Q.1
Akbar the Great tried to unify the Mughal Empire and create peace between the different people of India by:
Promoting a policy of religious toleration.
Forcing all people to adopt modern dress.
Building the Taj Mahal to inspire healing.
Establishing Buddhism as the state religion.
Q.2
Islam teaches that Jews and Christians are “People of the Book” because they:
Have holy writings given by God.
Believe in education for everyone.
Follow the same rules of daily life.
Like to tell stories in their worship.
Q.3
Which is the best example of cultural diffusion?
Muslim architects built mosques with minarets.
Muslims face toward Mecca when they pray.
Muslim cities along major trade routes grew wealthy.
Muslims spread the Chinese craft of paper making to Europe.
Q.4
Which question separated the Sunnis from the Shi’a?
Is it wise to expand the empire?
Should nonbelievers be punished?
Should religious pictures of humans be permitted?
Must a caliph be descended from Muhammad?
Q.5
How is daily life different for Muslims during Ramadan?
They repeat the shahadah.
They have many large parties.
They do not eat during the day.
They gather for midday prayers.
Q.6
Mecca is located closest to which of the following bodies of water?
Mediterranean Sea
Persian Gulf
Caspian Sea
Red Sea
Q.7
In some countries Islamic law is the law of the land. Other Muslim nations have a nonreligious-based legal system. What does this show about Islamic culture?
It is based on the Quran.
It has no rules for behavior.
It varies from place to place.
It expanded through conquest.
Q.8
Which of these would most likely be found in the Sunnah?
Rulings by Islamic judges.
Poems by the angel Gabriel.
Guidance from Muhammad.
The lives of the early caliphs.
Q.9
What was the advantage of the Arabic number system?
It had no concept of zero.
It allowed people to write very small numbers.
It wrote out fractions as words instead of using symbols.
It was easier to do calculations.
Q.10
Which statement about the Islamic Golden Age is a fact rather than an opinion?
Islamic medicine was more advanced than Chinese medicine.
Poetry and literature were more important fields of study for Muslims than mathematics.
Knowledge of astronomy was used by Muslims to fulfill religious obligations.
Islamic philosophies relied less on Greek philosophical masters than on Indian philosophical masters.