13.4 Muslim Cultural Achievements

Why did the Muslims perfect calligraphy?

• They couldn't feature animals or humans in art because they believed Allah could only create them.

• They didn't. The Shias did.

• It was written in Qu'ran that if you learned this art you would be in favor of God.

• It is apart of the Five Pillars.

How did the Muslim improvement of the Astrolabe advance scientific understanding of the world?

• position of Sun and the stars

• navigation

• times of the day

• none of the above

What are minarets?

• tall, narrow towers from which Muslims are callled to prayer

• the main part of a mosque

• The pointy part of a mosque

• all of the above

How did the Muslims improve math?

• Combined Indian number system with the Greek science of mathematics; al-Khwarizmi invented algebra; Arabic numerals ex: 1,2,3

• They didn't the Romans were the ones to improve math

• They didn't the Greeks were the ones to improve math

• They invented the calculator which was very helpful to the complex mathematics the Chinese made

Muslim traveler and writer; visited Africa, India, China, Spain

• Ibn Battutah

• al-Khwarizmi

• al-Idrisi

• Ibn-Sina

movement in Islam that taught people they can find God's love by having a personal relationship with God

• Sufism

• Sunni

• Shias

• Minaret

Sufi poet, mathematician, astronomer; wrote the Rubaiyat

• Omar Khayyam

• Ibn-Sina

• ar-Razi

• Ibn-Battutah

sponsor

• patron

• for Island Time

• someone who gives money

• who donates

narrow tower which Muslims are called to prayer

• minaret

• toothpick

• bell tower

• none of the above

decorative writing

• calligraphy

• lettering

• handwriting

• cursive