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Ap quiz 7-1
ap world history quiz 7-1
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10th Grade
10/19/2010
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The ruling member of a Bedouin tribe was called the
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sheikh.
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The Ka’aba
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was a large black rock that was housed in a central shrine in Mecca, and worshiped by allpre Islamic Arabs.
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The Koran or Qur’an
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was derived from the revelations of Muhammad.
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The jihad was
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a practice which grew out of the Bedouin practice of conducting tribal raids
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According to Islamic belief
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Allah sent not his first but his final message through Muhammad.
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In addition to being Islam’s sacred book, the Koran
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is a collection of 114 suras (chapters) that provide the ethical foundation for life.
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The Hadith and Shari’a
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were, respectively, a collection of Muhammad’s sayings and a law code.
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The son in law and cousin of Muhammad who was murdered after he became caliph was
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Ali
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The theoretical purpose of the jihad was to
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strive in the way of the Lord.
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All of the following were true about the spread of Arab control except
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if an individual chose not to become a Muslim, he still had to participate in mandatory military service
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Muhammad was not
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widely accepted for many years after he announced his religious revelations
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Under the Umayyad Dynasty
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the Islamic Arab empire expanded enormously.
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The caliphate that is often described as the Abbasid “Golden Age” was the reign of
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Harun al Rashid.
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The term and position of caliph (khalifa) referred to
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the individual who was the temporal successor of Muhammad and who also was generally considered to be an imam.
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The term and position of caliph (khalifa) referred to
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the individual who was the temporal successor of Muhammad and who also was generally considered to be an imam.
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The Seljuk Turks provoked
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the Byzantine request for European aid that led to the Crusades
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The Crusades were due
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in part, to power shifts stemming from the weakening of the Byzantine Empire after the rise of the Seljuk Turks.
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Which of the following is not a true statement about the Mongols?
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Their westward advance continued on to absorb the Cordova caliphate in Spain
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The Mongols
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were unable to capture Cairo, due to the effective resistance of the Mamluks.
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