Islamic Civilization Test Review
In addition to reviewing and answering these questions, be sure to review all notes and read the corresponding section of your textbook.
1.
What regions did Islam spread after the 600s?
2.
What was the name of the people who inhabited Arabia before Islam? How did their culture impact Islam? How was their culture impacted by Islam?
3.
Describe the founding of Mecca and its importance to pre & post-Islamic Arabia.
4.
Describe and explain the role and status of women in pre-Islamic Arabia. What does this model suggest about gender relations throughout world history?
5.
Describe the early life of Muhammad and his evolution as the prophet of Islam.
6.
Define the concept of ummah? What socializing function did it play in the history of the Bedouin clans?
7.
What was the relationship between Muhammad and the Umayyads?
8.
Drescribe and define Muhammad's views toward other monotheistic religions.
9.
What are the five pillars of the Islamic faith?
10.
Explain the impact and effect of Muhammad’s death on the Islamic community.
11.
What Islamic caliph and dynasty is describe in the work The Thousand and One Nights ?
12.
How did the power of caliph change during the Abbasid Empire and the reign of Harun al-Rashid?
13.
What accounts for the disruption of the agricultural economy of the Abbasid Empire?
14.
Who captured Baghdad in 945, 1055, and 1258?
15.
How did the Islamic invasion of India differ from previous incursions into the subcontinent?
16.
Explain the major differences between Islam and Hinduism.
17.
What term is used to define African societies that are organized around kinship or other forms of obligation and lack a concentration of political power and authority?
18.
Define and describe the religious beliefs of sub-Saharan Africa.
19.
What was the major drawback to African trade with other civilizations?
20.
What was the most important Christian kingdom in Africa?
21.
In what regions of Africa was the influence of Islam most profound?