1) Which of the following is a characteristic shared by the eastern and western Roman Empires?
A. Both empires identified themselves as being Roman.
B. Both empires practiced the Orthodox Christian religion.
C. Both empires considered Latin to be their primary language.
D. Both empires were influenced by Greek, Egyptian, and Muslim cultures.
2) “There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is His prophet.”
“ I am the Lord your God… you shall have no other gods before me.”
The above quotations are taken from which two world religions?
A. Christianity and Hinduism B. Judaism and Christianity
C. Islam and Judaism D. Buddhism and Islam
3) The Sunnah, or the words and deeds, of Muhammad, are best expressed by Muslims through the ______.
A. caliphs B. Hijrah
C. “People of the Book” D. Five Pillars of Islam
4) Which of the following characteristics, or conditions, made it most possible for people to live and trade in West Africa?
A. people's proximity to the Atlantic Ocean
B. intermittent rains that fell in the savannah
C. water provided by the Niger River
D. people's proximity to the tropical areas to the south
5) Caravan routes across the Sahara Desert opened up West Africa to all of the following Islamic influences except ______.
A. all business being conducted in Arabic
B. mosques being built in the major cities
C. systems of law based on the Qur’an
D. a tradition of oral history passed down through generations
6) “ Recite, in the name of thy Lord, who created man from clots of blood! Recite!”
The passage above comes from which holy book?
A. Bible B. Torah
C. Bhagavad Gita D. Qur’an
7) West Africa supplied all the following trade goods to the Islamic world except ______.
A. gold B. salt C. slaves D. wheat
8) Which of the following was not a contributing factor to the weakening of Mali as an empire?
A. faltering leadership after the death of Mansa Musa
B. the increasing size of the empire made it too large to govern C. foreign invaders destroyed significant parts of the empire
D. the conversion to Islam of many of the empire’s people
9) Which of the following is a characteristic shared by the eastern and western Roman Empires?
A. Both empires identified themselves as being Roman.
B. Both empires practiced the Orthodox Christian religion.
C. Both empires considered Latin to be their primary language.
D. Both empires were influenced by Greek, Egyptian, and Muslim cultures.
10) The Sunnah, or the words and deeds, of Muhammad, are best expressed by Muslims through the _____.
A. caliphs B. Hihrah
C. "People of the Book" D. Five Pillars of Islam.
11) What is the language of Islam?
12) The Roman Republic was formed in response to
A. a week rule of a king B. the oppressive rule of a king
C. the failure of the king to adapt D. threat of invasion from the north.
13) The center of Christianity remained in Rome even though
A. many Christians had moved to Constantinople.
B. the Western Roman Empire no longer existed.
C. Constantinople had become a major center of trade.
D. church leaders no longer kept ties to the city of Rome.
14) What is a Schism?
15) What is the religion of North Africa?
16) What is monotheism? What three religions share this religious philosophy?
17) To which city in the ancient world do Muslims make their religious pilgrimages?
18) What is the purpose of the five pillars of Islam?
19) The mosque is a place of worship for the religion of ______.