Unit 4 Test Review

As the Islamic caliphates spread out into Africa along the Gold-Salt trade, what was diffused into the Middle East and Asia?

• The slave trade

• Maps of the Sahara

• The astrolabe and other geographic tools

• Gold and salt for the first time

Which statement best describes the change that took place during this time period?

• The Byzantine Empire disappeared.

• Islam spread to both Africa and Asia.

• The Islamic Caliphates were often at war with one another.

• The Byzantine Empire had violent clashes with the Islamic Caliphates.

Which of the following are major achievements of the Golden Age of Islam?

• Paper, silk printing, and gunpowder

• Aqueducts, road systems, and concrete

• Sculpture, columns, and democracy

• Algebra, the crank, and spy glass

What was true about the Civil Service Exams?

• It was one's birth right to take the exam

• They determined social mobility

• They helped place people in schools

• Men and women could take them

What role did Arab merchants play in spreading Islam to societies in Europe, Asia, and North Africa?

• Arab merchants forcibly converted non-believers to Islam.

• Arab merchants acted as secret missionaries to win over non-believers

• Arab merchants brought news of their religion as they traded in different areas

• Arab merchants often paid non-believers to convert to Islam.

Which development best replaces the question mark to complete the chart?

• Paper Currency

• Black Ink Painting on Paper

• Joint Stock Companies

• Examinations over confucianism for imperial service

Quran

The Five Pillars

Mecca and Medina

Ramadan

Which Religion is characterized by the above information?

• Islam

• Christianity

• Sikhism

• Judaism

What religion became established in West Africa as a result of the gold-salt trade across the Sahara?

• Christianity

• Islam

• Judaism

• Buddhism

One similarity between the Five Pillars of Islam and the Ten Commandments is that both … ?

• provide a guide to proper ethical and moral behavior.

• support a belief in reincarnation.

• promote learning as a means to salvation.

• encourage the use of statues to symbolize God.

Which of the following events occurred as a result of these technological advances?

• the voyages of Zheng He across the Indian Ocean.

• the spread of Hinduism into India.

• the Mongol conquest of China.

• the occupation of Canada by Native American tribes.