LCAS COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS GRADE A+ NEWEST 2024 UPDATE
Which of the following was characteristic of pre-Islamic society in the Arabian
Peninsula?
A) Codified legal systems
B) Hierarchical state structures
C) Kin-based political systems
D) Centralized armies
C) Kin-based political systems
Which of the following is NOT a reason why Ali is such a significant figure in
Islam?
A) He was Muhammad's cousin
B) He was the husband of Muhammad's daughter Fatima
C) He represented a broad coalition of interests calling for greater equality among
all
Muslims, both Arab and non-Arab
D) He was the uncontested successor to the caliphate
D) He was the uncontested successor to the caliphate
Which of the following was NOT characteristic of the Umayyad dynasty?
A) It borrowed administratively from the Byzantines
B) It sought the continued expansion of Islam
C) It moved the capital from Mecca to Constantinople
D) It accrued vast levels of wealth from conquests
C) It moved the capital from Mecca to Constantinople
What was most stunning about the Arab conquests of the 600s?
A) The number of men involved in these conquests
B) The level of sophistication in the tactics used in the conquests
C) The durability of these conquests
,D) The lengthy amount of time it took for these conquests to be completed
C) The durability of these conquests
Which of the following was characteristic of pre-Islamic society in the Arabian
Peninsula?
A) Codified legal systems
B) Hierarchical state structures
C) Kin-based political systems
D) Centralized armies
C) Kin-based political systems
Which of the following is NOT a reason why Ali is such a significant figure in
Islam?
A) He was Muhammad's cousin
B) He was the husband of Muhammad's daughter Fatima
C) He represented a broad coalition of interests calling for greater equality among
all
Muslims, both Arab and non-Arab
D) He was the uncontested successor to the caliphate
D) He was the uncontested successor to the caliphate
Which of the following was NOT characteristic of the Umayyad dynasty?
A) It borrowed administratively from the Byzantines
B) It sought the continued expansion of Islam
C) It moved the capital from Mecca to Constantinople
D) It accrued vast levels of wealth from conquests
C) It moved the capital from Mecca to Constantinople
What was most stunning about the Arab conquests of the 600s?
A) The number of men involved in these conquests
B) The level of sophistication in the tactics used in the conquests
C) The durability of these conquests
D) The lengthy amount of time it took for these conquests to be completed
,C) The durability of these conquests
Which of the following was characteristic of pre-Islamic society in the Arabian
Peninsula?
A) Codified legal systems
B) Hierarchical state structures
C) Kin-based political systems
D) Centralized armies
C) Kin-based political systems
Which of the following is NOT a reason why Ali is such a significant figure in
Islam?
A) He was Muhammad's cousin
B) He was the husband of Muhammad's daughter Fatima
C) He represented a broad coalition of interests calling for greater equality among
all
Muslims, both Arab and non-Arab
D) He was the uncontested successor to the caliphate
D) He was the uncontested successor to the caliphate
Which of the following was NOT characteristic of the Umayyad dynasty?
A) It borrowed administratively from the Byzantines
B) It sought the continued expansion of Islam
C) It moved the capital from Mecca to Constantinople
D) It accrued vast levels of wealth from conquests
C) It moved the capital from Mecca to Constantinople
What was most stunning about the Arab conquests of the 600s?
A) The number of men involved in these conquests
B) The level of sophistication in the tactics used in the conquests
C) The durability of these conquests
D) The lengthy amount of time it took for these conquests to be completed
C) The durability of these conquests
, Which of the following enabled empires (such as the Acheminid Empire) to
dominate increasingly extensive territories?
A) Improvements in agriculture and military technology
B) Improvements in transportation and communication
C) The development of social and administrative organizations
D) All of the answers are correct
D) All of the answers are correct
Which of the following was NOT a source of the Byzantine Empire's decline?
A) Warfare with rival empire(s)
B) Increased taxation of subjects
C) Sectarian differences within Christianity
D) Incompatibility of Christianity with Zoroastrianism
D) Incompatibility of Christianity with Zoroastrianism
Why does Muhammad's wife Khadijah hold an honored place in Islam?
A) She helped Muhammad to write the Quran
B) She received revelations from God
C) She was the first convert to Islam after Muhammad
D) She is used an example of an ideal Muslim in the first Sura of the Quran
C) She was the first convert to Islam after Muhammad
What does the first year of the Muslim calendar (622 CE) mark?
A) The hijrah: the migration of Muslims from Mecca to Medina
B) The year Muhammad first received revelations from God
C) The year Muhammad and his followers conquered Mecca and proclaimed the
Ka'ba a sacred shrine of God
D) The year of Muhammad's birth
A) The hijrah: the migration of Muslims from Mecca to Medina
Which of the following was NOT a caliph of the Abbasid Empire?
A) al-Mansur
ANSWERS GRADE A+ NEWEST 2024 UPDATE
Which of the following was characteristic of pre-Islamic society in the Arabian
Peninsula?
A) Codified legal systems
B) Hierarchical state structures
C) Kin-based political systems
D) Centralized armies
C) Kin-based political systems
Which of the following is NOT a reason why Ali is such a significant figure in
Islam?
A) He was Muhammad's cousin
B) He was the husband of Muhammad's daughter Fatima
C) He represented a broad coalition of interests calling for greater equality among
all
Muslims, both Arab and non-Arab
D) He was the uncontested successor to the caliphate
D) He was the uncontested successor to the caliphate
Which of the following was NOT characteristic of the Umayyad dynasty?
A) It borrowed administratively from the Byzantines
B) It sought the continued expansion of Islam
C) It moved the capital from Mecca to Constantinople
D) It accrued vast levels of wealth from conquests
C) It moved the capital from Mecca to Constantinople
What was most stunning about the Arab conquests of the 600s?
A) The number of men involved in these conquests
B) The level of sophistication in the tactics used in the conquests
C) The durability of these conquests
,D) The lengthy amount of time it took for these conquests to be completed
C) The durability of these conquests
Which of the following was characteristic of pre-Islamic society in the Arabian
Peninsula?
A) Codified legal systems
B) Hierarchical state structures
C) Kin-based political systems
D) Centralized armies
C) Kin-based political systems
Which of the following is NOT a reason why Ali is such a significant figure in
Islam?
A) He was Muhammad's cousin
B) He was the husband of Muhammad's daughter Fatima
C) He represented a broad coalition of interests calling for greater equality among
all
Muslims, both Arab and non-Arab
D) He was the uncontested successor to the caliphate
D) He was the uncontested successor to the caliphate
Which of the following was NOT characteristic of the Umayyad dynasty?
A) It borrowed administratively from the Byzantines
B) It sought the continued expansion of Islam
C) It moved the capital from Mecca to Constantinople
D) It accrued vast levels of wealth from conquests
C) It moved the capital from Mecca to Constantinople
What was most stunning about the Arab conquests of the 600s?
A) The number of men involved in these conquests
B) The level of sophistication in the tactics used in the conquests
C) The durability of these conquests
D) The lengthy amount of time it took for these conquests to be completed
,C) The durability of these conquests
Which of the following was characteristic of pre-Islamic society in the Arabian
Peninsula?
A) Codified legal systems
B) Hierarchical state structures
C) Kin-based political systems
D) Centralized armies
C) Kin-based political systems
Which of the following is NOT a reason why Ali is such a significant figure in
Islam?
A) He was Muhammad's cousin
B) He was the husband of Muhammad's daughter Fatima
C) He represented a broad coalition of interests calling for greater equality among
all
Muslims, both Arab and non-Arab
D) He was the uncontested successor to the caliphate
D) He was the uncontested successor to the caliphate
Which of the following was NOT characteristic of the Umayyad dynasty?
A) It borrowed administratively from the Byzantines
B) It sought the continued expansion of Islam
C) It moved the capital from Mecca to Constantinople
D) It accrued vast levels of wealth from conquests
C) It moved the capital from Mecca to Constantinople
What was most stunning about the Arab conquests of the 600s?
A) The number of men involved in these conquests
B) The level of sophistication in the tactics used in the conquests
C) The durability of these conquests
D) The lengthy amount of time it took for these conquests to be completed
C) The durability of these conquests
, Which of the following enabled empires (such as the Acheminid Empire) to
dominate increasingly extensive territories?
A) Improvements in agriculture and military technology
B) Improvements in transportation and communication
C) The development of social and administrative organizations
D) All of the answers are correct
D) All of the answers are correct
Which of the following was NOT a source of the Byzantine Empire's decline?
A) Warfare with rival empire(s)
B) Increased taxation of subjects
C) Sectarian differences within Christianity
D) Incompatibility of Christianity with Zoroastrianism
D) Incompatibility of Christianity with Zoroastrianism
Why does Muhammad's wife Khadijah hold an honored place in Islam?
A) She helped Muhammad to write the Quran
B) She received revelations from God
C) She was the first convert to Islam after Muhammad
D) She is used an example of an ideal Muslim in the first Sura of the Quran
C) She was the first convert to Islam after Muhammad
What does the first year of the Muslim calendar (622 CE) mark?
A) The hijrah: the migration of Muslims from Mecca to Medina
B) The year Muhammad first received revelations from God
C) The year Muhammad and his followers conquered Mecca and proclaimed the
Ka'ba a sacred shrine of God
D) The year of Muhammad's birth
A) The hijrah: the migration of Muslims from Mecca to Medina
Which of the following was NOT a caliph of the Abbasid Empire?
A) al-Mansur
