Muslim Contributions to the World

What important mathematical symbol or concept did Muslims name?

• multiplication sign
• division symbol
• substraction
• zero

How did Muslims modify the land to adapt to its geography?

• designed clothes for the hot weather
• built windmills
• dug irrigation ditches
• used slash and burn farming

Which of these was not present in Islamic art?

• calligraphy
• images of humans
• geometric designs

Muslims contributed to Education by _________

• creating mosques
• building palaces
• creating schools and libraries
• inventing the compass

Muslims contributed to Science by ________

• expanding research in zoology
• building hospitals
• using calligraphy
• writing literature

Muslims contributed to Geography and Navigation by ________

• building mosques and palaces
• creating travel guide books and more accurate maps 
• using maps created by the Goths
• paying Chinese scholars to make maps

Which of the following was NOT a Muslim contribution to Math?

• Arabic Numerals
• Algebra
• Subtraction
• Zero

Which of the following was NOT a Muslim Contribution to Medicine

• Disease Identification
• Medical Textbooks
• Identifying the Pulmonary Circulation System
• Developing vaccines 

Which of the following was an important piece of literature written by a Muslim author?

• The Princess and the Pea
• Romeo and Juliet
• Arabian Nights
• The Land Before Time

What is this instrument called?

• globe
• astrolabe
• compass
• armillary sphere