Unit 2 Lesson 11.5 Geography and Navigation

What was the subject of study for Muslim scholars?

• Mathematics
• Philosophy
• Biology
• Geography

What were the practical uses of geography for Muslims?

• Dividing the world into climate zones
• Creating maps
• Identifying plants and animals
• All of the above

What did Muslim geographers do to improve on the calculations made by the ancient Greeks?

• They made them worse
• They made them more complicated
• They ignored them
• They made them more accurate

What types of information were provided in The Book of Roads and Provinces and The Book of Countries?

• Maps and descriptions of trade routes
• Both A and B
• Useful facts about lands under Muslim rule
• None of the above

What was the purpose of guidebooks written by some Muslim travelers?

• To help pilgrims make the journey to Mecca
• To explore and describe foreign lands
• To pinpoint sailors' location at sea
• To provide information about a region's location, physical features, and natural resources

What navigational instrument was used by Muslims to identify the direction in which they were traveling?

• Astrolabe
• Chronometer
• Compass
• Sextant

What navigational instrument was used by Muslims to compute time based on the location of the sun or the stars?

• Compass
• Chronometer
• Astrolabe
• Sextant

What did Muslim scientists do to the compass?

• Ignored it
• Invented it
• Made it worse
• Adapted and perfected it

What did Muslim scientists do to the astrolabe?

• Adapted and perfected it
• Made it worse
• Ignored it
• Invented it

What did Muslim scientists use the position of objects in the sky for?

• To compute time based on the location of the sun or the stars
• To pinpoint their location by knowing how far they had traveled
• To identify the direction in which they were traveling
• All of the above