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CHAPTER 11
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1. How might Islam be properly considered an
empire?
A. For unifying government and religion into a
single system
B. By maintaining a strict political control over all its
conquests to the present day
C. By preserving the Muslim faith free of all sects and
internal disagreements
D. By the consistent rule of a single dynasty descended
from the Prophet
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CORRECT ANSWER = A
B. The territories conquered by Islam splintered into
independent countries
C. There were differences, and a major split, almost from
the beginning
D. There have been many Islamic dynasties
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2. How was the defeat of Chinese forces by
Muslims instrumental in spreading Islam?
A. The Chinese converted to Islam
B. Muslim missionaries were encouraged to enter China
C. The Chinese learned papermaking and copied
the Quran
D. The city of Samarkand was established
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CORRECT ANSWER = C
A. & B. did not occur
D. This did not occur as a direct result
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3. How may the umma be defined/
A.
B.
C.
D.
The lands under Muslim rule
The pilgrimage to Mecca
The “sixth pillar”
The community of Muslim believers
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CORRECT ANSWER = D
A. This was dar al-Islam
B. This was the hajj
C. This was the jihad
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4. What is considered the central moment in Islamic
history?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Muhammad’s conversion of many Jews
Muhammad’s writing down of the Quran
Muhammad’s flight to Medina
None of these things ever occurred
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CORRECT ANSWER = C
A. Muhammad tried, but failed to convert many Jews
B. It was only written down later, during the time of
Caliph Umar I
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5. What best describes Muhammad’s place in the
Muslim religion:
A.
B.
C.
D.
The first Muslim
The founder of Islam
The originator of a new doctrine
A messenger of God
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CORRECT ANSWER = D
A. It is claimed that Abraham actually was
B. Adam is said to have been the first Islamic prophet
C. Islamic is asserted to have existed from
Abraham’s time
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6. Over what issue did the Shi’a – Sunni split within
Islam arise:
A.
B.
C.
D.
The succession to the office of caliph
How to administer conquered territory
Segregation of Arabs from conquered peoples
Changes in local taxation and administrative systems
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CORRECT ANSWER = A
B. There seems to have been little disagreement here
C. This proved to be impossible in any case
D. These systems were mainly left intact
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7. What major change was initiated by Mu’awiya,
and continued as a hallmark by succeeding
Umayyads?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Identifying strongly with the Arabian Muslim elite
Peace with the Shi’ites
Cosmopolitanism
Establishing the early principles of Muslim political
administration
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CORRECT ANSWER = C
A. He deliberately distanced himself from them
B. He was never able to achieve this
D. This had already been done by Umar I
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8. How did the Abbasids copy the Umayyads?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Employing Arabic as the official, unifying language
By firing non-Arabs from government positions
By keeping the capital centered at Baghdad
Trimming down the bureaucracy to save expenses
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CORRECT ANSWER = A
B. They employed a variety of peoples from all regions
of the Empire
C. The Umayyad capital had been at Damascus
D. The bureaucracy expanded to unprecedented levels
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9. What occurred after the reign of Harun al-Rashid?
A. The empire grew stronger and more centralized
B. The empire began to disintegrate into quasiindependent states
C. There was a vast influx of men volunteering to serve
in the army
D. Slave troops were gradually phased out
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CORRECT ANSWER = B
A. It weakened and began coming apart
C. It became more difficult to recruit soldiers
D. Use of slave troops expanded sharply
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10. What effect did the influx of Turkish peoples
have on the Islamic world?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Enabling the Caliphs to put more pressure on China
Bringing the Shi’ites to power in Baghdad
Completely destroying the Abbasid Caliphate
Creating a Turkish Sultanate that dominated
the region
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CORRECT ANSWER = D
A. It was actually pressure from China that caused Turks
to migrate westward
B. The Shi’ite Fatimids took power of Egypt
C. The Mongols did this much later (1258)
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11. How did most of India’s Muslim rulers handle the
unique religious situation there?
A. Coming to a respectful religious accommodation with
the Hindu majority
B. Openly favoring only monotheists in Sind
C. Launching a determined campaign to coerce the
Hindus into accepting Islam
D. Watering down the Islamic faith to venerate certain
Hindu gods
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CORRECT ANSWER = A
B. They gave Hindus there the same privileges as
monotheists
C. They realized that against such a large majority, this
was impossible
D. They did venerate some Hindu saints, but not gods
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12. How did Islam arrive in Sib-Saharan Africa and
Southeast Asia?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Through Arabian fleets that attacked the coastal cities
Through traders and Sufis
Through Sh’ite refugees
Through the efforts of King Sundiata
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CORRECT ANSWER = B
A. Such mass attacks did not occur
C. There was no such notable refugee migrations
D. Sundiata was king of Mali and had nothing to do with
Southeast Asia
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13. What best describes the West African adaptation
of Islam?
A. Many officially accepted Islam, but continued to
participate in indigenous religious practices
B. The kings allowed their people to become Muslims,
but were ashamed to do so themselves
C. The kings were personally all very strict Muslims, but
allowed their people leeway
D. Friendship with the Berbers resulted in enthusiastic
acceptance by West Africans
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CORRECT ANSWER = A
B. It was a source of prestige for kings to associate with
Islamic institutions
C. Many kings, like Sundiata, continued the old religious
practices as well
D. They were often at war with the Berbers
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14. What was accomplished by the reconquista?
A. The recovery of Jerusalem by European Christians
B. The re-establishment of Christian rule in Spain
C. The reunification of Catholic and Orthodox
Christianity
D. The expulsion of the Jewish and Muslim population
from Spain
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CORRECT ANSWER = B
A. This actually happened with the First Crusade in 1099
C. This did not happen and the split became worse
D. This happened long after the reconquista
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15. What can most accurately be said about historic
relations between the three great monotheistic
faiths?
A. Reciprocally beneficial coexistence has been the
exception rather than the rule
B. Their very closeness in proselytizing has tended to
bring them closer
C. They have rarely sought to exercise political control
D. Unlike the other two, Islam has experienced no
internal divisions
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CORRECT ANSWER = A
B. It has rather tended to make them competitive
C. They have consistently tried to so
D. Islam has been no different in this regard
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