PRETEST Ch 9 and 10

1.

1 point

The House of Wisdom was incredibly important because

It was the seat of the government

many important western texts were translated there, saving them even when copies were destroyed in the west

It was where Abraham was said to have ascended into heaven

It was a place where Christians and Muslims regularly debated about theology

2.

1 point

Muslims are encouraged to pray

only on Fridays

ten times a day

five times a day

always alone

3.

1 point

Holy book for Muslims

Bhagavad Gita

Ibn Khaldun

Zakat (Zaktt)

Hajj

Qur'an (Koran)

Torah (Tor'ah)

4.

1 point

Islam spread quickly through

eastern China

Saudi Arabia but then remained only within the Saudi Arabian peninsula

western China

southern africa

northern Africa

5.

1 point

As they migrated, they spread language and knowledge of iron-making throughout southern Africa

Bantu

Malians

Aksumites

Indo-Europeans

Nok

6.

1 point

African musicians whose storytelling kept history alive for generations in African societies

griots

Minarets

Khalduhns

noks

7.

1 point

Leader of the Songhai Empire

Zagwe

Abu Bakr

Watto

Omar Khayyam

Askia Muhammad

Ibn Battuta

8.

1 point

Largest desert in Africa

Kalahari

Gobi

Sahara

Nile

Amazon

9.

1 point

Ezana, King of Aksum, was

Pagan

Christian

Jewish

Muslim

10.

1 point

Muslim term for God

Hajj

Caliph

Jahweh

Allah

11.

1 point

Important Muslim caliphate that moved the capital to Baghdad

Abbasid

Umayyad

Meccan

Fatimid

12.

1 point

Islam is the religion; a believer is called a

Islam

Bakr

Abbasid

Meccan

Muslim

13.

1 point

"Party of Ali," one sect of Islam that believed that the leaders of Islam should be descendants of the prophet

Bakerites

Sunni (Sun'ni)

Shia (Shi'ite)

Khalduhns

14.

1 point

Most Muslims are terrorists.

True

False

15.

1 point

Place of worship for Muslims

Cathedral

Church

Temple

Mosque

Synogogue

16.

1 point

Beautiful, stylized writings used by Muslims to decorate

Minaret

calligraphy

Rumis

Sina

17.

1 point

Made Ghana rich

ice and silver

salt and gold

iron and spices

slaves and engineering

18.

1 point

Muhammad's flight from Mecca to Medina, which is the year one of the Muslim calendar

Hadith

Hegira

Exodus

Koran

Bedouins

19.

1 point

All Muslims must go on this pilgrimmage once in their lifetime, if able

Santiago de Compostela

Hajj

Zakat

Shahada

20.

1 point

Helped carry salt and other trade items across the desert

elephants

llamas

horses

goats

camels

21.

1 point

Probably the richest person in all of history; Malian king who went on pilgrimmage

Rumi

Abu Bakr

Mansa Musa

Ge'ez

Lalibela

22.

1 point

European country held by Muslims; the city of Cordoba was a beautiful place

Greece

Germany

France

Italy

Spain