Muslim Innovations and Adaptations

Which group below would best complete this list?
Contributors to Medieval Islamic Culture
>Arabs
>Turks
>    ?

• Romans
• Persians
• Russians
• Franks

Which is the best example of cultural diffusion?

• Muslim architects built mosques with minarets.
• Muslims face toward Mecca when they pray.
• Muslim cities along major trade routes grew wealthy.
• Muslims spread the Chinese craft of paper making to Europe.

Which religious activity makes most use of the minbar?

• washing feet
• giving a sermon
• giving to charity
• praying in a group

How did Muslims contribute to European knowledge of Plato and Aristotle?

• They preserved and translated Greek texts.
• They taught in universities in Europe
• They met with Catholics to discuss philosophy
• They painted beautiful pictures of ancient philosophers

Which phrase best explains the importance of Baghdad?

• birthplace of Muhammad
• main center of new inventions
• capital of the Abbasid caliphate
• blend of Spanish and Arab culture

Cairo, in Egypt, became known for its

• lifelike sculptures.
• gentle piano music
• revision of the Qur'an
• outstanding university

What aspect of Islamic belief does this quotation encourage?
"Have they not looked at the camel--how it was created?"

• curiosity about nature
• tolerance of other faiths
• technological innovation
• trade with faraway places

Medieval Muslims adapted and improved the astrolabe to use for

• defense
• printing
• irrigation
• navigation

What was the purpose of the machine in the picture?

• to shoot at invading armies
• to call believers to worship
• to raise water into aqueducts
• to guide boats down the river

I am important in mathematics. I came to Muslim lands from India. My name comes from an Arabic word. What am I?

• zero
• number
• division
• calculus