Regents Answers to Questions
CORRECT ANSWERS ARE IN BOLD AND ENLARGED
1.) Base your answer to the following question on the passage below and on your knowledge
of social studies.
. .. .The actual journey to Mecca [Makkah] began on the fifth of Dhu d-Hijjah, 1393 (the
29th of December, 1973, according to the Gregorian calendar), at Beirut International
Airport, but it was not until the afternoon of the seventh that I donned [put on] the Ihram
[robe] and drove along on the road from Jiddah to Mecca. The road was crowded with
cars, buses and trucks all packed with pilgrims chanting the Hajj refrain, the Talbiyah: ... — Michael E. Jansen, An American Girl on the Hajj
This passage describes the experience of a follower of
(1) Christianity
(2) Islam
(3) Hinduism
(4) Judaism
2.) Base your answer to the following question on the passage below and on your knowledge
of social studies.
1. In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
2. Praise be to Allah, The Cherisher and Sustainer of the Worlds;
3. Most Gracious, Most Merciful;
4. Master of the Day of Judgement.
5. Thee do we worship, And Thine aid we seek.
6. Show us the straight way,
7. The way of those on whom Thou hast bestowed Thy Grace, Those whose (portion) Is
not wrath, And who go not astray. — ʻAbdullah Yusuf ʻAli, ed., The Meaning of The Holy Quran,
Amana Publications, 1999
Which concept is best reflected in this passage?
(1) baptism
(2) karma
(3) monotheism
(4) animism
3.) A major contribution of the Golden Age of Islam was the
(1) development of mercantilism
(2) creation of the first polytheistic religion
(3) spread of democratic ideals
(4) advancement of mathematics and science
4.) Many achievements of Islamic civilization reached European society by way of the
(1) Crusades and eastern Mediterranean trading networks
(2) merchant guilds and the Industrial Revolution
(3) Middle Passage and the Columbian Exchange
(4) conquests of the Germanic tribes and trade along the Silk Road
5.) One way in which the Five Relationships, the Ten Commandments, and the Eightfold
Path are similar is that they
(1) promote polytheism
(2) establish gender equality
(3) provide codes of behavior
(4) describe secularism
6.) Judaism, Islam, and Christianity share a belief in
(1) papal supremacy
(2) teachings of the Koran (Quran)
(3) reincarnation and the Four Noble Truths
(4) an ethical code of conduct and monotheism
7.) The phrase “from southern Spain, across Northern Africa, occupying the Arabian peninsula to Southeast Asia” once described the extent of the
(1) Aztec Empire
(2) Pax Romana
(3) Gupta Empire
(4) Muslim Empire
8.) Which factor helps explain the scientific and literary achievements of the Muslims during their Golden Age (A.D. 800-1300)?
(1) expansion of trans-Atlantic trade
(2) innovations introduced by the Europeans during the Renaissance
(3) cultural diversity accepted by many Islamic governments
(4) legal equality of all people in the Islamic empire
of social studies.
. .. .The actual journey to Mecca [Makkah] began on the fifth of Dhu d-Hijjah, 1393 (the
29th of December, 1973, according to the Gregorian calendar), at Beirut International
Airport, but it was not until the afternoon of the seventh that I donned [put on] the Ihram
[robe] and drove along on the road from Jiddah to Mecca. The road was crowded with
cars, buses and trucks all packed with pilgrims chanting the Hajj refrain, the Talbiyah: ... — Michael E. Jansen, An American Girl on the Hajj
This passage describes the experience of a follower of
(1) Christianity
(2) Islam
(3) Hinduism
(4) Judaism
2.) Base your answer to the following question on the passage below and on your knowledge
of social studies.
1. In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
2. Praise be to Allah, The Cherisher and Sustainer of the Worlds;
3. Most Gracious, Most Merciful;
4. Master of the Day of Judgement.
5. Thee do we worship, And Thine aid we seek.
6. Show us the straight way,
7. The way of those on whom Thou hast bestowed Thy Grace, Those whose (portion) Is
not wrath, And who go not astray. — ʻAbdullah Yusuf ʻAli, ed., The Meaning of The Holy Quran,
Amana Publications, 1999
Which concept is best reflected in this passage?
(1) baptism
(2) karma
(3) monotheism
(4) animism
3.) A major contribution of the Golden Age of Islam was the
(1) development of mercantilism
(2) creation of the first polytheistic religion
(3) spread of democratic ideals
(4) advancement of mathematics and science
4.) Many achievements of Islamic civilization reached European society by way of the
(1) Crusades and eastern Mediterranean trading networks
(2) merchant guilds and the Industrial Revolution
(3) Middle Passage and the Columbian Exchange
(4) conquests of the Germanic tribes and trade along the Silk Road
5.) One way in which the Five Relationships, the Ten Commandments, and the Eightfold
Path are similar is that they
(1) promote polytheism
(2) establish gender equality
(3) provide codes of behavior
(4) describe secularism
6.) Judaism, Islam, and Christianity share a belief in
(1) papal supremacy
(2) teachings of the Koran (Quran)
(3) reincarnation and the Four Noble Truths
(4) an ethical code of conduct and monotheism
7.) The phrase “from southern Spain, across Northern Africa, occupying the Arabian peninsula to Southeast Asia” once described the extent of the
(1) Aztec Empire
(2) Pax Romana
(3) Gupta Empire
(4) Muslim Empire
8.) Which factor helps explain the scientific and literary achievements of the Muslims during their Golden Age (A.D. 800-1300)?
(1) expansion of trans-Atlantic trade
(2) innovations introduced by the Europeans during the Renaissance
(3) cultural diversity accepted by many Islamic governments
(4) legal equality of all people in the Islamic empire