Ch 13 & 14 CFA "Not a Test"

This commodity was highly prized from India

• gold

• salt

• spices

• silk

Which statement is false?

• salt is needed for a healthy diet

• salt was plentiful

• salt preserves food

• refrigeration did not exist yet

This word means "successor"

• mosque

• caliph

• imam

Islamic law is called

• Sunna

• Qur'an

• Shari'a

The time period between 500-1500 AD is know as

• ancient times

• medieval times

• modern times

Muslim scholars used the decimal system and encouraged its adoption as the world's standard number system

• True

• False

This man created a 30-volume medical encyclopedia

• Ibn Rushd

• al-Zahrawi

• Omar Khayyam

The city became a great Islamic learning center in West Africa

• Djenne

• Koumbi Saleh

• Cairo

• Timbuktu

Another name for a trade good is called a

• scarcity

• commodity

• griot

• mansa

When Muhammad and his followers fled Mecca to Medina (Yathrib), this event became known as year 1 on the Muslim calendar or the

• hijrah

• allah

• shari'a