AP World History MCQ: AP World History Chapter 7

AP World History Chapter 7

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Contacts between Hindus and Muslims led to

(A) the seclusion of Hindu women.
(B) constant warfare between the two groups.
(C) the absorption by the Muslims of many Hindu social practices.
(D) mass conversion of Hindus to Islam.
(E) decreased trade opportunities.

Answer: C

All of these Indian groups were attracted to Islam and converted EXCEPT:

(A) people who lived in the Indus and Ganges River plains.
(B) Buddhists.
(C) Untouchables.
(D) low-caste Hindus.
(E) high-caste Hindus.

Answer: E

The Abbasid reign ended when

(A) Mongol soldiers sacked Baghdad.
(B) the Seljuk Turks overran the empire.
(C) Christian crusaders took Jerusalem.
(D) the Mamluks invaded the empire.
(E) Shi'a governors and troops revolted and murdered the last caliph.

Answer: A

The Sufis

(A) condemned scientific and cultural borrowing from non-Muslim sources.
(B) helped spread Islam.
(C) objected to the violence and social strife, which befell the Abbasid world.
(D) led religious wars against Christians in Europe and the Middle East.
(E) attempted to blend Islam with Judaism and Christianity.

Answer: B

During the Abbasid caliphate, the language associated with administration and scholarship was

(A) Arabic.
(B) Turkish.
(C) Hebrew.
(D) Armenian.
(E) Persian

Answer: E

The greatest beneficiaries of the sustained urban prosperity during the rule of the Abbasids were

(A) women, who acquired rights to own property.
(B) slaves, when the caliphs emancipated them and gave them lands to farm.
(C) poor workers, who were freed from taxes.
(D) artisans, artists, architects, and merchants.
(E) foreigners, especially non-Muslims, who ran the empire's bureaucracy

Answer: D