Islam during the Middle Ages

Religious Muslims practice their faith by adherence to the —

• Sacred Vowels

• 5 Pillars of Islam

• Torah of Alla

• The Old Testament

Muslim place of Worship.

• Church

• Catherdral

• mosque

• temple

The spread of Islam brought ______________ changes to Southwest Asia by unifying North Africa, Arabia, Persia and Asia Minor under a centralized authority.

• cultural

• religous

• economic

• political

What helped facilitate the spread of Islam.

• less tolerant

• more tolerant

• Taxing other religions

• no slavery

One factor that shaped the practice of slavery in the Islamic world was---

• slaves couldn't marry

• all slaves had to convert to Islam

• the Middle Passage

• no enslaving other Muslims

Enslaved people had a variety of roles and responsibilities in Muslim and African societies during the Middle Ages.

• True

• False

One factor that favored the spread of Islam to West Africa was---

• gold-salt routes

• Mongols pushing Arabs west

• silk roads

• Sahara's lack of water

West African kingdoms like Ghana and Mali were successful during the Post-Classical period---

• Alot of gold mines

• Slavery

• cotton trade

• because they adopted Islam and established trade relations with Muslims.

Muslim expansion into India differed from expansion across North Africa, because----

• Islam coexisted separately from the dominant Indian religion of Hinduism.

• Hindus fault Islam

• Christianity coexisted separately from the dominant Indian religion of Buddism.

• Islam coexisted separately from the dominant Indian religion of Buddism.