Neco 2023 Islamic Religious Studies Question 20

Practice objective / multiple choice question 20 from the 2023 Neco Islamic Religious Studies examination.

Neco 2023 Islamic Religious Studies Objective / Multiple Choice Hard Difficulty
Question 20 NECO • 2023 • ISLAMIC_RELIGIOUS_STUDIES • objective

At their respective peaks, the Umayyad, Abbasid, and Ottoman empires covered approximately 11\,million\,km\^2, 4.5\,million\,km\^2, and 5.2\,million\,km\^2 of territory. Assume each empire's territorial expansion was linear from its founding year to its peak year. The founding and peak years are:\n\n- Umayyad: founded 661\,CE, peak 750\,CE.\n- Abbasid: founded 750\,CE, peak 850\,CE.\n- Ottoman: founded 1299\,CE, peak 1680\,CE.\n\nCompute the average annual territorial expansion (in million\,km\^2 per year, rounded to the nearest 0.1\,million\,km\^2\,/year) for each empire, and state which empire had the highest average expansion rate and what that rate was.

Answer Options

Correct Answer A. Umayyad empire, 0.1 million km^2 per year
B. Abbasid empire, 0.2 million km^2 per year
C. Umayyad empire, 0.3 million km^2 per year
D. Ottoman empire, 0.05 million km^2 per year
Correct Answer
A
Correct Option:
Umayyad empire, 0.1 million km^2 per year

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This is Neco 2023 Islamic Religious Studies Question 20. It is one of the objective questions from the 2023 Neco Islamic Religious Studies examination.

Difficulty level: Hard .

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