Unit 3 Review: Middle Ages in Islamic World, Africa, China

Which are the following are ways that Islam spread?

• trade and merchant activity

• military conquest

• missionary activity

• All of the above

The Umayyad dynasty was replaced by

• Abbasid rulers.

• Bedouin rulers.

• Seljuk Turks.

• Sunni rulers.

As the Arab Empire grew, people who were not Muslims or did not convert to Islam in the conquered territories

• had to give up all of their property to the empire.

• had to pay special taxes.

• were banished from those territories.

• were imprisoned for at least five years.

After Muhammad's death, his successors were known as

• imams
• caliphs
• sharias
• czars

What issue confronted Muslims after Muhammad's death and eventually split the Muslims into Shi'ia and Sunni sects?

• morality of jihad against enemies of Islam
• validity of  accounts from the Quran
• who was Muhammad's legitimate successor
• persecution of Christians and Jews

A majority of Muslims are

• Sunni

• Shi'a

Islam in west Africa...

• was popular with most elements of society

• converted the kings and elites first without necessarily affecting the common people

• had little lasting effect on the area

Trans-Saharan trade brought this religion to West Africa from the Arabian peninsula

• Christianity
• Islam
• Buddhism
• Hinduism

What did Mansa Musa give away on his journey to Mecca?

• gold
• sliver
• salt

The Silk Road was what?

• One road that was the color of silk. 
• A network of roads used for trading.
• A road that only silk was traded on.
• The name of the first road in Asia.