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

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

• True

• False

What art form, developed in the 8th century, encouraged the development of Islamic literature? 

• drawing
• bookmaking
• telling stories
• painting portraits

What game was very popular in Muslim society?

• chess
• football
• checkers
• baseball

Muslims contributed to education by 

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

Muslims contributed to science by 

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

Which of the following was NOT a Muslim contribution to math?
-Arabic Numerals
-Algebra
-Subtraction
-Zero

• Arabic Numerals
• Algebra
• Subtraction
• Zero

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

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

What made the three cities listed below important in the Muslim world?
-Baghdad
-Cairo
-Cordoba

• All were centers for Muslim learning
• All were located on the Tigris River
• All were Mediterranean ports
• All were sites of military battles