Exam # World History 2302: 001-Spring 2018-Dr. Mark Saad Saka Name: Multiple Cho

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Exam # World History 2302: 001-Spring 2018-Dr. Mark Saad Saka Name: Multiple Choice: 3 points each: 1. The Semitic language family would include which languages? a. Aramaic, Hebrew, and Arabic b. Farsi (Persian), Kurdish, and Pashtun c. Turkish, Aeri and Finnish d. Armenian, Greek, and Georgiarn 2. The Indo-European language family would include which languages? a. Aramaic, Hebrew, and Arabic b, Farsi, (Persian), Kurdish, and Pashtun c. Turkish, Azeri, and Finnish d. Armenian, Greek, and Georgian 3. The Altaic languages family would include which languages? a. Aramaic, Hebrew, and Arabic b. Farsi (Persian, Kurdish, and Pashtun c. Turkish, Azeri, and Finnish d. Armenian, Greek, and Georgiar 4. The majority of the world's Muslims belong to which branch of Islam? a. Sunni b. Shhite c. Sufi d. Wahabbi e. Arabian 5. To this day, being Shiite is a part of the national identity of Iranians. a. TRUE b. FALSE 6. The Safavids a. All of these. b. Suppressed the Sufi order. c. Persecuted the Sunnis. d. Brought Shiite theologians from Mt. Lebanon. 7. The Ottoman expansion is one of the great historical events because of its impact on the Middle East and on Europe. a. TRUE b. FALSE 8. The Ottoman advances threatened Europe, especially when they attacked a. Valenciennes b. Vietnam. c. Vienna d. Venice.

Explanation / Answer

1. Semitic = Dealing with semites or middle-eastern people. The languages include:

a. Aramaic, Hebrew and Arabic.

2. The Indo European family as the name indicates, the languages are spoken in Europe to (northern) Indian subcontinent. The languages include:

b. Farsi (Persian), Kurdish and Pashtun.

Note: Finnish is Uralic while Georgian is Kartvelian.

3. Altic languages include:

c. Turkish, Azeri and Finnish.

4. Majority of World's muslims follow the branch of Islam named after Sunnat the Islamic way of life and are

a. Sunni.

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