<p>NAME: ______ID #: ______</p><p>Answer the following questions using Chapter 8 in your textbook (pages 196-217). Answer the questions in complete sentences and paragraph form on a separate sheet of paper. Staple this question sheet to your answers.</p><p>1. Before reading this chapter, what did you think were the fundamental characteristics of the Islamic religion and society? After reading this chapter, what appear to be the fundamental characteristics of Islamic society? To what extent are you able to identify the historical sources of those characteristics?</p><p>2. Explain how Islam was able to spread from Spain to India in a relatively short amount of time, dominating a wide range of territories and societies.</p><p>3. Describe the evolution of Islamic civilization. What was its effect on Europe?</p><p>4. What does the chapter reveal about the status of Muslim women? Compare their status with the status of women in other parts of the world at that time.</p>