AP World History #28 Flashcards

8006204230	What new crops came with the spread of Islam?	Sugarcane, rice, wheat, spinach, artichokes, eggplant, oranges, lemons, limes, banana, coconut etc.	0
8006204231	What was the effect of the new crops?	richer and more varied diet and increased quantities of food	1
8006204232	What new industry appeared in Islamic cities during the Abbasid era?	Paper manufacture	2
8006204233	What did most overland trade travel by?	Camel caravans	3
8006204234	Who is one successful Persian merchant?	Ramisht of Siraf	4
8006204235	What did banks do for the Islamic world?	Stimulated commercial economy	5
8006204236	What is sakk?	Letters of credit	6
8006204237	Where does the word check come from?	Sakk	7
8006204238	What is Islamic Spain known as?	al-Andalus	8
8006204239	Who was the merchant scholar who made his hajj in 908 and then traveled to Iraq and India on commercial ventures?	al-Marwani of Córdoba	9
8006204240	What could Arab women do that women in other societies could not?	Could legally inherit property, divorce their husbands on their own, and engage in business ventures	10
8006204241	What are madrasas?	Institutions of higher education	11
8006204242	What were one of the most effective Islamic missionaries?	Sufis	12
8006204243	The word Sufi come from?	The patched woolen garments worn by the mystics	13
8006204244	Who was the most important of the Sufis?	Al-Ghazali	14
8006204245	Why were Sufis especially effective as missionaries?	They emphasized devotion to Allah above mastery of doctrine	15
8006204246	What things did Persian traditions influence in Islamic rule?	Administration techniques and literary works	16
8006204247	What is Rubaiyat?	Verses of Omar Khayyam	17
8006204248	How did India influence Islamic states?	Mathematics, science, and medicine	18
8006204249	Who was Ibn Rushd?	He followed Aristotle and helped to shape Islamic philosophy	19