Muslim Contributions

Which of following was NOT a contribution of the Muslims?

• Improving the astrolabe

• Creating the book The Canon of Medicine

• Inventing Geometry

• Discovering how blood circulates through the body

What was the purpose of the minarets?

• For someone to announce time for prayer

• To point toward the Kaaba or Mecca

• To give Muslims a place to worship

• To symbolize being close to Allah

Check all that apply: What made Muslim traders so successful?

• Using government issued coins instead of bartering

• Laws that non-Muslims couldn't trade in certain cities

• The language of Arabic being the used by most traders

• Muslim culture supported merchants for the wealth they brought and their business skills

Which of the following terms correctly describes Muslim society?

• Monarchy

• Patriarchy

• Oligarchy

• Matriarchy

True of False: The Thousand and One Nights is a book written by Muslims to help people understand the Quran

• True

• False

What group of caliphs ruled the Islamic empire from the city of Damascus?

• Umayyads

• Abbasids

• Ottomans

• Mughals

What group of Muslims DID NOT support the Umayyads as the rightful caliphs because they had no relation to Muhammad?

• Sunni

• Shia/Shiite

What was the group of missionaries who urged people to take a personal and emotional approach to Islam?

• Sunnis

• Sufis

• Suukis

• Shiites

The Arabian Peninsula is located between what two bodies of water?

• Persian Gulf

• The Red Sea

• The Black Sea

• The Sea of Jordan

Why is the Kaaba an important religious place for Muslims?

• They believe it contains a rock from heaven

• They believe that God built it himself

• They believe that Jesus worshiped their

• They believe that every Prophet lives inside