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APWORLD TOPIC 1.2

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which religions shaped societies in Africa and Asia?

a)

Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism

b)

Islam, Judaism, and Christianity

c)

Confucianism, Taoism, and Shinto

d)

Zoroastrianism, Sikhism, and Bahá'í Faith

2.

Where did Islam, Christianity, and Judaism all arise?

a)

Europe

b)

South America

c)

Middle East

d)

Australia

3.

Which peoples dominated most of the new Islamic political entities that emerged after the fragmentation of the Abbasid Caliphate?

a)

Roman

b)

Greek

c)

Turkic

d)

Persian

4.

What was the Abbasid Caliphate?

a)

A Christian empire that ruled Europe

b)

A Hindu empire that ruled India

c)

An Arabic Islamic empire that ruled the Middle East, Central Asia, and North Africa

d)

A Buddhist empire that ruled Southeast Asia

5.

When did the Seljuk Empire come to an end?

a)

1040

b)

1157

c)

1243

d)

1526

6.

When did the Mamluks rule Egypt, the Levant, and Syria?

a)

8th century

b)

10th century

c)

13th to early 16th century

d)

18th century

7.

What was the largest factor in the further spread of Islam across Afro-Eurasia in the period 1200–1450?

a)

Military conquests

b)

Trade

c)

Activities of Sufi missionaries

d)

Agricultural expansion

8.

What was the primary focus of Muslim states and empires in terms of intellectual pursuits?

a)

Military conquests

b)

Scholarly and scientific pursuits

c)

Trade and commerce

d)

Religious rituals

9.

What significant work did Avicenna (Ibn Sina) compile in 1025?

a)

The Book of Optics

b)

The Canon of Medicine

c)

The Almagest

d)

The Book of Healing

10.

Which of the following was NOT a focus of the Canon of Medicine?

a)

Hospitals and doctor training

b)

Use of antiseptics and sanitation

c)

Development of new religious rituals

d)

Advances in surgery

11.

Which ancient world teachings did Muslim scientists study and expand upon?

a)

Greco-Roman, South Asian, and East Asian teachings

b)

African and Australian teachings

c)

Native American teachings

d)

Polynesian teachings

12.

Which field did Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi advance as a mathematical discipline?

a)

Geometry

b)

Trigonometry

c)

Calculus

d)

Statistics

13.

Who was 'A'ishah al-Ba'uniyyah?

a)

A medieval Islamic mystic and Sufi poet

b)

A famous Greek philosopher

c)

A Roman emperor

d)

A renowned scientist from the Renaissance

14.

What was the result of the contact between the Muslim world and Western Europe?

a)

The fall of the Roman Empire

b)

The spread of Greek and Roman classical writings to Western Europe

c)

The destruction of ancient texts

d)

The rise of the Byzantine Empire

15.

Which of the following is NOT a work mentioned in Topic 1.2?

a)

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

b)

One Thousand and One Nights

c)

The Iliad

d)

Aladdin's Wonderful Lamp

16.

Which three Islamic political entities, dominated by Turkic peoples, emerged in the period 1200 - 1450 CE? Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt, Seljuk Empire, (a)   .