Question

According to Daniel Roselle, what are two ways Islam improved the lives of people in Spain

Answer 1

Document 1 According to The Oxford History of

Islam, what is one way Islam was spread to African

socie:es?

Score of 1:

States a way Islam was spread to African socie5es

according to The Oxford History of Islam Examples:

through trade routes; through the work of religious

leaders; merchants were carriers/opened trade

routes; merchants exposing isolated socie5es to

external influences; integra5on of Muslim religious

leaders into African socie5es; Muslim religious leaders

played social/poli5cal roles similar to those of

tradi5onal priests; by people trading • Document 2 According to Daniel Roselle, what are two ways Islam improved the

lives of people in Spain?

• Score of 2 or 1:

• Award 1 credit (up to a maximum of 2 credits) for each different way Islam

improved the lives of people in Spain according to Daniel Roselle

• Examples: establishment of Muslim love of art/beauty/learning in Spain; paving of

roads in Cordova so they were not muddy; ligh5ng roads with public lamps;

construc5on of some Spanish Moslems’ homes with marble balconies or courts

with lovely waterfalls or vaulted bedrooms with stained glass or marble baths

with metal pipes carrying water; using mosques for public schools for the poor;

giving access to excellent Muslim libraries that encouraged learning;

achievements of followers of Mohammed in science/chemistry/astronomy/

mathema5cs/medicine

• Note: To receive maximum credit, two different ways Islam improved

the lives of people in Spain must be stated. For example, making

achievements in science and making achievements in chemistry or in

astronomy are the same way expressed in different words since

chemistry and astronomy are subsets of science. In this and similar

cases, award only one credit for this ques5on. However, if making

achievements in chemistry and making achievements in astronomy are

listed as separate examples, award two credits as they are understood

to be two separate disciplines. • Document 3 According to Fred Burke, how did

Askia Mohammed expand Islamic influences in the

Songhai Empire?

• Score of 1:

• • States how Askia Mohammed expanded Islamic

influences in the Songhai Empire according to Fred

Burke

• Examples: remodeling much of the empire along

Islamic lines; introducing legal/social reforms;

appoin5ng Islamic judges in the large districts;

administering jus5ce according to Muslim principles • Document 4 According to this excerpt from The Broken

Spears, how was Chris:anity spread in Mexico?

• Score of 1:

• • States how Chris5anity was introduced in Mexico according

to this excerpt from The Broken Spears Examples: Cortés

explaining Chris5an beliefs/prac5ces; Cortés begging the

Aztecs to become

• Chris5ans because it was the will of the pope; by Cortés being

sent to Mexico by Emperor Charles; Cortés used the Aztecs

friendly welcome to tell them about Chris5anity; by the

Aztecs listening to Cortés’ message because they thought he

was sent by their gods; Cortés teaching the Indians about the

law of God; Cortés explaining the mystery of crea5on/the

fall/the Trinity/incarna5on/the passion/the resurrec5on/ baptism.