Question 1

Instructions: Identify the following term(s).
-Fatimid

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Question 2

The Fihrist is one measure of the Islamic caliphate's dependence on paper and literature. It is __ ___.

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Question 3

Describe the evolution of Islamic civilization. What was its effect on Europe?

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Question 4

Explain how Islam was able to spread from Spain to India in a relatively short amount of time, dominating a wide range of territories and societies.

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Question 5

Describe the changing relationship between the Arab peoples and the Byzantine and Sasanid Empires before Muhammad.

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Question 6

Instructions: Identify the following term(s).
-hadith

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Question 7

The core belief among all the sects of Shi'ites is that the rightful successor to Mohammad was _____.

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Question 8

Instructions: Identify the following term(s).
-madrasa

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Question 9

Instructions: Identify the following term(s).
-Seljuk

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Question 10

Using Map 9.1, identify the regions controlled by the Sasanids and the Byzantines before 622 C.E. What role did the Arab peoples play in their empires?

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Question 11

Describe the birth of Islam and specifically the role Muhammad had in spreading the faith.

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Question 12

What does the chapter reveal about the status of Muslim women? Compare their status with the status of women in other parts of the world at that time.

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Question 13

Instructions: Identify the following term(s).
-Ibn Rushd

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Question 14

Using Map 9.1, examine the extent of the Islamic empire after Muhammad's death. What prevented it from gaining a hold in western Europe, except for Spain? Why did the Islamic empire not extend beyond Central Asia?

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Question 15

Instructions: Identify the following term(s).
-shah

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Question 16

What were the major reasons for the decline of both the Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates? What role did the umma play in this?

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Question 17

The founder of the Sasanid empire in approximately 224 was__________ .

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Question 18

Instructions: Identify the following term(s).
-Nestorians

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Question 19

Instructions: Identify the following term(s).
-Ka'ba

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Question 20

Using Map 9.2, describe the "golden age" of Islamic civilization, during which a multiethnic Islamic world flourished. What groups were included in this "multiethnic" empire? Did geography play a role in this development? How?

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Quiz 9: The Sasanid Empire and the Rise of Islam, 200-1200

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). -Fatimid

The Fihrist is one measure of the Islamic caliphate's dependence on paper and literature. It is _.

Describe the evolution of Islamic civilization. What was its effect on Europe?

Explain how Islam was able to spread from Spain to India in a relatively short amount of time, dominating a wide range of territories and societies.

Describe the changing relationship between the Arab peoples and the Byzantine and Sasanid Empires before Muhammad.

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). -hadith

The core belief among all the sects of Shi'ites is that the rightful successor to Mohammad was _____.

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). -madrasa

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). -Seljuk

Using Map 9.1, identify the regions controlled by the Sasanids and the Byzantines before 622 C.E. What role did the Arab peoples play in their empires?

Describe the birth of Islam and specifically the role Muhammad had in spreading the faith.

What does the chapter reveal about the status of Muslim women? Compare their status with the status of women in other parts of the world at that time.

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). -Ibn Rushd

Using Map 9.1, examine the extent of the Islamic empire after Muhammad's death. What prevented it from gaining a hold in western Europe, except for Spain? Why did the Islamic empire not extend beyond Central Asia?

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). -shah

What were the major reasons for the decline of both the Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates? What role did the umma play in this?

The founder of the Sasanid empire in approximately 224 was__________ .

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). -Nestorians

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). -Ka'ba

Using Map 9.2, describe the "golden age" of Islamic civilization, during which a multiethnic Islamic world flourished. What groups were included in this "multiethnic" empire? Did geography play a role in this development? How?