Difference between revisions of "MEAS 200 midterm study guide"
Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
'''Short answer essay questions:'''<br> | '''Short answer essay questions:'''<br> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
− | - Describe | + | - Describe religion, trade and culture in pre-Islamic Arabia.<br> |
- What is the status of women as portrayed in the Quran?<br> | - What is the status of women as portrayed in the Quran?<br> | ||
- Describe the expansion of Islam from the Arabian Peninsula during the first century after the Prophet Muhammad's death.<br> | - Describe the expansion of Islam from the Arabian Peninsula during the first century after the Prophet Muhammad's death.<br> | ||
Line 8: | Line 8: | ||
- Describe kingship, religion and trade in the empire of Mali.<br> | - Describe kingship, religion and trade in the empire of Mali.<br> | ||
- What was the role of trade and Islam in linking West Africa to the Mediterranean?<br> | - What was the role of trade and Islam in linking West Africa to the Mediterranean?<br> | ||
− | - Describe the Ottoman ruling institutions and how they supported the expansion of the Ottoman Empire | + | - Describe the Ottoman ruling institutions and how they supported the expansion of the Ottoman Empire.<br> |
- Who were the Ottoman slave elite?<br> | - Who were the Ottoman slave elite?<br> | ||
- What was the Millet system which prevailed during the Ottoman Empire?<br> | - What was the Millet system which prevailed during the Ottoman Empire?<br> | ||
Line 17: | Line 17: | ||
- What were some economic factors behind the abolition of the trans-Atlantic slave trade?<br> | - What were some economic factors behind the abolition of the trans-Atlantic slave trade?<br> | ||
- Give three examples of the African resistance of slavery: in Africa, Europe and America.<br> | - Give three examples of the African resistance of slavery: in Africa, Europe and America.<br> | ||
+ | - What was the concept of modernity for Muhammad Ali? For Sultan Mahmud II? <br> | ||
+ | - Describe the Mahdist movement in the Sudan. | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
'''Terms'''<br> | '''Terms'''<br> | ||
Line 39: | Line 41: | ||
Mansa Musa<br> | Mansa Musa<br> | ||
Olaudah Equiano<br> | Olaudah Equiano<br> | ||
+ | Sultan Mahmud II<br> | ||
+ | Tippu Tip<br> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
'''Cities''':<br> | '''Cities''':<br> | ||
Line 47: | Line 51: | ||
Timbuktu<br> | Timbuktu<br> | ||
Elmina<br> | Elmina<br> | ||
+ | Kilwa<br> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
<br> | <br> |
Latest revision as of 00:06, 24 October 2008
Short answer essay questions:
- Describe religion, trade and culture in pre-Islamic Arabia.
- What is the status of women as portrayed in the Quran?
- Describe the expansion of Islam from the Arabian Peninsula during the first century after the Prophet Muhammad's death.
- Write about four features of Islamic civilization during the Abbasid Empire.
- Describe kingship, religion and trade in the empire of Mali.
- What was the role of trade and Islam in linking West Africa to the Mediterranean?
- Describe the Ottoman ruling institutions and how they supported the expansion of the Ottoman Empire.
- Who were the Ottoman slave elite?
- What was the Millet system which prevailed during the Ottoman Empire?
- How did the trans-Atlantic slave trade disrupt the development of Africa?
- Explain the "triangular" trade, and how European merchants benefited from it.
- What was the connection between the discovery of America and the slave trade?
- Contrast the internal slave trade in west Africa before the 16th century, and the trans-Atlantic slave trade from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries.
- What were some economic factors behind the abolition of the trans-Atlantic slave trade?
- Give three examples of the African resistance of slavery: in Africa, Europe and America.
- What was the concept of modernity for Muhammad Ali? For Sultan Mahmud II?
- Describe the Mahdist movement in the Sudan.
Terms
Quran
Jihad
Ulama
Shari'ah
Fatwa
jizya or jizyah
The five pillars of Islam
The Tradition of gazi
The law of differentiation
Anti- Slavery Squadron
Historical figures:
Prophet Muhammad
Ali ibn Abi Talib
Shah Isma'il
Salah al-Din (Saladin)
Mansa Musa
Olaudah Equiano
Sultan Mahmud II
Tippu Tip
Cities:
Mecca and Medina
Damascus
Baghdad
Cairo
Timbuktu
Elmina
Kilwa
Ethnicity:
Identify the following ethnic designations, in light of the material we've read and discussed so far:
Arab
Berber
Malinke
Turks
The Oromo or Galla
The Funji