Islamic Empires

Which architectural palace is depicted in the image that is one of the finest examples of Islamic art and architecture from the Islamic Golden Age?

• The Palace of Versailles in France

• The Taj Mahal in India

• The Alhambra in Granada, Spain

• The Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia

Which of the following is the best expressions of Islamic architecture?

• Bazaar

• Mosque

• Sheikh

• Caliphate

Islamic art does not depict living figures.

• True

• False

How was the Arab trade network connected to the return of Greek Philosophy to Europe?

• The Arab trade routes provided a safe method of travel. Philosophers took advantage and journeyed along the routes, sharing their idea

• Trade brought great prosperity to the Arab Empire, which gave caliphs the wealth to sponsor philosophers and scholar at a time when Europe was struggling

• Trade with China brought papermaking to the Arab Empire. This technology allowed Arab scholars to record their translations of Greek philosophical works and to share their translations with the West.

• Arab contact with the Byzantines exposed them to Greek philosophy, and the Arabs incorporated those ideas into their own belief system.

Through the achievements of Muslim scholars, Europeans

• were able to read the works of Aristotle and other Greek philosophers

• discovered tobacco

• were able to obtain products from Spain

A crucial part of every Muslim city or town was the ______, a covered market.

• Bazaar

• Mosque

• Sheikh

• Temple

Through the Golden Age, the Abassid caliph Harun al-Rashid was known for

• brutal opposition on non-Arab Muslims

• charity and support of artists and writers

• disregard for the problems of the citizens who lived in poverty

Which details suggest that science was valued in Muslim society?

• Muslims built an observatory in Baghdad to study the stars and developed medicine as a scientific field including the writing of a medical encyclopedia, and perfected the astrolabe for sailors to use to determine their location at sea

• Islamic art blended Arab, Turkish and Persian traditions and used geometric patters called arabesques

• Because Muslim society united spiritual and political power, palaces also reflected Islamic culture

Which of the following is not true regarding Islamic society

• In Islam, all Muslims are created equal

• Men dominated Muslim society and could have to four wives if they could afford the pay the dowries- gift of money or property to the brides

• The Arab empire was more urbanized than most other areas of the world at the time

• The Quran said that women were not spiritual and social equals with men

How did trade change Arab culture?

• Trade introduced items from the Columbian Exchange to Arab culture

• Trade brought prosperity to Arab culture and led to the development of banking and the use of coin money.