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The Abbasid dynasty finally came to an end in 1258

when it was overrun by the a. Mongols. b. Byzantines. c. Saljuq Turks. d. Ottoman Turks. e. French.

The word ulama refers to a. "the community of Allah." b. "the one god." c. "people with religious knowledge." d. "holy war." e. "the house of lslam."

c. "people with religious knowledge."

After the death of Muhammad

political leadership fell to a caliph by the name of a. Abu Bakr. b. Harun ai-Rashid. c. Khadija. d. Abu ai-Abbas. e. Ali.

In an effort to recruit learned students

Islamic leaders often financially supported institutions of higher learning called a. umma. b. dar al-Islam. c. madrasas. d. sufis. e. qadis

The other name for the collection of stories known as The Arabian Nights is a. the Quran. b. The Thousand and One Nights. c. The Narrow Road to the Deep North. d. the Rubaiyat. e. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

b. The Thousand and One Nights.

The Quran

following the example of Muhammad

The main Indian influence on Islamic thought was in the field of a. mythology. b. poetry. c. history. d. architecture. e. mathematics.

e. mathematics.

The Islamic holy law was known as the a. ulama. b. gadis. c. umma. d. sharia. e. hijra.

d. sharia.

The Umayyad forces allowed conquered peoples to maintain their own religions

but insisted that they pay a special head tax on those people who did not convert to Islam. This head tax was called the a. sakk. b. jizya. c. sharia. d. hajj. e. ulama.

Of all the new crops that spread throughout the Islamic world via trade

which one proved the most important? a. indigo b. oranges c. henna d. cotton e. sugarcane

The capital city of al-Andalus was a. Baghdad. b. Damascuc. c. Istanbul. d. Mecca. e. Cordoba.

e. Cordoba.

In 595

Muhammad married a wealthy widow named a. Khadija. b. Hadith. c. Ibn Rushd. e. Sharia. e. Sufi.

The main split inside Islam was between Sunni and a. Umayyads. b. Ulama. c. Sufis. d. Gadis. e. Shia.

e. Shia.

During the last 200 years of the Abbasid Empire

it fell under the control of the a. Byzantine Empire. b. Sasanids. c. Ottoman Turkish Empire. d. Holy Roman Empire. e. Saljuq Turks.

The Quran a. were Islamic scholarly bureaucrats. b. were the priests who watched over the Ka'ba. c. is the holy book of Islam. d. is the law code of Islam. e. was Muhammad's journey to Yathrib.

c. is the holy book of Islam.

The victorious Arabic armies of the Umayyad dynasty a. opened up positions of authority to non-Muslims. b. forced everyone to convert from Sunni to Shia. c. allowed the conquered peoples to practice their own religions. d. forced the conquered peoples to convert to Islam. e. restricted the jizya to practicing Muslims.

c. allowed the conquered peoples to practice their own religions.

The Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca is known as the a. jizya. b. hijra. c. hajj. d. gadis. e. sharia.

c. hajj.

The term Islam means a. "Allah desires for you what is easy

not what is hard." b. "Allah is great." c. "devotion to the rule of life." d. "submission." e. "the one god."

What new industry

transmitted to the Islamic world from China

The phrase

"one who has submitted

No religious leader could follow Muhammad

so political authority rested in the position of the a. caliph. b. sultan. c. shia. d. ulama. e. hajj.

The capital of the Abbasid Empire was a. Cordoba. b. Damascus. c. Mecca. d. Istanbul. e. Baghdad.

e. Baghdad.

After the assassination of Ali

power fell to a. the Umayyad dynasty. b. the Abbasid dynasty. c. the Roman Empire. d. the Byzantine Empire. e. the Saljuq Turks.

Arabic numbers actually had their origin in a. Egypt. b. Arabia. c. China. d. India. e. Persia.

d. India.

The Shia believed that a. a different and more pure version of the Quran exists. b. the caliphate should follow the line of Ali. c. that Allah was the main

but not necessarily the only

The phrase dar al-Islam means a. "victory of god." b. "warrior of Islam." c. "missionary of the divine faith." d. "house of the Islam." e. "conquest of Islam."

d. "house of the Islam."

The Sufis a. that they

and not the Umayyads

The only definitive and reliable text of the Quran has to be in a. Latin. b. Greek. c. Aramaic. d. Persian. e. Arabic.

e. Arabic.

How did the conquest of Mesopotamia and Persia influence the role of women in the Islamic world? a. A fertility goddess rose to challenge Allah. b. Islamic society became much less patriarchal. c. Islamic society became more patriarchal. d. Female infanticide was declared illegal. e. Polygamy was outlawed.

c. Islamic society became more patriarchal.

The turning point in the rise of Islam was a. the hijra. b. Muhammad's pilgrimage to Istanbul. c. the conquest of Egypt. d. the rise of the Umayyad dynasty. e. Muhammad's conversion to Christianity.

a. the hijra.