Unit 2: The Spread of Islam review

Which text is considered the holy to the religion of Islam?

• Torah

• New Testment

• Qur'an

• Vedas

The Islamic region split into which of the following two sets.

• Sunni and Shia

• Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic

• Mahayana and Theravada

11. As the Muslim Empire grew, Islam spread into all of the following EXCEPT

• Mesopotamia and Persia

• Egypt North Africa, and Spain

• Australia and the Americas

• -

Medieval Muslims adapted and improved the astrolabe to use for

• defense
• printing
• irrigation
• navigation

What invention allowed Muslim scientists to measure one's position on the planet as well as the position of various stars in the universe?

• Astrolabe

• Compass

• Seismometer

• Steel

Muslims contributed to Geography and Navigation by ________

• building mosques and palaces
• creating travel guide books and more accurate maps 
• using maps created by the Goths
• paying Chinese scholars to make maps

Geography: Using astrolabes to determine location, Muslim scholars created __________, to help people travel faster and safely.

• maps

• scrapbook

• a stele (writing on stone pillar)

• a film

Mathematics: This form of math was created by the Islamic Empire.

• Algebra

• Division

• Geometry

• Optometry

Geometric & Floral Design: Muslim architects tried to recreate the geometry of nature in their buildings. The most ornate geometric designs appear in Muslim holy places of worship, called ________.

• Mosques

• Temples

• Churches

• Synagogues

Muslims contributed to Education by _________

• creating mosques
• building palaces
• creating schools and libraries
• inventing the compass