Question

Future Flvs Students:
01.03 West Meets East Meets West- The Expansion Of Islam

Answer 1

The Mughal Empire was established by

Akbar

Babur
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Ali

Fatima

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Question 2 (Worth 5 points)

In what way was the Islamic expansion into India similar to the way Islam expanded in other areas?

Islamic expansion into India was facilitated by both Islamic merchants and conquerors.
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Islamic expansion into India was facilitated by a receptive Hindu population.

Islamic expansion into India was facilitated by a class of Asian warriors known as Sultans.

Islamic expansion into India was facilitated by a powerful Arabian navy launched in the 11th century.

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Question 3 (Worth 5 points)

Which best describes the Muslim presence in North Africa in the late seventh and early eighth centuries?

Trade connections gave Islam a presence in cities and ports where merchants went.

Muslim missionaries first traveled throughout North Africa, and armies followed later.

Islam slowly converted the peoples of North Africa without a military takeover.

Muslim armies carried their faith west across the top of the entire continent.
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Question 4 (Worth 5 points)

Which of the following statements best describes Islam's spread from the seventh through the 17th century?

Military conquests by the Arab Empire and traders of Islamic faith were the primary means for spreading Islam to Africa, Europe, and Asia.
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Islam reached North, Sub-Saharan, and East Africa, but did not take hold in Asia.

The Arab Empire rejected military conquest, therefore trade and missionaries were the primary means for spreading Islam beyond the Arabian Peninsula.

The spread of Islam was limited to the areas of the Arabian Peninsula where Muhammad traveled.

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Question 5 (Worth 5 points)

"The city of Baghdad formed two vast semi-circles on the right and left banks of the Tigris, twelve miles in diameter. The numerous suburbs, covered with parks, gardens, villas and beautiful promenades, and plentifully supplied with rich bazaars, and finely built mosques and baths, stretched for a considerable distance on both sides of the river. In the days of its prosperity the population of Baghdad and its suburbs amounted to over two millions! ...The long wide estrades at the different gates of the city were used by the citizens for gossip and recreation or for watching the flow of travelers and country folk into the capital. The different nationalities in the capital had each a head officer to represent their interests with the government, and to whom the stranger could appeal for counsel or help."
—William Stearns Davis, ed., Readings in Ancient History: Illustrative Extracts from the Sources, 2 Vols. (Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1912-13), Vol. II: Rome and the West, pp. 365-367

Considering this excerpt written by the Arab geographer Yakut in the 13th century, what can we say about Islamic Baghdad at that time?

It tolerated a diverse population.
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It forbade the practice of other religions.

It excluded non-Muslims from the city.

It imposed laws to limit the rights of non-Muslims.

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Question 6 (Worth 5 points)

If you traveled to Spanish city of Córdoba in the 10th century, which of the following would you not find?

a prosperous trading and religious center

a population larger than Paris, France

a government free from Islamic influence
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a cultural center for the region

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Question 7 (Worth 5 points)

"All the nations of the Franks trembled at that terrible army, and they betook them to their king Caldus (Charles Martel), and told him of the havoc made by the Moslem horsemen, and bow they rode at their will through all the land of Narbonne, Toulouse, and Bordeaux, and they told the king of the death of their count."
— Anon Arab Chronicler

This passage is discussing

the Battle of Corboda

the Battle of Poitiers
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the Mamluk overthrowing of the Abbasids

the invasion of the Byzantine Roman Empire

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Question 8 (Worth 5 points)

Which of the following best describes how European powers responded to Islamic expansion?

Europeans sought to convert the Arab people to Christianity to counteract Islamic influence.

Europeans were desperate to get to China before the Chinese were converted to Islam.

Europeans viewed the spread of Islam as a threat and actively worked to stop it.
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Europeans cut off all trade with the Islamic Empire.

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