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chpt 9 test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Membership in the Islamic community known as the umma was based on a common | faith |
| which is true of pre-islamic arabia | jews, christians, and zoroastrians lived among the established arab populations |
| what initiated the division within islam between the sunnis and shias | disagreement over who should assume leadership in the Islamic world |
| what was most thoroughly islamized region in the period 600-1500 | anatolia |
| what contributed to the rapid expansion of the islamic/arab empire in the century following the death of muhammad | the weakness of the byzantine and persian empires |
| what religious traditions blended elements of Hinduism and Islam | Sikhism |
| what statement expresses a view of women found in the Quran | women were spiritually equal to men |
| in contrast to the Umayyad dynasty, the caliphs of the Abbasid dynasty | allowed non-arabs to play a prominent role in society |
| what is a distinct feature of sufism | renunciation of the material world in the pursuit of spiritual union with allah |
| what was a force that helped bind the islamic world together | the system of islamic education created by the Ulama |
| ulama | teachers in Islam |
| what was a feature of Islam that ran counter to hinduism in India | the notion of equality of all believers |
| Sufi practitioners facilitated the conversion to Islam of ppl living in anatolia and india by | emphasizing personal experience of the divine rather than the law |
| in which region was conversion to islam motivated by a desire to expand trading networks rather than from the result of conquest and islamic rule | west africa |
| what was a result of the cross-regional ties created in the expanding Islamic world | the exchange of agricultural products and practices from region to another |
| what refers to the pilgrimage to Mecca that Muslims should try to make at least once in their lifetime | Hajj |
| The arab empire that accompanied the spread of Islam stretched from | spain to india |
| why was the city of mecca important | it was the sight of the Kaaba, where pilgrims congregated |
| what is a requirement for all muslims almsgiving | almsgiving |
| what event marked the beginning of the new Islamic calendar | Muhammad's immigration to yathrib/medina |