Islamic World Review

Minarets on mosques in Spain demonstrate which cultural influence?

• Christianity during the Inquisition

• China during the Tang Dynasty

• humanism during the Renaissance

• Islam during the Middle Ages

Which outside group did tribes in Africa encounter first?

• Christian missionaries

• British colonists

• Spanish conquistadores

• Muslim merchants

Which statement BEST describes the effect Islamic caliphates had on Europe during the Middle Ages?

• Alliances with Islamic empires led to border disputes in Europe

• European colonial territories adopted the governmental structure of Islam.

• Increased Islamic trade with Europe led to a more complex economy.

• Islam became the predominant religion in eastern Europe.

After the death of Muhammad, his direct successor took which title as leader of the Islamic community?

• caliph

• mam

• mullah

• sultan

Who FIRST introduced these innovations to Europe?

• soldiers from the Roman Empire who traveled across Europe

• mathematicians from India who set up schools in Europe

• merchants from the Islamic world who traded with Europeans

• scholars from ancient Greece who studied at Asian universities

How did the Islamic world contribute to the Renaissance in Europe?

• by inventing the printing press

• by training Italian artists at schools in Cordoba

• by introducing ideas about democracy and capitalism

• by preserving Greek texts after the fall of the Roman Empire

What was one effect of the trans-Saharan caravan trade during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries?

• increased European control of West Africa

• the spread of Islam throughout West Africa

• the decline of slavery in West African societies

• decreased power for rulers of West African kingdoms

Which BEST describes Timbuktu under the Mali empire?

• a center of Islamic culture and learning

• a military base for local African armies

• a trading post controlled by European merchants

• a port where Asian and European ships brought goods

Which of these BEST describes the role of Arab merchants during the Middle Ages?

• They created joint-stock companies to fund overseas explorations.

• They spread Islam across three continents while trading goods

• They established guilds in order to protect the quality of crafts

• They protected the Muslim Empire by prohibiting outsiders.