a. Abu Bakr ![]() |
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b. Khadija ![]() |
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c. Muhammad ![]() |
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d. Ali ![]() |
a. political and religious institutions merge ![]() |
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b. doctrinal disputes settled by a supreme leader, later referred to as the imam ![]() |
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c. all conflict resolved by diplomacy and debate, never war ![]() |
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d. discouraged contact with nonbelievers due to fears of spiritual contamination ![]() |
a. monotheism ![]() |
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b. atheism ![]() |
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c. polytheism ![]() |
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d. agnosticism ![]() |
a. The Ka’ba had been a sacred site of pilgrimage for generation. ![]() |
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b. Two of Jesus’s Apostles founded a church there during their travels. ![]() |
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c. It was believed to be the birthplace of Abraham ![]() |
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d. Zarathustra had retired to Mecca and died there. ![]() |
a. The Torah ![]() |
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b. The Bible ![]() |
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c. The Qur’an ![]() |
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d. None of the above ![]() |
a. Byzantine and Sasanid exhaustion from war ![]() |
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b. Muslims’ skill in horsemanship and warfare ![]() |
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c. Warships provided by the Nestorian Christians to use against Orthodox Christians ![]() |
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d. Groups treated harshly by the Byzantines and Sasanids welcomed Arab rule ![]() |
a. were monogamous in marriage ![]() |
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b. settled in oases and rarely left the area of their birth ![]() |
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c. valued poetry and storytelling ![]() |
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d. were also usually literate and valued education ![]() |
a. Determining the final form of Qur’an ![]() |
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b. Recording the miracles of Muhammad ![]() |
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c. Making calligraphy an art form ![]() |
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d. Writing love poetry for the caliphs ![]() |
a. Declaring that Allah is the only God and Muhammad is his prophet ![]() |
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b. Fasting during daylight hours during the month of Ramadan ![]() |
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c. Contributing to zakat or a tax for alms to help the poor ![]() |
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d. Worshipping religious leaders or imams ![]() |
a. Because Muhammad recited the words given to him by the angel Gabriel ![]() |
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b. Because Muhammad recited the text to his brother, who recorded it ![]() |
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c. Because women were allowed to recite the words but prohibited from learning to read them ![]() |
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d. Because the text was compiled from the dreams in which Muhammad heard the suras recited aloud ![]() |
a. As the true God who had been rejected by the Jews and the Christians ![]() |
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b. As the same God worshipped by Jews and Christians ![]() |
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c. As the author of the Qur’an ![]() |
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d. As the exclusive god of the Arabs ![]() |
a. Baghdad ![]() |
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b. Cairo ![]() |
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c. Tripoli ![]() |
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d. Medina ![]() |
a. Lombardy (France) ![]() |
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b. Great Britain ![]() |
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c. Egypt ![]() |
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d. Spain ![]() |
a. Shi’ites ![]() |
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b. Sufis ![]() |
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c. Sunnis ![]() |
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d. None of the above ![]() |
a. Alliances with Christian powers in order to fend off the caliphate interference ![]() |
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b. The Muslim lack of interest in politics to allow them to ignore the caliphate ![]() |
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c. Armies of Turkish mercenaries, known as Mamluks, to support themselves militarily ![]() |
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d. Armies of Christian mercenaries loyal only to receiving regular pay, not the caliphs ![]() |
a. The Abbasid’s reneged on their promise to appoint Shi’ites to top government positions, so the Shi’ites instigated civil war. ![]() |
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b. The Abbasid’s embarked on a disastrous campaign to retake northern Africa. ![]() |
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c. A Sunni imam raised questions about the legitimacy of Harun’s claims to the caliphate. ![]() |
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d. The huge Abbasid army and complex civil services laced an adequate tax base. ![]() |
a. After years of war, both were strong enough to prevent the spread of Islam. ![]() |
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b. After years of war, both were weakened and unable to prevent the spread of Islam. ![]() |
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c. After years of war, one empire was strengthened and one empire was weakened, which prohibited the spread of Islam. ![]() |
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d. The war had no effect on either empire. ![]() |
a. They all spoke the same language, Arabic, because the Qur’an was not translated. ![]() |
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b. The Muslims invented airplane travel in 1270, cutting short the commuting time between Spain and Eurasia. ![]() |
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c. All Muslim countries used a common currency, the zakat, which facilitated trade. ![]() |
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d. None of the above ![]() |
a. Toleration, though each group paid a special tax ![]() |
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b. Banishment from Umayyad lands ![]() |
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c. A choice between conversion and death ![]() |
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d. Death of the males and enslavement of the females ![]() |
a. total religious freedom, adherents of all religion ![]() |
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b. pensions, Muslim veterans ![]() |
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c. hall passes, subjects who needed to use the bathroom ![]() |
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d. pensions, those who would practice Islam ![]() |
a. madrasahs ![]() |
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b. ulamas ![]() |
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c. taifas ![]() |
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d. al-jabrs ![]() |
a. zakat ![]() |
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b. Haj ![]() |
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c. Dhimmi ![]() |
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d. Qur’an ![]() |
a. Avicenna ![]() |
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b. Averroes ![]() |
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c. Muhammad ![]() |
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d. Abd al-Rahman ![]() |
a. men ![]() |
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b. Muslims ![]() |
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c. Arabs ![]() |
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d. Berbers ![]() |
a. Two ![]() |
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b. Three ![]() |
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c. Four ![]() |
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d. Five ![]() |
a. Zakat ![]() |
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b. Jihad ![]() |
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c. Infidels ![]() |
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d. Mozarabs ![]() |
a. Because scribes used a special shorthand that enabled them to write faster ![]() |
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b. Because apprentice scribes produced more texts ![]() |
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c. Because paper was used, which lowered the price of texts ![]() |
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d. Because universal literacy was a core goal of Islamic regimes ![]() |
a. Abd al-Rahman, an Unayyad, fled during the Abbasid revolution to Morocco, gathered an army, and seized southern Spain after one battled. ![]() |
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b. Abd al-Rahman took the Abbasid revolution to Morocco and then launched a five-year campaign against southern Spain. ![]() |
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c. Muslim advisors to the Spanish king overthrew him and took control of southern Spain. ![]() |
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d. The new Abbasid caliph sent Abd al-Rahman to establish an emirate in Spain, where he encountered little resistance in the sparsely populated region. ![]() |
a. Umayyads, Taifas, Almohads, Nasrid, Almoravid ![]() |
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b. Umayyad, Taifas, Aloravids, Almohads, Nasrids ![]() |
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c. Nasrid, Almohads, Almoravids, Taifas, Umayyads ![]() |
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d. None of the above ![]() |
a. France ![]() |
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b. England ![]() |
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c. Russia ![]() |
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d. Spain ![]() |
a. zakat ![]() |
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b. jihad ![]() |
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c. al-Andalus ![]() |
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d. Reconquista ![]() |
a. jihad ![]() |
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b. pogroms ![]() |
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c. the Holocaust ![]() |
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d. zakat ![]() |
a. Knights Templar ![]() |
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b. Benedictines ![]() |
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c. Albigensians ![]() |
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d. Mohammadans ![]() |
a. They consisted of Jews and Christians who sought to free the Holy Land from Islamic control. ![]() |
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b. They were led into battle by the pope himself. ![]() |
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c. They suffered greatly from the cold and malnutrition on their trek across Russia. ![]() |
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d. They were organized as separate militias, each commanded by a different general. ![]() |
a. An unprecedented, systematic persecution of Jews ![]() |
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b. Movement to restrict women’s mobility by accusing female crusaders of witchcraft ![]() |
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c. Expansion of rural poverty as crusaders increased taxes to finance their journeys ![]() |
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d. An increase in lawlessness and piracy on the Mediterranean Sea ![]() |
a. Women accompanied the crusaders to the Holy Land ![]() |
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b. Crusaders tried to convert captured Muslims with discussion. ![]() |
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c. Crusaders massacred Muslims. ![]() |
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d. Many crusaders joined the armies for land and plunder. ![]() |
a. Byzantine emperor Alexius I launched a campaign against the Turks in 1095 to reclaim Jerusalem. ![]() |
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b. Following the Council of Worms (1095), the Franks launched a campaign to free the Holy Lands from the “infidels.” ![]() |
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c. The pope issued a call to arms to free the Holy Land. ![]() |
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d. Muslim Seljuk Turks captured Jersualem in 1095, and the city’s Christian inhabitants appealed to their European brethren for help. ![]() |
a. They inspired expeditions such as Columbus’ in 1492. ![]() |
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b. They inspired pogroms against European Jews. ![]() |
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c. They created the rift between Sunni and Shi’ite Muslims. ![]() |
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d. They were related to the reconquista of Spain. ![]() |
a. were all ruled by the Templars ![]() |
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b. were a first step toward what later became imperialism ![]() |
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c. all fell to Saladin in the Second Crusade ![]() |
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d. were called, collectively, Levantia ![]() |
a. Greek, Roman, and Byzantine ![]() |
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b. British, French, and American ![]() |
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c. Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal ![]() |
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d. Spanish, American, and German ![]() |
a. the Bulge ![]() |
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b. the Seine ![]() |
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c. Parwan ![]() |
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d. Mecca ![]() |
a. Syria ![]() |
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b. Egypt ![]() |
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c. Morocco ![]() |
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d. Spain ![]() |
a. The Muslims ![]() |
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b. The Mongols ![]() |
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c. Both sides equally ![]() |
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d. Neither side ![]() |
a. 1258 ![]() |
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b. 1275 ![]() |
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c. 1301 ![]() |
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d. 1326 ![]() |
a. 1200 ![]() |
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b. 1227 ![]() |
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c. 130 ![]() |
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d. 1326 ![]() |
a. It ceased to exist. ![]() |
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b. It was divided into two parts for each of his sons. ![]() |
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c. It was conquered by the Safavids. ![]() |
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d. None of the above ![]() |
a. Hurrem/Roxelana ![]() |
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b. Khadija ![]() |
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c. Sophie/Francine ![]() |
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d. Lady Sybilla ![]() |
a. Sunni ![]() |
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b. Shi’ite ![]() |
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c. Sufi ![]() |
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d. Christian ![]() |
a. Sunni ![]() |
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b. Shi’ite ![]() |
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c. Sufi ![]() |
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d. Christian ![]() |
a. Suleiman ![]() |
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b. Mehmed ![]() |
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c. Saladin ![]() |
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d. None of the above ![]() |
a. Suleiman the Magnificent ![]() |
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b. Muhammad the Prophet ![]() |
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c. Selim II ![]() |
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d. None of the above ![]() |
a. Finland ![]() |
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b. England ![]() |
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c. France ![]() |
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d. Russia ![]() |
a. bad rulers ![]() |
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b. failed reforms ![]() |
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c. democratic expansion ![]() |
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d. great success ![]() |
a. 1798 ![]() |
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b. 1804 ![]() |
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c. 1851 ![]() |
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d. 1776 ![]() |
a. The First Constitutional Empire ![]() |
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b. The Second Constitutional Empire ![]() |
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c. The Third Constitutional Empire ![]() |
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d. None of the above ![]() |
a. 1798 ![]() |
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b. 1848 ![]() |
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c. 1908 ![]() |
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d. 1914 ![]() |
a. The dominant currency ![]() |
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b. The dominant export ![]() |
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c. Sultan Ahmed III’s love of the flower ![]() |
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d. None of the above ![]() |
a. “Hot Young Thing of Europe” ![]() |
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b. “Sick Old Man of Europe” ![]() |
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c. “Little Germany” ![]() |
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d. None of the above ![]() |
a. France, Russia, and Great Britain ![]() |
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b. Spain, France, and Germany ![]() |
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c. Japan, Russia, and the United States ![]() |
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d. The United States, Mexico, and Canada ![]() |
a. British ![]() |
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b. French ![]() |
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c. American ![]() |
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d. Russian ![]() |
a. Gibraltar ![]() |
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b. Gallipoli ![]() |
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c. Damascus ![]() |
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d. Palestine ![]() |
a. the fez ![]() |
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b. pants ![]() |
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c. the hijab ![]() |
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d. burka ![]() |
a. victory ![]() |
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b. defeat ![]() |
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c. draw ![]() |
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d. success ![]() |
a. Great Britain, France ![]() |
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b. Great Britain, Russia ![]() |
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c. France, Russia ![]() |
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d. U.S., Russia ![]() |
a. Saudi Arabia ![]() |
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b. The Emirate of Transjordan ![]() |
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c. Kuwait ![]() |
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d. Egypt ![]() |
a. Syria ![]() |
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b. Transjordan ![]() |
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c. Turkey ![]() |
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d. None of the above ![]() |
a. Baghdad ![]() |
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b. Damascus ![]() |
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c. Syria ![]() |
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d. Jerusalem ![]() |
a. Creating a quasi-Communist state that limited private ownership of property ![]() |
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b. Developing an Islamic state that enforced traditional laws about all aspects of society ![]() |
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c. Barring foreign banks and investments to make Turkey independent of outsiders ![]() |
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d. Modernizing Turkish society by adopting elements of Western economics and culture ![]() |
a. The French Revolution ![]() |
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b. American Civil War ![]() |
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c. World War I ![]() |
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d. American Revolution ![]() |
a. The Ottoman victory over the Allies ![]() |
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b. The Ottoman victory over the Central Powers ![]() |
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c. The British victory over the Ottoman Empire and the Ottoman Empire’s subsequent collapse ![]() |
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d. None of the above ![]() |
a. Russia ![]() |
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b. Great Britain ![]() |
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c. France ![]() |
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d. Germany ![]() |
a. The central powers ![]() |
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b. The allies ![]() |
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c. Both A and B ![]() |
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d. None of the above ![]() |
a. Mohandas Gandhi ![]() |
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b. Mustafa Kemal (or Ataturk) ![]() |
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c. Jawaharlal Nehru ![]() |
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d. Anwar al-Sadat ![]() |
a. Arthur James Balfour ![]() |
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b. Theodor Herzl ![]() |
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c. Sir Mark Sykes ![]() |
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d. Francois Georges-Picot ![]() |
a. Theodor Herzl ![]() |
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b. Kemal Ataturk ![]() |
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c. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ![]() |
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d. None of the above ![]() |
a. Egypt ![]() |
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b. Syria ![]() |
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c. Palestine ![]() |
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d. The Ottoman Empire ![]() |
a. Iraq ![]() |
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b. Iran ![]() |
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c. Syria ![]() |
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d. Canada ![]() |
a. World War II ![]() |
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b. The Cuban Missile Crisis ![]() |
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c. The Cold War ![]() |
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d. The 1953 coup in Iran ![]() |
a. Exploitation of oil resources ![]() |
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b. Shared values ![]() |
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c. Fear of Chinese power ![]() |
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d. Fear of British power ![]() |
a. Gold ![]() |
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b. Sand ![]() |
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c. Oil ![]() |
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d. Coal ![]() |
a. Saudi ![]() |
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b. Egyptian ![]() |
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c. French ![]() |
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d. German ![]() |
a. Abdul Azziz ![]() |
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b. Mohammad Reza Palavi ![]() |
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c. Mohammad Mossadegh ![]() |
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d. Mustafa Kemal (or Ataturk) ![]() |
a. Good Neighbor Policy ![]() |
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b. Lend/Lease Act ![]() |
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c. Eisenhower Doctrine ![]() |
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d. Nixon Doctrine ![]() |
a. Syria ![]() |
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b. Saudi Arabia ![]() |
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c. Egypt ![]() |
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d. The United States ![]() |
a. the War of Independence ![]() |
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b. the last “Good War” ![]() |
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c. the War to End all Wars ![]() |
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d. the Wars of the Roses ![]() |
a. employment ![]() |
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b. positive neutrality ![]() |
||
c. open warfare ![]() |
||
d. public education ![]() |
a. Iraq ![]() |
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b. Iran ![]() |
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c. Syria ![]() |
||
d. Egypt ![]() |
a. Dwight D. Eisenhower ![]() |
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b. Gamal Abdel Nasser ![]() |
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c. Sadam Hussein ![]() |
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d. Adolf Hitler ![]() |
a. Closed the Gulf of Aqaba to shipping ![]() |
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b. Occupied Sinai ![]() |
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c. Bought weapons from the Soviet Union ![]() |
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d. Bought weapons from the United States ![]() |
a. The emergence of a movement that claimed all of the West Bank as part of Israel ![]() |
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b. Israeli occupation of the West Bank ![]() |
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c. Israeli occupation of the Sinai ![]() |
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d. All of the above ![]() |
a. The dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima ![]() |
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b. The Lebanon Crisis of 1957 ![]() |
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c. The Cuban Missile Crisis ![]() |
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d. None of the above ![]() |
a. Great Britain ![]() |
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b. France ![]() |
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c. Canada ![]() |
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d. The Unites States ![]() |
a. Exodus ![]() |
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b. The Shoah ![]() |
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c. The Intifada ![]() |
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d. None of the above ![]() |
a. Shi’a ![]() |
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b. Sufi ![]() |
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c. Sunni ![]() |
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d. Turkish ![]() |
a. Saudi ![]() |
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b. Iraqi ![]() |
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c. American ![]() |
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d. Israeli ![]() |
a. Sunni ![]() |
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b. Shi’a ![]() |
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c. Sufi ![]() |
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d. Atheist ![]() |
a. The White House; The World Trade Center ![]() |
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b. The World Trade Center, The Pentagon ![]() |
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c. The Lincoln Memorial; the National Archives ![]() |
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d. Independence Hall; the National Constitution Center ![]() |
a. 222 days ![]() |
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b. 333 days ![]() |
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c. 444 days ![]() |
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d. 555 days ![]() |
a. The base ![]() |
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b. The struggle ![]() |
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c. The uprising ![]() |
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d. The future ![]() |
a. Yasser Arafat ![]() |
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b. Yitzhak Rabin ![]() |
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c. Ehud Barak ![]() |
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d. Shimon Peres ![]() |
a. Yasser Arafat ![]() |
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b. Yitzhak Rabin ![]() |
||
c. Ehud Barak ![]() |
||
d. Shimon Peres ![]() |
a. Iraq ![]() |
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b. Iran ![]() |
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c. Egypt ![]() |
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d. The United States ![]() |