Deck 16: Mature Islamic Society and the First Global Civilization

Question 1

What significant Muslim figure in the field of science wrote The Canon of Medicine ?

A)Ibn Sina
B)al-Kindi
C)Ibn Rushid
D)al-Zahrawi
E)Ibn Battutu

Answer 1

Ibn Sina

Question 2

What was the Muslim world's contribution to the field of science?

A)They showed great interest in medicine but not astronomy.
B)They never quite caught up with the scientists in the West.
C)Muslim scientists sought to put their knowledge to practical use.
D)No individual Muslim scientists became well-known during their lifetimes.
E)Rationalization was much less important to the Muslim scientists.

Answer 2

Muslim scientists sought to put their knowledge to practical use.

Question 3

What was the primary basis for civil law among the Abbasid Muslims?

A)decisions of the diwan
B)the Qur'an and Shari'a
C)the decisions of the caliph
D)rulings from the amirs
E)judgments from the qadis

Answer 3

the Qur'an and Shari'a

Question 4

What is the most famous example of Muslim architecture in the world?

A)Ka'ba
B)Taj Mahal
C)House of Wisdom
D)Azhar mosque
E)University of Cairo planetarium

Question 5

Who did Muslim scholars hold in particularly high regard as a master teacher?

A)Plato
B)Aristotle
C)Aeschylus
D)Socrates
E)Seneca

Question 6

Why was the practice of purdah seldom enforced in much of Africa and Asia?

A)written legal codes
B)economic necessity
C)Islamic customs
D)Qur'an allowed
E)women were head of household

Question 7

What was the foremost promise from the Abbasid caliphate?

A)an enlarged empire
B)religious equality
C)improved educational opportunities
D)realigned governmental bodies
E)more religious leadership

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT considered to be an original invention attributed to the Muslims?

A)papermaking
B)fictional literature
C)the university
D)the decimal system
E)algebra

Question 9

Which of the following statements best describes the network of trade that flourished from Muhammad's time up to about 1500?

A)Hindus and Muslims fought several major battles over control of the Indian Ocean trade.
B)Africa was less important than India but more important than Asia.
C)Europe and Asia were the largest consumers in the world.
D)Trade was responsible for a tremendous exchange of ideas as well as goods.
E)As a part of this vast trade network, Africa supplied pepper and spices to Asia.

Question 10

The Whirling Dervishes are associated with which of the following?

A)Shi'ite Islam
B)The Arabian Nights
C)calligraphy
D)Sufism
E)Muslim astrology

Question 11

Where is the oldest still-functioning university located?

A)Baghdad
B)Cairo
C)Cordóba
D)Delhi
E)Bologna

Question 12

How can Muslim visual art best be described?

A)explicitly representational
B)primitive in technique
C)geometrically or floral based
D)similar to Christian art
E)architecturally oriented

Question 13

What was the primary purpose of Harun al-Rashid's House of Wisdom?

A)to train young men in the Muslim faith
B)to prepare mathematicians
C)to translate Greek classics into Arabic
D)to promote the study of astrology
E)to expand the Sunni sciences

Question 14

What is thought to be the original location of the group of Turks known as the Seljuks?

A)Iran
B)Iraq
C)Afghanistan
D)Syria
E)Lebanon

Question 15

Which of the following was NOT an art form found in the Muslim world?

A)large sculpture
B)mosaics and ceramics
C)calligraphy
D)storytelling and poetry
E)architecture

Question 16

Who served as a sort of prime minister for the Abbasid bureaucracy?

A)emir
B)kadi
C)caliph
D)muezzin
E)vizier

Question 17

What is the meaning of the phrase the Closing of the Gates  to the Islamic community?

A)The ulama sought to close Islam to Christians and Jews.
B)The ulama convinced the majority of Muslims that God's laws had been made complete, so there was to be no further questioning.
C)The ulama generally rewrote religious laws to conform to their beliefs about God's will for his people.
D)The ulama brought the examples set by Muhammad to the center of Muslim religious belief.
E)The ulama seized power from the vizier.

Question 18

What is considered the major source of unification for Muslims?

A)jihad
B)shari'a
C)education
D)the Arabic language
E)tariqas

Question 19

Which of the following statements best characterizes the Muslim army under the Abbasids?

A)mainly Arab mercenaries
B)international and well-respected
C)mainly Persian slaves
D)no match for Byzantine soldiers
E)composed mainly of very young Arab men

Question 20

Which of the following is defined as sacred law ?

A)ilm
B)Umma
C)ulama
D)Shari'a
E)Sunna

Question 21

____________________ were religious associations organized around the teachings of a Sufi master.

Question 22

What was the view of commerce and manufacturing in the Islamic world?

A)It was viewed as suspicious.
B)It was an honorable profession.
C)It was considered a lowly profession.
D)It was limited to the lowest class.
E)It was a small portion of the Islamic economy.

Question 23

How did the Qur'an attempt to protect women from male abuse?

A)Houses and marriage goods were the sole property of women.
B)Young children and women of childbearing age were confined to the harem.
C)A woman's status was restricted to protect her from non-family males.
D)A man could marry up to four wives but only if he could properly provide for them.
E)Women were to be veiled to protect the family honor.

Question 24

All of the following statements were true of slavery in the Abbasid society EXCEPT

A)Slave women were allowed more freedoms.
B)Many slave women were concubines.
C)Slavery was common, and many households had at least one slave.
D)Slaves could be freed for good behavior or if the owner wanted Allah's blessing.
E)Slaves were assigned to work in the fields and mines under harsh conditions.

Question 25

____________________  was an art form that was artistic and functional as well as incorporated into other art forms.

Question 26

The ____________________ language supplanted Arabic as the preferred language of literature and poetry.

Question 27

From where did the Mongols originate?

A)Far East Asia
B)Central Asian steppes
C)Himalayan mountains
D)Eastern Europe
E)East Africa

Question 28

The most significant Sufi philosopher was ___________________________________.

Question 29

All of the following were reasons the Abbasid caliphate ended EXCEPT

A)The Abbasids failed to reestablish political unity.
B)The Abbasids depended on Turkish tribesmen for protection from rebellion.
C)The weak caliphs led to instability.
D)The Seljuks took Baghdad but retained the Abbasid rulers.
E)The central government remained vital until the invasion of the Mongols.

Question 30

The ____________________ were judges who presided over cases involving Muslims.

Question 31

The tax-collecting responsibilities under the Abbasid Caliphate were assumed by the ____________________.

Question 32

____________________ prohibited the human form to be reproduced in any life-like representation because it was considered blasphemous.

Question 33

The most famous book originating in the Abbasid world was ____________________.

Question 34

The capture of Baghdad by the ____________________ finally ended the Abbasid Caliphate.

Question 35

Fidawsi wrote which of the following literary works to chronicle the history of Persia from its origins?

A)Upanis hads
B)Bhagvad
C)The Arabian Nights
D)Rubaiyat
E)Shah-nama

Question 36

What is considered the foremost duty of a man in the Muslim household?

A)to provide for his family
B)to maintain family honor
C)to restrict his wives to the harem
D)to teach his children the Islamic faith
E)to treat his slaves well

Question 37

What invading group surged out of Afghanistan and conquered Baghdad in the mid-1000s?

A)raiders from India
B)the Seljuk Turks
C)the army of Harun al-Rashid
D)the Mongol Khanate
E)a coalition of anti-Abbasid Islamists

Question 38

Which of the following does NOT characterize the cosmopolitan cities of the Abbasid caliphate?

A)Consisted of large, diverse populations.
B)Allowed local culture to supplant Islamic culture.
C)Shared a common Muslim heritage.
D)Had markets with both Eastern and Western products.
E)The ruling class were Muslims.

Question 39

The ____________________ is the sacred law based on the words of the Qur'an and the Sunna for how Muslims should live.

Question 40

What is the Islamic version of the Western-style mystic phenomenon called?

A)Islamism
B)Sufism
C)individualism
D)feminism
E)agnosticism

Question 41

Describe the life of women in the Islamic world including class, geography, and religious aspects.

Question 42

Discuss the opposition to the Caliphate and the role these rebellions played in the Islamic world and on a wider world stage.

Question 43

Term for identification: Seljuk

Question 44

Describe the government and religious organization of the Islamic Empire under Abbasid rule. What were the major religious issues?

Question 45

Describe the decline and fall of the Abbasids and the impact of that on the rest of the Muslim Arabic world.

Question 46

Term for identification: Sunna

Question 47

Term for identification: vizier

Question 48

Term for identification: Shari'a

Question 49

Why was Islam considered a First World Civilization ? Support your answer with examples.

Question 50

Term for identification: Mongols

Question 51

Term for identification: qadis

Question 52

Term for identification: purdah

Question 53

Term for identification: Sufis

Question 54

Term for identification: tariqas

Question 55

What were the significant contributions of the Islamic world to science and the arts? Support your answer with specific examples.

Question 56

Term for identification: ulama