Quiz for Source 15.5: Renewal and Reform in the Early Modern World

1. Question 15.17

   Where did the revivalist teachings of Muhammad Ibn Abd al-Wahhab have their greatest initial impact?
   

   Where did the revivalist teachings of Muhammad Ibn Abd al-Wahhab have their greatest initial impact?

   A.

   Pakistan

   B.

   Iran

   C.

   Arabia

   D.

   North Africa

2. Question 15.18

   How did the Wahhabis implement their ideas in Mecca once they seized control of the town?
   

   How did the Wahhabis implement their ideas in Mecca once they seized control of the town?

   A.

   They executed all the native Meccan holy men, replacing them with their own religious teachers.

   B.

   They compromised with local leaders, insisting that tobacco and hashish be banned but allowing pilgrimages to continue to several large tombs in the city.

   C.

   They secured the voluntary swearing of a binding oath from the Meccans.

   D.

   They drew up a written constitution and convinced the Meccans to adopt it.

3. Question 15.19

   What is true of both the Wahhabis in Mecca and the Calvinists depicted in Source 15.2: Calvinism and Catholicism?
   

   What is true of both the Wahhabis in Mecca and the Calvinists depicted in Source 15.2: Calvinism and Catholicism?

   A.

   They both viewed the Catholic faith as their chief obstacle to reform.

   B.

   They both sought to destroy devotional objects that they viewed as distracting from the worship of God.

   C.

   They both persecuted those who sold or used tobacco.

   D.

   They created objects that served as intercessors between believers and God.

4. Question 15.20

   What do both Abdullah Wahhab and Martin Luther (Source 15.1) share?
   

   What do both Abdullah Wahhab and Martin Luther (Source 15.1) share?

   A.

   Both endorsed Condorcet’s teachings on human reason.

   B.

   Both were religious leaders and rulers of states.

   C.

   Both sought to prepare society for the imminent end of the world.

   D.

   Both sought to reform false or impious practices that had emerged in their faiths.