AP World History Chapter 9 Flashcards

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