Golden Age of Islam Innovations

How did the improvements Muslim scholars made to the astrolabe have a positive influence on other cultures?

• It allowed people to know what direction they were going based on the earth's magnetism.

• It would keep Chinese sailors busy while they were sailing to the Americas.

• It helped other cultures like the Hindus learn how to find water in underground aquifers.

• It would be used by Europeans as they began searching for sea routes to Asia and exploring the Americas.

Islamic culture and knowledge spread to Europe through all of the following except:

• algebra

• alphabet

• astronomy

• music

Which of these Islamic innovations influenced life in Europe by simplifying business transactions and record keeping?

• Arabic numerals

• Astrolabe

• Arabic script

• Arabic coffee

What language became common throughout Muslim communities as the religion spread to different areas?

• Greek

• Latin

• Arabic

• Aramaic

Since Muslims were largely forbidden to create images of people and animals, what art form did they use to decorate their buildings?

• calisthenics

• calligraphy

• calliope

• cartography

Many examples of Islamic literature represent a blending of Arab and foreign cultures. Which of these books includes heroes and characters from nations that were conquered by Muslim armies?

• The Thousand Year Reign of Sinbad

• The Seven Voyages of Saint Stephen

• The Thousand and One Nights

• The Thousand and One Voyages

Domes, arches, colored bricks, decorated tiles, and colorful mosaics are all examples of what?

• Muslim board game designs

• Muslim musical instruments

• Muslim medical treatments

• Muslim architecture

Muslim geographers revolutionized mapmaking by doing which of the following?

• creating more accurate maps by using astrolabes

• creating accurate ways of calculating distance

• collecting information from Arab travelers

• creating new forms of math like algebra

Which of these is NOT an innovation that came from the golden age of Islam?

• jewelry making

• algebra

• calligraphy

• the oud

Which of the following is a claim that may be used to answer the question, "What is the most important contribution Muslim scholars made to science, art, or literature?"

• The development of calculus in mathematics is the most important contribution Muslim scholars made to science, art, or literature.

• The development of pharmacies is the most important contribution Muslim scholars made to science, art, or literature.

• The development of the Twelve Tables is the most important contribution the Roman Empire made to science, art, or literature.

• The text states, "By the ninth century, there were hospitals in all large Muslim towns."