Unit 2.6 Islamic Art and Culture

Islamic architecture included bricks and included many arches and domes. The buildings were decorated using ________ and ________

• marble, mosaics

• marble and roman columns

• mosaics, images of religious figures

• roman columns, images of religious figures

This image BEST represents how the architecture of Al-Andalus used the _____________

• horseshoe arch

• roman columns

• cusped arch

• none of the above

True or False: Muslim architecture avoids depicting living creatures

• True

• False

The Muslim empire encouraged people to speak a single language known as?

Muslims introduced all of the following to the Iberian Peninsula, except?

• Gunpowder

• Irrigation

• paper

• The number zero

• Christianity

Muslims helped the Iberian Peninsula make many advancements in the fields of

• medicine

• science

• astronomy

• engineering

• mathematics

Muslims built ________ to worship in as well as palaces and markets

The Giralda in Seville used to be ____________

• the bell tower of a Mosque built in 1195

• the bell tower of a Church built in 1195

• the entrance of a Mosque built in 1195

• the entrance of a Church built in 1195

The Giralda in Seville was originally built by the

• Almohads

• Almoravids

• Taifa of Castile

• Berbers who won the Battle of Guadalete

The Aljaferia Palace in Zaragoza best demonstrates which Muslim architectural technique?

• Cusped Arch

• Horseshoe Arch

• Columns

• Domes