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