Ch12SSec04-MiddleEast-CulturalAchievements

What was the main focus of Sufism?

• Spiritual issues
• Rational thought
• Physical health
• Political activism

How did the mix of Islam with cultures from Asia, Africa, and Europe influence Muslim literature and the arts?

• It had no impact on Muslim literature and the arts
• It led to the decline of Muslim literature and the arts
• It gave literature and the arts a unique style and character
• It led to the creation of new languages

What role did Muslim geographers play in the exploration of the world?

• They developed better ways of calculating distances
• They built ships for explorers
• They created new languages for communication
• They focused only on mapping the Muslim world

What did Muslim scholars contribute to the fields of astronomy, geography, math, and science?

• They made advances in all of these fields
• They only made advances in geography
• They only made advances in astronomy
• They only made advances in math

What was the main focus of Muslim architecture?

• Building palaces
• Creating complex patterns
• Honoring God and inspiring religious followers
• Depicting images of humans and animals

What was the main reason for the absence of human and animal images in Muslim art?

• Lack of artistic skill
• Lack of interest in depicting living beings
• Religious belief that only God can create humans and animals
• Fear of persecution

What was a major influence on poetry in the Muslim world?

• Sufism
• Chinese philosophy
• Roman history
• Greek mythology

What was the impact of the Muslim scholars' combination of the Indian number system with the Greek science of mathematics?

• It laid the foundation for modern algebra
• It led to the invention of calculus
• It had no impact on mathematics
• It led to the creation of the abacus