Download MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the
question.
1) Islam means 1) _______
A) "victory."
B) "dedication to Allah."
C) "peace."
D) "submission."
E) "people of the book."
2) The Arabic camel nomads were referred to as 2)
A) Hashim.
B) fellahin.
C) bedouin.
D) ayan.
E) mawali.
3) Leaders of bedouin clans were called 3)
A) wazirs.
B) mawali.
C) shaykhs.
D) dhows.
E) imams.
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4) What was the result of inter-clan rivalries? 4) _______
A) It strengthened them and enabled them to challenge their neighbors.
B) It tended to weaken the bedouin in comparison to neighboring peoples and empires.
C) It allowed for intermarriage between clan groups, thus preventing social isolation.
D) It kept population down in a region that could support few people.
E) It prevented mobility and migration that would have debilitated efforts at more complex social organization.
5) What was the Ka'ba? 5) _______
A) The tribe that dominated Mecca
B) The belief in the goodness of holy war
C) The port of Mecca
D) The name given to Muhammad's flight from Mecca
E) The religious shrine that was the focus of an annual truce
6) What was the nature of pre-Islamic bedouin religion? 6)
A) It was a blend of animism and polytheism.
B) Most of the bedouin were Christians.
C) Most of the bedouin were Jews.
D) The bedouins had no religious beliefs.
E) The bedouin were monotheists who worshipped Allah.
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7) What was the initial response of the Umayyads to Muhammad's new faith? 7) _______
A) The Umayyads simply ignored Muhammad as an insignificant member of a weak clan.
B) They regarded him as a threat to their wealth and power as he questioned the traditional gods of the Ka'ba.
C) They sought to protect him from a plot on his life by the Banu Hashim.
D) The Umayyads immediately accepted Muhammad as their religious and political leader and the chief power in
Mecca.
E) They sought him as an ally against the Sassinians and the Byzantines.
8) What was the Umayyad response to Muhammad's migration to Medina and subsequent success there? 8)
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A) War broke out between Mecca and Medina resulting in the eventual victory of the Umayyads.
B) Reluctantly but peacefully, the Umayyads were converted to Islam.
C) War broke out between Mecca and Medina resulting in the eventual victory of Muhammad and the Medina clans.
D) The Umayyad rulers of Mecca ignored Muhammad as long as he was content to remain in Medina.
E) The Umayyads eagerly converted to Islam and welcomed Muhammad back to Mecca.
9) Which of the following is NOT among the "five pillars" of Islam? 9)
A) Charity
B) Pilgrimage to Medina
C) Fasting during Ramadan
D) Hajj
E) A confession of faith
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10) The political and theological faction within Islam that recognized only Ali and the descendants of the family of
Muhammad as rightful rulers was called 10) ______
A) Sufis. B) Shi'is. C) Kharij. D) Fiqhs. E) Sunnis.
11) Which of the following is NOT a reason for the decline of the Abbasid dynasty by the ninth century A.D.? 11)
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A) The retention of regional identities by the population
B) Disputes over succession of the caliph
C) The difficulty of compelling local administrators to obey
D) The collapse of the cities in the Islamic heartland
E) The difficulty of moving armies across the great distances of the empire
12) Which of the following statements concerning the mercenary armies of the later Abbasid era is NOT accurate?
12) ______
A) Despite their tendency toward random violence, they loyally defended the Abbasid caliphs.
B) Mercenary troops became a disruptive force in the life of Baghdad and other cities.
C) They helped foster the decline of the empire.
D) They were consistently a major player in the factional contests for control of the capital and the empire.
E) They often consisted largely of slave troops.
13) What was the religious affiliation of the Seljuk Turks? 13)
A) Shi'a
B) Eastern Orthodox
C) Sunni
D) Sufi
E) Christian
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14) What accounts for the success of the First Crusade? 14) ______
A) Muslim political fragmentation and the element of surprise
B) The overwhelming military superiority of Western military technology
C) The Byzantine Empire provided naval support and the use of "Greek fire"
D) The contemporary emergence of the Christian Seljuk Turks in Baghdad
E) The support and cooperation of the Jewish community of the Holy Land
15) What was the impact of the Crusades on the Christian West? 15) ______
A) Christians rejected most Muslim influence, although they did gain a taste for Muslim wines and liquors.
B) There was no Muslim influence on the Christian West.
C) Christians adopted military techniques, words, scientific learning, and Arabic numerals among other things.
D) The Crusades led to an extension of feudalism through the use of Islamic silver.
E) The Crusades interrupted the trade of the Mediterranean and cut off the West from Islam until 1293.
16) What was the impact of the Crusades on Islam? 16) ______
A) Although they resisted most influence, the Muslims did acquire a taste for Western cuisine.
B) The Crusades temporarily cut off all exchange between the West and Islam.
C) The Muslims adopted military technology, words, and scientific knowledge among other things from the West.
D) Islam fell into decline and was eclipsed by the Mongols.
E) In the long run, there was little impact on Islamic culture and society.
17) Which of the following statements concerning the Sufi movement within Islam is most accurate? 17)
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A) The Sufi questioned the Islamic interest in the Greek traditions in science.
B) The Sufi movement stressed an increasingly restrictive conservatism within Islam.
C) The Sufi movement incorporated mysticism with a trend toward evangelism.
D) The Sufi movement stressed withdrawal from life and into monastic communities.
E) Sufism was a rationalistic movement based on the teachings of Ibn Khaldun.
18) How did Islam and Hinduism differ? 18) ______
A) Hinduism stressed the egalitarianism of all believers, while Islam embraced a caste-based social system.
B) Islam stressed the egalitarianism of all believers, while Hinduism embraced a caste-based social system.
C) Islam stressed the egalitarianism of all believers, while Hinduism was more rigid in terms of orthodox belief.
D) Hinduism stressed the egalitarianism of all believers, while Islam was more rigid in terms of orthodox belief.
E) Hinduism was monotheistic, while Islam was polytheistic but both had a supreme God.
19) What groups in India were most likely to convert to Islam? 19) ______
A) Sikhs and sultans
B) Brahmins and merchants
C) Members of the administrative machinery of the Islamic kingdoms
D) Raja and warriors
E) Buddhists and low caste Hindus
20) In general, how did Islam spread in southeast Asia? 20) ______
A) Most of southeast Asia was converted to Islam after the military victories of Qutb-ud-din Aibak.
B) Islam was carried to southeast Asia from China.
C) Trade to southeast Asia from Africa and Persia established Islamic centers on the mainland from which
conversion took place.
D) Isolated regimes were visited by dervishes and other Sufi sects.
E) Port cities were points of dissemination to other links in trading networks.
1) D
2) C
3) C
4) B
5) E
6) A
7) B
8) C
9) B
10) B
11) D
12) A
13) C
14) A
15) C
16) E
17) C
18) B
19) E
20) E