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| 5210791458 | The trade between the Arabs and the Sasanid Empire was beneficial because they supplied | camels | 0 | |
| 5210799697 | The Sasanid Empire was centered in what present-day area? | iran | 1 | |
| 5210803059 | The Sansanid and Byzantine empires avoided political fragmentation such as occurred in Medieval Europe because they | central control, aristocracy, arts, integrating frontier people as mercenaries or caravaneers | 2 | |
| 5210806781 | The establishment of Zoroastrianism and Christianity as official faiths in the Byzantine and Sasanid empires set what precedent? | the subsequent rise of Islam as the focus of a political empire | 3 | |
| 5210809196 | Religious conflicts in the Byzantine Empire resulted in treatment of Nestorian Christians as | heretics for overemphasizing the humaneness of christ | 4 | |
| 5210811497 | Manichaeism is a faith derived from Zoroastrianism and is founded on the idea that there is | struggle between good and evil | 5 | |
| 5210814544 | Although the Arabs retained their religious independence, Arab contacts with religious conflicts in the region led to what? | knowledge of christianity penetrating deeper into arab peninsula | 6 | |
| 5210819404 | The Sasanids saw Arabs as | monkeys on the backs of camels | 7 | |
| 5210819405 | How did the Arabs become familiar with the lifeways of the Sasanids and Byzantines? | caravan trade | 8 | |
| 5210823694 | Why is Mecca an important city? | Muhammad was born in it, pilgrimage state | 9 | |
| 5210829117 | What does Muslim mean? | submissions | 10 | |
| 5210830866 | What does Islam mean? | word of god | 11 | |
| 5210830886 | Muhammad's teachings seem to be in agreement with | judaism and christianity | 12 | |
| 5210834089 | After Meccan leaders felt threatened by his popularity, Muhammad fled Mecca; his flight known as the | the hijra | 13 | |
| 5210834090 | What is a community accepting Islam and believing that Muhammad was the "Messenger of God" called? | umma | 14 | |
| 5210836969 | What did the Muslim community do after Muhammad's death? | determined abu bakr should succeed him | 15 | |
| 5210845294 | . Disagreements in the umma arose over what? | Sunnis | 16 | |
| 5210850237 | What was the dispute that caused the Muslims to fight in the Battle of the Camel? | Muhammad close friends challenged ali about becoming the caliph | 17 | |
| 5210852345 | What are the Muslims called who believe the first three caliphs were properly selected? | sunnis | 18 | |
| 5210854498 | Under the leadership of the caliphs, an enormous expansion was completed, including what territories? | Syria, Egypt, Spain, ect | 19 | |
| 5210856933 | What is the false assumption regarding Muslim rule over foreign lands? | forced conversion on population | 20 | |
| 5210861997 | . What was the cause of the decline of the Umayyad Empire? | growing unrest from many quarters, Muslims politics demanding power | 21 | |
| 5210864180 | Why is the Abbasid rule considered a "golden age"? | a mass multilingual, multi ethnic society of Muslims. art and science, expansion of ideas | 22 | |
| 5210865993 | Why did the Abbasid power decline, even though conversions to Islam were at their peak? | too big to control | 23 | |
| 5210868001 | The caliphs acquired a standing army of Turkish mercenaries. What were they called? | mamiuks | 24 | |
| 5210869726 | In 945, the Abbasid Caliphate fell under the influence of | mountain warriors, northern Iran | 25 | |
| 5210871678 | The increase in non-Arabic literature in the Islamic world was a reflection what? | Iran distinguishing from Arab world | 26 | |
| 5210873963 | Umayyad Spain developed a distinctive Islamic culture because of what? | cultural blending of roman, Germanic, and Jewish traditions with those of Arabs and Berbers | 27 | |
| 5210876744 | What was the impact of Islamic rule in Spain? | create new architectural and literary styles, introduced new crops, notably citrus fruits and irrigation tech | 28 | |
| 5210879173 | Under Islamic leadership, the Jewish people of Spain contributed what to the cultural growth of Spain? | cultural growth of some of the greatest writers | 29 | |
| 5210880998 | Who were the ulama? | religious scholars | 30 | |
| 5210883740 | Who were among the nomads that posed military threats to the Islamic Caliphate? | Seljuk Turks | 31 | |
| 5210885684 | Who were the foreign threats to the Islamic Caliphate? | christian crusades, mongols | 32 | |
| 5210888942 | The foundation of Islamic civilization is the Shari'a. What is Shari'a? | law of Islam | 33 | |
| 5210890935 | The great vision of the shari'a is an umma with common | common moral values, minimizing ethnic and political division | 34 | |
| 5210892877 | The conversion to Islam was primarily a result of what | the gradual communication of knowledge about the new ruler's religion (Islam) | 35 | |
| 5210895772 | While the doctrines of Sufism varied, what was the common denominator? | the quest for a a sense of union with god through ritual and training | 36 |
