Dar-Islam Quiz

The photograph of a mosque (first erected in the 14^th century) in the modern-day West African country of Mali best exemplifies which of the following historical processes?

• Imposition of religion through military conquest

• spread of religion along trade routes

• abandonment of indigenous cultural styles in the face of colonization

• conflict between local and universalizing religions

Of which region is it true that Islam spread especially among merchants, thanks to inclusion in a major Islamic trading network, rather than by conquest and Islamic rule?

• West Africa

• Anatolia

• India

• Persia

From 600 CE-1450, which of the following BEST describes the cultural impact of the spread of trade networks from the Middle East to regions such as West Africa and Southeast Asia?

• The introduction of new crops from the Middle East transformed the inhabitants into subsistence farmers.

• Muslim merchant communities were established throughout the regions.

• West African and Southeast Asian leaders engaged in a flowering of maritime exploration that led to new sailing innovations.

• Syncretism between Christianity, Zoroastrianism, and local tribal religions occurred along regional trade networks.

Which of the following is the GREATEST achievement of the Abbasid Caliphate?

• Their creation of a strong, unified military

• Establishing a new capital at Baghdad

• Made Trade safer and profited off of its commercial activities

• Adoption of the title, Sultan

True or False: the Seljuk Turks were native Muslims within the abbasid empire.

• True

• False

The _____________ were able to defeat the Mongols in the Middle East.

• Seljuk Turks

• Abassids

• Suffis

• Mamluks

Mixture of Hindu and Islam traditions occurred in

• in Egypt

• India

• Syria

• North Africa

Islamic Empires between 750 CE and 15th century, are responsible for all of the following, except

• Reviving Mathematics

• reviving Greek literature

• spreading religion along trade routes and warfare

• Eliminating Christianity from the Middle East

_____________ is a celebrated Islamic scholar that some even refer to as the father of Trigonometry.

• A'ishah al-Bint Yusuf

• Nasir al-Din al-Tusi

• Ibn Sina

• Ibn Khaldun

Which of the following is a Syncretic Religion that mixes Islam with Hinduism?

• Islam

• Hinduism

• Zoroastrianism

• Sufism