The Sunni and Shi'a sects of Islam split due to a disagreement about which of the following?
A. whether God had actually talked to Muhammad
B. whether Arabic or Greek should be the liturgical language of Islam
C. how the leader of Islam should be chosen
D. whether women could become religious leaders
Answer: C
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a. Prevent the colonists from seizing new western lands b. Punish the Indians who had participated in Pontiac's war c. Demonstrate the power of Parliament d. Provide a more orderly process of westward migration e. Stabilize British-American relations with the Indians
Which of the following statements is true?
a. Today, all of Africa's 2,000 languages have a written form. b. No language spoken south of the Sahara was written down before 1800. c. Languages north of the Sahara were not written down until the spread of Islam. d. Local languages predominate in Islamic regions. e. Nubian accounts for the base of most languages spoken in Africa.
In 1977 Wangari Maathai created the Greenbelt Movement to encourage what?
a. That more women be educated. b. That more trees be planted. c. That birth control would become common in Africa. d. That more women would participate in international politics. e. That fewer people drive gas-powered cars.
Editor of the NAACP magazine the Crisis was ____________________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word