INNOVATION AND DAR AL ISLAM

Islam originated in

• Mecca

• Cordoba

• Baghdad

• Damascus

What in Muhammad's background may have influenced his acceptance of monotheism

• Muhammad's family had always been monotheistic

• The Arab peninsula had equal numbers of monotheist and polytheists

• Muhammad's wife had been raised as a monotheist

• Muhammad was engaged in long-distance trade where he came into contact with monotheists

According to Islamic tradition, the Quran was complied from

• many different sources, including polytheistic writings

• reveleations from Allah to Muhammad

• writings by followers who recorded Muhammad's sayings

• the Jewish Old Testament

In what way did the expansion of the Islamic faith progress through the rest of the Arab peninsula?

• by rapid and peaceful means due to its message of peace

• in violent warfare as Islam challenged both polytheistic and the ruling elite

• as a steady growth passed from merchant to merchant

• fairly swiftly as converts were attracted to the actions of the sufi mystics

Both the caliphate and the Mauryan empire in India had successful administrations in their early years. When one compares the administrations, what basic difference exists?

• the Mauryans had a secular government while the caliphate was a theocracy

• the caliphate had no standing arm while the Mauryans did

• the Mauryans had one capital while the caliphate operated from two

• while the caliphs were tolerant of other religions, the Mauryans were not

The largest division within Islam

• Sufi

• Imanis

• Shia

• Sunni

Islamic art is distinct from most others because of its

• intricate, geometrically based format

• emphasis on religious figures

• use of semiprecious stones in architecture

• careful representation of individual facial expressions

Which of the following defeated the Ummayad Dynasty in the Middle East?

• Al Andalus

• Fatimad

• Seljuk Turks

• Abbasids

In contrast to the Umayyad dynasty, the caliphs of the Abbasid dynasty

• were not challenged by the forces of local autonomy

• allowed non-Arabs to play a prominent role in society

• did not identify themselves as Arabs

• rejected Persian cultural influences

Which of the following is true of pre-Islamic Arabia?

• It had no contact with the long-distance trade networks of Eurasia

• It enjoyed long periods of peace under the Bedouins

• Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians lived among the established Arab populations

• A centralized state ruled over the area for centuries