Unit 2 Lesson 11.2 City-Building and Architecture

What city did Caliph al-Mansur decide to his new capital to?

• Mecca

• Baghdad

• Medina

• Qatar

Which two rivers is the new capital city between?

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Tigris and Senegal

• Rhine and Nile

• Amazon and Euphrates

The design of the city was in the shape of...

• a square

• a circle

• a hexagon

• a octagon

One Arab historian during the 11th century said this after visiting.

• "A city of extreme beauty."

• "A city built for the Gods."

• "A city with no equal in the world."

• "A city that is doomed."

What is a mosque?

• A Muslim community

• A Muslim house of education.

• A Muslim house of worship.

• A Muslim house of agriculture.

A minaret is a tower, usually with a muezzin at the top during certain times of the day. What is a muezzin?

• A person who chants the call to prayer.

• A flag that is raised during the day.

• A person who guards the city like a watchman.

• A type of architecture with a curved roof

Most of the design styles of the mosques were build to express...

• the golden age of Islamic achievement.

• religious faith and artistic heritage of their builders.

• the power of the Islamic empire.

• the power and control the builders had over the people.