Unit 3 Test Review (Islamic World & Africa)

Why did Africans south of the Saharan desert miss out on the cultural diffusion of the Classical Era?

• The Sahara Desert created a natural geographic barrier that isolated them from the Mediterranean sea

  
  

• They were more interested in exploring the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

After the death of Mohammed there was a split between the Sunni and Shia factions of the Muslim religion. The split is based upon

• The disagreement about who god was

  
  

• It was based upon who should be the next leader

  
  

What was the name given to Muhammad’s followers?

• Christians

• Muslims

• Jews

Which Muslim empire was considered the “golden age”

• Abbasid

  
  

• A strict rule by one Arabian king

• Gupta

Muslims are encouraged to travel to _______ at least once in their live.

• Mexico City

• Mecca

• Jersualem

Which is an effect of cultural diffusion along African gold-salt trade routes during the 8th and 9th centuries?

• the introduction of Islam

  
  

• the spread of gunpowder

  
  

• the invention of the printing press

  
  

The caliphates never forced “people of the book” to convert and allowed religious tolerance in their empire.

• True

• False

Shi’a Muslims believed that the caliph must come directly from Muhammad’s bloodline.

• True

• False

Sunni Muslims rejected the rule of the Umayyads.

• False

• True

The Abbasid Capital of Baghdad was one of the: 

• Most divided cities in the world, with civil wars

• Most glorious cities in the world, with palaces, architecture, and marketplaces