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Which of the following statements most accurately describes the status of women
Which of the following statements most accurately describes the status of women
Which of the following statements most accurately describes the status of women in bedouin society prior to Islam?
A) Women were regarded as little more than property with neither rights nor status.
B) Descent in bedouin tribes was strictly
colleen   316   1 Reply
10 years ago
What was the nature of pre-Islamic bedouin religion?
What was the nature of pre-Islamic bedouin religion?
What was the nature of pre-Islamic bedouin religion?
A) Most of the bedouin were Christians.
B) Most of the bedouin were Jews.
C) Bedouin religion for most clans was a blend of animism and polytheism focusing on the worship of nature s
colleen   382   1 Reply
10 years ago
Which of the following represents a mounting pressure for change in pre-Islamic
Which of the following represents a mounting pressure for change in pre-Islamic
Which of the following represents a mounting pressure for change in pre-Islamic society?
A) Invasion from sub-Saharan Africa
B) Greater Byzantine and Sassanian control over Arabic tribes of the peninsula and Arabic migration to Mesopotamia
colleen   338   1 Reply
10 years ago
The Umayyads were threatened by all of the following developments EXCEPT
The Umayyads were threatened by all of the following developments EXCEPT
The Umayyads were threatened by all of the following developments EXCEPT
A) Muhammad's declared aim to destroy Medina.
B) the development of a new religion under Muhammad's direction.
C) the growing power of Medina.
D) t
colleen   373   1 Reply
10 years ago
What was the Umayyad response to Muhammad's migration to Medina and subsequent s
What was the Umayyad response to Muhammad's migration to Medina and subsequent s
What was the Umayyad response to Muhammad's migration to Medina and subsequent success there?
A) The Umayyad rulers of Mecca ignored Muhammad as long as he was content to remain in Medina.
B) War broke out between Mecca and Medina resu
colleen   545   1 Reply
10 years ago
Which of the following statements concerning the ethical system of early Islam i
Which of the following statements concerning the ethical system of early Islam i
Which of the following statements concerning the ethical system of early Islam is NOT correct?
A) Islam stressed the dignity of all believers and their equality in the eyes of Allah.
B) Islam stressed the responsibility of the wealthy and s
colleen   638   1 Reply
10 years ago
Which of the following is NOT among the "five pillars" of Islam?
Which of the following is NOT among the "five pillars" of Islam?
Which of the following is NOT among the "five pillars" of Islam?
A) A confession of faith
B) Hajj
C) Zakat
D) Pilgrimage to Medina
colleen   365   1 Reply
10 years ago
The wars to defeat rival prophets and restore the unity of Islam were called
The wars to defeat rival prophets and restore the unity of Islam were called
The wars to defeat rival prophets and restore the unity of Islam were called
A) Ridda.
B) dhow.
C) Karbala.
D) the first fitnah.
colleen   675   1 Reply
10 years ago
What was the impact of the Crusades on the Christian West?
What was the impact of the Crusades on the Christian West?
What was the impact of the Crusades on the Christian West?
A) Christians adopted military techniques, words, scientific learning, and Arabic numerals among other things.
B) Christians rejected most Muslim influence, although they did gain a
colleen   289   1 Reply
10 years ago
What was the impact of the Crusades on Islam?
What was the impact of the Crusades on Islam?
What was the impact of the Crusades on Islam?
A) The Muslims adopted military technology, words, and scientific knowledge, among other things from the West.
B) Although they resisted most influence, the Muslims did acquire a taste for Weste
colleen   388   1 Reply
10 years ago
What was the Shah-Nama? (Multiple Choice)
What was the Shah-Nama? (Multiple Choice)
What was the Shah-Nama?
A) The name given to the first wife of the Caliph
B) The title of the commander of the slave mercenaries
C) The title given to the oldest son of the Caliph
D) The history of Persia from creation to the Isla
colleen   289   1 Reply
10 years ago
Which of the following statements concerning the Sufi movement within Islam is m
Which of the following statements concerning the Sufi movement within Islam is m
Which of the following statements concerning the Sufi movement within Islam is most accurate?
A) The Sufi movement stressed an increasingly restrictive conservatism within Islam.
B) The Sufi movement stressed withdrawal from other believers
colleen   656   1 Reply
10 years ago
How did the political center of Islam change after the Mongol invasions?
How did the political center of Islam change after the Mongol invasions?
How did the political center of Islam change after the Mongol invasions?
A) Baghdad remained the capital of Islam, but under the control of successive Mongol dynasties.
B) The center of Islam passed with the withdrawal of the invaders into
colleen   351   1 Reply
10 years ago
What was the difference between the Islamic invasions of India and previous incu
What was the difference between the Islamic invasions of India and previous incu
What was the difference between the Islamic invasions of India and previous incursions of the subcontinent?
A) With the Muslims, the peoples of India encountered for the first time a large-scale influx of invaders with a civilization as sophisti
colleen   377   1 Reply
10 years ago
How did Islam and Hinduism differ?
How did Islam and Hinduism differ?
How did Islam and Hinduism differ?
A) Hinduism stressed the egalitarianism of all believers, while Islam was more rigid in terms of orthodox belief.
B) Islam stressed the egalitarianism of all believers, while Hinduism was more rigid in ter
colleen   416   1 Reply
10 years ago
The commander of the first Islamic incursion into the Sind in 711 was
The commander of the first Islamic incursion into the Sind in 711 was
The commander of the first Islamic incursion into the Sind in 711 was
A) Muhammad ibn Qasim.
B) Ibn Batuta.
C) al-Ghazali.
D) Mahmud of Ghazni.
colleen   300   1 Reply
10 years ago
Where was the capital of the Islamic kingdom established after 1206 on the Gange
Where was the capital of the Islamic kingdom established after 1206 on the Gange
Where was the capital of the Islamic kingdom established after 1206 on the Gangetic plain?
A) Bombay
B) Kanauj
C) Isoleta
D) Delhi
colleen   585   1 Reply
10 years ago
What groups were responsible for the conversion of Indians to Islam?
What groups were responsible for the conversion of Indians to Islam?
What groups were responsible for the conversion of Indians to Islam?
A) Traders and Sufi mystics
B) Ulama and Sunni evangelists
C) Soldiers and Shi'a exiles
D) The Mongols and Seljuk Turks
colleen   462   1 Reply
10 years ago
What groups in India were most likely to convert to Islam?
What groups in India were most likely to convert to Islam?
What groups in India were most likely to convert to Islam?
A) Brahmins and merchants
B) Raja and warriors
C) Members of the administrative machinery of the Islamic kingdoms
D) Buddhists and low-caste Hindus
colleen   408   1 Reply
10 years ago
How did Hinduism respond to the challenge of Islam?
How did Hinduism respond to the challenge of Islam?
How did Hinduism respond to the challenge of Islam?
A) Hindus abandoned their emphasis on many deities in favor of monotheism in the person of Shiva.
B) Hindus placed greater emphasis on the devotional or bhaktic cults of gods and goddesses
colleen   499   1 Reply
10 years ago
What was the nature of Islamic religion that developed in southeast Asia?
What was the nature of Islamic religion that developed in southeast Asia?
What was the nature of Islamic religion that developed in southeast Asia?
A) Because most of the missionaries were ulama from Arabia, the religion most closely resembled Islam as practiced in the first generations after Muhammad.
B) Because
colleen   315   1 Reply
10 years ago
Which of the following statements best describes the indigenous religion of much
Which of the following statements best describes the indigenous religion of much
Which of the following statements best describes the indigenous religion of much of sub-Saharan Africa?
A) Much of sub-Saharan Africa was Christian.
B) Animistic religion, belief in the power of natural forces personified as deities, charac
colleen   214   1 Reply
10 years ago
What was the relationship between Islam and the indigenous religions of Africa?
What was the relationship between Islam and the indigenous religions of Africa?
What was the relationship between Islam and the indigenous religions of Africa?
A) Islamic teachers attempted to eradicate the animist indigenous religions of Africa.
B) Because both indigenous African religion and Islam were monotheistic,
colleen   378   1 Reply
10 years ago
To what extent did Islam successfully penetrate the populations of east Africa?
To what extent did Islam successfully penetrate the populations of east Africa?
To what extent did Islam successfully penetrate the populations of east Africa?
A) As in Asia the conversion of the coastal cities led to almost complete  conversion of the populations lying inland.
B) Most of the clans and the most im
colleen   617   1 Reply
10 years ago
In what region was the influence of Islam most profound?
In what region was the influence of Islam most profound?
In what region was the influence of Islam most profound?
A) Central Africa
B) West Africa among the Yoruba and at Benin
C) Ethiopia
D) Sudan and Swahili coast
colleen   462   1 Reply
10 years ago
What proved to be the most damaging attack on Buddhism's popularity with the peo
What proved to be the most damaging attack on Buddhism's popularity with the peo
What proved to be the most damaging attack on Buddhism's popularity with the people during the early Tang dynasty?
A) The Buddhists' insistence on rebellion against the emperor
B) The Confucians' successful campaign to convin
colleen   358   1 Reply
10 years ago
What religion played a key role in the transmission of Chinese civilization to J
What religion played a key role in the transmission of Chinese civilization to J
What religion played a key role in the transmission of Chinese civilization to Japan?
A) Buddhism
B) Daoism
C) Islam
D) Christianity
colleen   450   1 Reply
10 years ago
In addition to the Mamluk power in Egypt, why did the khan of the Ilkhan horde n
In addition to the Mamluk power in Egypt, why did the khan of the Ilkhan horde n
In addition to the Mamluk power in Egypt, why did the khan of the Ilkhan horde not follow up on the conquest of the Islamic heartland?
A) The forces of the Christian crusader states were likely to bring the powerful armies of western Europe into
colleen   627   1 Reply
10 years ago
Which of the following statements concerning the Ottoman Empire is most accurate
Which of the following statements concerning the Ottoman Empire is most accurate
Which of the following statements concerning the Ottoman Empire is most accurate?
A) The rise of the Ottoman Empire restored the full international vigor that the Islamic caliphate had possessed.
B) Turkish rulers promoted trade more active
colleen   504   1 Reply
10 years ago
From what source did many technological innovations arrive in the West during th
From what source did many technological innovations arrive in the West during th
From what source did many technological innovations arrive in the West during the 13th and 14th centuries?
A) Asia
B) Africa
C) The Americas
D) The Islamic regions of the Middle East
colleen   947   1 Reply
10 years ago
What was unique about the development of states in the Iberian peninsula?
What was unique about the development of states in the Iberian peninsula?
What was unique about the development of states in the Iberian peninsula?
A) These governments were based on city-states rather than nation-states.
B) Based on Castile and Aragon, the Iberian states were unique in their adoption of Islam.
colleen   486   1 Reply
10 years ago
What was one of the primary differences between the Northern and Italian Renaiss
What was one of the primary differences between the Northern and Italian Renaiss
What was one of the primary differences between the Northern and Italian Renaissances?
A) The Northern Renaissance occurred a century earlier than the Italian Renaissance.
B) Northern humanists focused more on religion than their Italian co
colleen   329   1 Reply
10 years ago
What was the political impact of Calvinism?
What was the political impact of Calvinism?
What was the political impact of Calvinism?
A) Due to the location of the center of Calvinism in Switzerland, most governments that accepted the new religion were city-states.
B) Because of the insistence of Calvinism of the acceptance of a
colleen   330   1 Reply
10 years ago
The Edict of Nantes, issued in France in 1598,
The Edict of Nantes, issued in France in 1598,
The Edict of Nantes, issued in France in 1598,
A) granted tolerance to Protestants and helped end the French civil wars of religion.
B) established Calvinism as the state religion of France.
C) decreed the abolition of Protestantism in
colleen   326   1 Reply
10 years ago
The religious wars that followed the Protestant Reformation led generally to
The religious wars that followed the Protestant Reformation led generally to
The religious wars that followed the Protestant Reformation led generally to
A) the restoration of Catholic unity.
B) the establishment of Protestant dominance.
C) a limited acceptance of the idea of religious pluralism.
D) the en
colleen   637   1 Reply
10 years ago
How did the Western view of science compare with that of other civilizations?
How did the Western view of science compare with that of other civilizations?
How did the Western view of science compare with that of other civilizations?
A) The West was the only civilization to develop scientific and technological expertise.
B) In China, science was based on practical, empirical advances.
C)
colleen   215   1 Reply
10 years ago
In what way did the trans-Saharan slave trade differ from that of the Atlantic s
In what way did the trans-Saharan slave trade differ from that of the Atlantic s
In what way did the trans-Saharan slave trade differ from that of the Atlantic slave trade?
A) The Atlantic slave trade was carried out almost exclusively by Muslims.
B) The trans-Saharan slave trade was carried out in much greater volume t
colleen   336   1 Reply
10 years ago
Which of the following statements concerning slavery on the continent of Africa
Which of the following statements concerning slavery on the continent of Africa
Which of the following statements concerning slavery on the continent of Africa before the arrival of the Europeans is most accurate?
A) Most African societies were egalitarian, that is, most people enjoyed the same social status, and slavery wa
colleen   480   1 Reply
10 years ago
The Muslim reform movement of the 1770s that swept through the trade networks in
The Muslim reform movement of the 1770s that swept through the trade networks in
The Muslim reform movement of the 1770s that swept through the trade networks in Senegambia and the western Sudan was what variant of Islam?
A) Ismaili
B) Fatimid
C) Sufi
D) Nizari
colleen   672   1 Reply
10 years ago
Which of the following does NOT represent a similarity among the three Muslim ea
Which of the following does NOT represent a similarity among the three Muslim ea
Which of the following does NOT represent a similarity among the three Muslim early modern empires?
A) All were derived from Turkic nomadic cultures of the central Asian steppe.
B) Each empire was based on religion and its society was orien
colleen   302   1 Reply
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