Quiz for Document Project 9: Ibn Battuta: Long-Distance Travel in the Fourteenth Century

  1. Question

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    Correct: The answer is a. The choice not to stop at the well of al-Hijr, like many other elements of the pilgrimage, was shaped by the events of the Prophet’s life.
    Incorrect: The answer is a. The choice not to stop at the well of al-Hijr, like many other elements of the pilgrimage, was shaped by the events of the Prophet’s life.
    Why did pilgrims journeying to Mecca never drink from well of al-Hijr (See Document 9.1)?

  2. Question

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    Correct: The answer is c. Charity to the poor and the pilgrimage to Mecca are both among the Five Pillars of Islam. Thus, in providing the means for poor Muslims to make the pilgrimage, the sultan of Iraq engaged in a doubly righteous act.
    Incorrect: The answer is c. Charity to the poor and the pilgrimage to Mecca are both among the Five Pillars of Islam. Thus, in providing the means for poor Muslims to make the pilgrimage, the sultan of Iraq engaged in a doubly righteous act.
    What made it possible for poor pilgrims to join the Iraq caravan (See Document 9.2)?

  3. Question

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    Correct: The answer is b. According to Ibn Battuta, the sultan would always respond to such presents by giving a gift many times more valuable than that which he received. As a result, local merchants were more than happy to lend foreigners the funds needed to purchase gifts for the sultan, since they were sure to be repaid once the foreigner received his or her gifts from the sultan.
    Incorrect: The answer is b. According to Ibn Battuta, the sultan would always respond to such presents by giving a gift many times more valuable than that which he received. As a result, local merchants were more than happy to lend foreigners the funds needed to purchase gifts for the sultan, since they were sure to be repaid once the foreigner received his or her gifts from the sultan.
    According to Ibn Battuta, what was required of foreigners who wished to visit the court of the sultan of Delhi (see Document 9.3)?

  4. Question

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    Correct: The answer is d. As Ibn Battuta explained it, the practice of creating portraits of foreigners was part of the Chinese effort to maintain control over visitors to their country.
    Incorrect: The answer is d. As Ibn Battuta explained it, the practice of creating portraits of foreigners was part of the Chinese effort to maintain control over visitors to their country.
    Why did the Chinese draw portraits of all who passed through their country (See Document 9.4)?