AP World History Chapter 6 Flashcards

5940451764	In pre-Islamic times, the status of Mecca was enhanced by	B= The Ka' aba, a religious shrine which attracted pilgrims	0
5940451765	The Prophet Muhammad had knowledge of life beyond Mecca because he was	A= A merchant and had travelled	1
5940453780	One of the strengths of Islam which made it a successful universalizing religion similar to Christianity was its	D= egalitarianism that transcended previous loyalties, ethnicities, or alliances	2
5940453781	The issue that confronted Muslims following Muhammad's death, and the issue which eventually split Muslims into Shi'a and Sunni sects involved	B= who was Muhammad's legitimate successor	3
5940453782	The Pillar of Islam which helped create the first global civilization was	C= the pilgrimage by the faithful to Mecca	4
5940456692	The reasons for the Arab's (Muslim) successful conquest of the Middle East and north Africa was most likely due to	D= The weakness caused by their long wars of Islam's two main adversaries; Persia and the Byzantine Empire	5
5940456693	The decline of women's position within Islamic civilization was due to	B= Contacts with older sedentary cultures and their highly stratified urban systems	6
5940456694	As the Muslim empire grew and the Abbasid dynasty came to power	A= Muslim rulers were increasingly isolated because of advisors and harems	7
5940458724	As similarity compared to Classical Rome, later Muslim society	E= used slave labor extensively and had an important landed elite	8
5940478983	The first flowering of Islamic civilization	D= borrowed heavily from classical civilizations, but made significant contributions in its own areas	9