare young men for military service

To revise the Quran to make it relevant for contemporary society

To train young scholars in logic, reason and the laws of nature

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

The expulsion of all other “peoples of the book” from Islamic territories

The successful suppression of competing religious orders

Strong political leadership over the entire Islamic world by Arab caliphs

The system of Islamic education created by the ulama

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12. Which of the following was a result of the cross-regional ties created in the expanding Islamic world?

The disappearance of the Silk Roads as trade shifted to the Mediterranean

The exchange of agricultural products and practices from one region to another

The emergence of new systems of slave labor based on plantation crops

The emphasis on secularism in politics and education