TCI Lesson 9 Muslim Innovations and Adaptations

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 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

Answer the riddle.

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

Ibn Sina is an important example of a Muslim medical contributor to world civilization. Why has he been called " the prince of physicians"?

• He was very highly paid.

• He treated the caliph's family.

• He wrote a widely used textbook.

• He was descended from Muhammad.

Which of these was an important result of paper making in the Muslim world?

• loss of ancient manuscripts

• rich growth of Arab literature

• invention of the printing press

• opening of trade routes to China

Which of these might you see in a work of Islamic art?

• thirsty camels

• herds of goats

• flowering vines

• smiling children

Chess was probably invented in India. Muslims learned the game and improved it. Which word best describes this process?

• evolution

• promotion

• adaptation

• innovation