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Chapter 11 Reading Quiz

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  1. 1What initiated the division within Islam between the Sunnis and Shias?
    1. AFear that Muslims in conquered lands were "going native" and abandoning Islamic teachings
    2. BThe belief that Husayn, the son of Ali was the real messiah
    3. CDisagreement over who should assume leadership in the Islamic world
    4. DThe imam Ali's new revelation and elaboration of the teachings of Islam
  2. 2Which of the following resulted from Muslim rule in Spain?
    1. AThe harmony and tolerance of Muslim Spain was used as a model for Christian Europe
    2. BIslam became Christianized even as parts of Europe became Islamized
    3. CA new hybrid religion developed which blended elements of Christianity and Islam
    4. DThe secular aspects of Islamic learning influenced the shaping of new European civilization
  3. 3Which of the following religious traditions blended elements of Hinduism and Islam?
    1. ASikhism
    2. BSunni Islam
    3. CShia Islam
    4. DSufism
  4. 4Which of the following describes the effect of Islam on West Africa?
    1. AFarmers comprised the majority of converts to Islam
    2. BMerchants generally rejected islam because of its hostility towards trade
    3. CThe Arabic language was used in daily life by both Muslims and non-Muslims
    4. DIslam had the greatest influence on rulers and urban elites
  5. 5Sufi practitioners facilitated the conversion to islam of people living in Anatolia and India by
    1. Apromoting the enforcement of the sharia by local Islamic rulers
    2. Bemphasizing the personal experience of the divine, rather than the law
    3. Cinitiating campaigns to close Christian and Hindu schools
    4. Dfreeing large numbers of slaves who agreed to convert
  6. 6Which of the following statements expresses a view of women found in the Quran?
    1. AWomen were spiritually equal to mean
    2. BWomen were solely to blame for the existence of evil in the world
    3. CWomen were always to remain veiled and secluded
    4. DWomen were socially equal to men
  7. 7Which of the following was and Arab innovation
    1. ARockets
    2. Bpaper making
    3. CAlgebra
    4. DNumerical notation
  8. 8Which of the following was a force that helped bind the Islamic world together?
    1. AThe expulsion of all other "peoples of the book" from Islamic territories
    2. BThe successful suppression of competing religious orders
    3. CThe system of islamic education created by the ulama
    4. DStrong political leadership over the entire islamic world by Arab caliphs
  9. 9Which of the following contributed to the mass conversion of people living in the Middle East to Islam by the eighth century?
    1. AConversion to Islam offered many financial and social benefits
    2. BThere was no religious tradition int he Middle East to compete with Islam
    3. CNewly conquered subjects were forced to convert to Islam upon penalty of death
    4. DThose who refused to convert to Islam were enslaved
  10. 10Islam had roots in which set of religious or philosophical traditions?
    1. AHinduism, Buddhism, and Manichaeism
    2. BLegalism, Daoism, and Confucianism
    3. CSufism, Sikhism, and Greek rationalism
    4. DJudaism, Christianity, and Zoroastrianism

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