Essay Questions for test!

As promised, here are the possible essay questions that will appear on tomorrow's test.

Advanced Classes :( Periods 1 and 5)

1. Provide an overview of the role of women in early Islamic society. How did their position compare to that of the pre-Islamic period?

2. List two fields in which Islamic scholars made great intellectual progress during the Abbasid Empire. Identify achievements in each field.

Comp Classes: (Periods 2 and 4)

1. Describe the importance of Makkah to both the history and practice of the Islamic Faith.

2. To whom does the term Rightly Guided Caliph refer? Explain the significance of these caliphs, identifying at least two by name.

Core: (Period 3)

List three or four ways that the development of Islam was similar to the development of Christianity. What do think are the major differences?