250017641 | What is correct about Arabs? | they were mentioned in Greek sources in the fifth century BCE, it was a province of the Roman Empire, Herodotus gave the name "arabia" to the area, they are Semitic-speaking people. | 0 | |
250017642 | What was the economic importance of Arabia in the fifth and sixth centuries? | It increased, thus creating strained relations between the Beodouins and the wealthy urban merchants. | 1 | |
250017643 | What does Qur'an mean | "recitation" | 2 | |
250017644 | What does Islam mean? | "submission" | 3 | |
250017645 | In 662 CE Muhammad left Mecca for what city? | Yathrib and Medina | 4 | |
250017646 | What is the Muslin Community? | umma | 5 | |
250017647 | What is the Qur'an | a code of law, the sacred book of Islam, guidebooks for morals and ethics, and a statement of political theory | 6 | |
250017648 | What are some of the Pillars of Islam? | Fast from down to sunset during the holy month of Ramadan, give alms to the poor, make a pilgrimage to Mecca, and pray five times a day | 7 | |
250017649 | What is the Shari'a? | a law code | 8 | |
250017650 | What are the followers of Abu Bakr known as? | Sunnis | 9 | |
250017651 | What are the partisans of Ali known as | Shi'ites | 10 | |
250017652 | What was the capital of the Umayyad dynasty? | Damascus | 11 | |
250017653 | In the West, Islam... | was defeated in France by Charles Martel | 12 | |
250017654 | Which two empires suffered as a result of the spread of Islam? | The Byzantine and Sassanian | 13 | |
250017655 | In 717 what was Constantinople saved by? | Greek fire | 14 | |
250017656 | What was the capital of the Abbasid Empire? | Baghdad | 15 | |
250017657 | What contributed to the decline and fall of the Abbasid Empire? | family rivalry, environmental problems, the rise of the non-Arabs to positions of leadership, and political and economic corruption | 16 | |
250017658 | What happened in the eleventh century? | the defeat of the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of Manzikert eventually led to the crusades | 17 | |
250017659 | What is true about the Mongols? | they united under Genghis Kahn, they were pastoral people from Asia, they seuzed Persia and Mesopotamie, ending the caliphate at Baghdad, and by the 14th century the Mongol Em[ire began to divide. | 18 | |
250017660 | Which of the following statements is correct about Islam? | Arab society was one of the most egalitarian societies of its time | 19 | |
250017661 | During Roman times, Arabia was inhabited mainly by nomadic peoples called | Bedouins | 20 | |
250017662 | Practitioners of Islam | Muslims | 21 | |
250017663 | The pilgrimage to Mecca | hajj | 22 | |
250017664 | In the eleventh century, who seized power from the Abbasids? | Seljuk Turks | 23 | |
250017665 | The great hilltop fortess in Granada | Alhambra | 24 |
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