MME Quiz Questions – Study Guide, Practice Questions, and Revision Material for Exam
Preparation
which of the following enabled empires (such as the Achaemenid Empire) to dominate
increasingly extensive territories? - ✔✔all of the answers are correct
which of the following was NOT a source of the Byzantine Empire's decline? -
✔✔incompatibility of Christianity with Zoroastrianism
why does Muhammad's wife Khadijah hold an honored place in Islam? - ✔✔she was the first
convert to Islam after Muhammad
who transmitted God's message to Muhammad on the night of power? - ✔✔Gabriel
what does the first year of the Muslim calendar (622 CE) mark? - ✔✔the hijrah: the migration
of Muslims from Mecca to Medina
which of the following was NOT a caliph of the Abbasid Empire? - ✔✔Mu'awiyah
how did Muhammad bring Mecca into his expanding Islamic community? - ✔✔in 630, he led a
force of 10,000 men to Mecca and negotiated the city's surrender
which of the following best describes a caliph? - ✔✔the religious and political leader of the
Islamic community
which of the following most accurately describes the Rashidun? - ✔✔Abu Bakr and his three
successors, who are known as the rightly guided caliphs
, the period of the Arab conquests and the building of an Islamic empire began with which
caliph? - ✔✔Umar (634-644)
within 100 years of Muhammad's death, Arab forces had reached all of the following EXCEPT
_________________ - ✔✔the Balkans
which of the following most accurately describes dhimmis? - ✔✔non-Muslim members of
tolerated religions who were allowed to practice their own religions if they paid a special poll
tax
how did the Abbasid Empire address the issue of political authority? - ✔✔political authority
was placed into the hands of an absolute monarch
chapters of the Quran are called _________________ - ✔✔suras
before the birth of Islam, the settled lands of the Middle East were ruled by two imperial states:
the Roman-Byzantine Empire and the _________________ - ✔✔Sasanian Empire
which of the following was characteristic of pre-Islamic society in the Arabian Peninsula? -
✔✔kin-based political systems
which of the following is NOT a reason why Ali is such a significant figure in Islam? - ✔✔he was
the uncontested successor to the caliphate
which of the following was NOT characteristic of the Umayyad dynasty? - ✔✔it moved the
capital from Mecca to Constantinople
what was most stunning about the Arab conquests of the 600s? - ✔✔the durability of these
conquests
Preparation
which of the following enabled empires (such as the Achaemenid Empire) to dominate
increasingly extensive territories? - ✔✔all of the answers are correct
which of the following was NOT a source of the Byzantine Empire's decline? -
✔✔incompatibility of Christianity with Zoroastrianism
why does Muhammad's wife Khadijah hold an honored place in Islam? - ✔✔she was the first
convert to Islam after Muhammad
who transmitted God's message to Muhammad on the night of power? - ✔✔Gabriel
what does the first year of the Muslim calendar (622 CE) mark? - ✔✔the hijrah: the migration
of Muslims from Mecca to Medina
which of the following was NOT a caliph of the Abbasid Empire? - ✔✔Mu'awiyah
how did Muhammad bring Mecca into his expanding Islamic community? - ✔✔in 630, he led a
force of 10,000 men to Mecca and negotiated the city's surrender
which of the following best describes a caliph? - ✔✔the religious and political leader of the
Islamic community
which of the following most accurately describes the Rashidun? - ✔✔Abu Bakr and his three
successors, who are known as the rightly guided caliphs
, the period of the Arab conquests and the building of an Islamic empire began with which
caliph? - ✔✔Umar (634-644)
within 100 years of Muhammad's death, Arab forces had reached all of the following EXCEPT
_________________ - ✔✔the Balkans
which of the following most accurately describes dhimmis? - ✔✔non-Muslim members of
tolerated religions who were allowed to practice their own religions if they paid a special poll
tax
how did the Abbasid Empire address the issue of political authority? - ✔✔political authority
was placed into the hands of an absolute monarch
chapters of the Quran are called _________________ - ✔✔suras
before the birth of Islam, the settled lands of the Middle East were ruled by two imperial states:
the Roman-Byzantine Empire and the _________________ - ✔✔Sasanian Empire
which of the following was characteristic of pre-Islamic society in the Arabian Peninsula? -
✔✔kin-based political systems
which of the following is NOT a reason why Ali is such a significant figure in Islam? - ✔✔he was
the uncontested successor to the caliphate
which of the following was NOT characteristic of the Umayyad dynasty? - ✔✔it moved the
capital from Mecca to Constantinople
what was most stunning about the Arab conquests of the 600s? - ✔✔the durability of these
conquests
