Question | |
Who do Muslims believe is the last and greatest of the prophets? | Muhammad |
What is one word that can describe Muslim trade routes? | extensive |
What was the split between Shi'a and Sunni Muslims about? | Who would be caliph |
What were some mathematical achievements of Islamic culture? | Indo-Arabic numerals, algebra |
What were some technological achievements of Islamic culture? | astrolabe, quadrant |
The most important requirements for practicing Islam are called the... | Five Pillars |
What Islamic sect believes only descendants of Fatima and her husband Ali can be religious leaders? | Shi'a |
What Islamic sect believes any pious Muslim man can be a religious leader? | Sunni |
What 4 things are characteristic of Islamic art? | no human images, calligraphy, geometric designs, arabesques (designs based on nature) |
When the Ottomans conquered this city, it gave them a trading center & cultural and governmental capital city.. | Constantinople (Istanbul) |
How did Shah Abbas the Great strengthen the Safavid Empire? | By tolerating non-Muslims & encouraging their economic contributions. |
This Ottoman ruler used a grand vizier and a council to help him govern the Ottoman Empire. | Suleiman the Magnificent |
Muslim caliphates impacted Africa by helping them establish a ____ to India and China. | trade network |
Who brought Islam and the Arabic language to Africa? | Muslim traders |
In what 2 ways did Africans preserve their history? | through griots & epic stories |
What was the most likely cause of the Bantu migrations? | a sudden change in climate |
Why did Bantu speakers migrate south instead of north? | the Sahara Desert was blocking them |
What 2 products dominted trade across the Sahara Desert? | gold and salt |
Swahili is a mixture of what 2 languages? | Arabic and Bantu |
How did the rulers of Ghana grow rich? | They taxed the goods that traders carried through their territory. |
In most medieval African societies, what defining factor played the greatest role in promoting meaningful social identity? | family lineage |
These animals revolutionized trade across the Sahara Desert because they could carry heavy loads & travel miles without water. | camels |
This ruler of Mali expanded the kingdom's borders & created ties with other Muslim lands. | Mansa Musa |
What 2 things may have caused the decline of Great Zimbabwe? | civil war & dwindling trade |
What evidence suggests that Great Zimbabwe was a great commercial center? | Beads from India and porcelain from China have been found around the ruins. |
If an African village was part of a larger kingdom, they had to obey decisions made in a ________. | distant court |
The holy book of Islam is the ____. | Quran |
A West African storyteller is called a ... | griot |
The Muslim place of worship is called a ____. | Mosque |
This is the root language of west Africa on which some early African migration patterns are based. | Bantu |
The Arabic name for the pilgrimage all Muslims are expected to take once in their lifetime. | Hajj |
The most sacred temple of Islam is the ... | Kaaba |
This city is the birthplace of Muhammad; most holy city for Muslims. | Mecca |
The body of law based on teh Quran is called _____ law. | Sharia |