Byzantine/Islamic World 7.1 Formative Review

What is the Hagia Sophia known for today?

• Byzantine architecture

• Byzantine chariot racing

• Byzantine politics

• Byzantine religious reform

What did Constantinople’s location and economic activity encourage?

• cultural diversity

• frequent warfare

• monumental building

• religious devotion

The Byzantines became well known for what art form that adorned many church walls and ceilings?

• iconography

• mosaics

• frescoes

• sculpture

Muslims built on the ideas of what Greek mathematician?

• Ibn Rush

• Plato

• Euclid

• Aristotle

What major achievement in mathematics did the Muslims make?

• They were the first people to use astronomy.

• They built on the knowledge of earlier French and Spanish scholars.

• They encouraged the adoption of the decimal number system.

• They created the field of arithmetic.

Why do mosques not contain images of humans?

• A) Muslims see geometric designs as more attractive than images of humans.

• B) Drawing humans is seen as trying to imitate God’s act of creation.

• C) Humans are considered too difficult to draw.

• D) Mosques must only contain writings from the Qur’an.

What did Omar Khayyám make popular?

• special type of diagnostic test

• elaborate writing called calligraphy

• geometric patterns known as arabesque

• four-line rhyming poem called the quatrain

A form of art made from small pieces of stone, glass and/or tile is better known as

• Mosaic

• Mural

• Portrait

• Sculpture

the art of beautiful handwriting practiced by muslim artists is called

• penmanship

• calligraphy

• caliph

What is the Quran?

• Christian holy book

• Justinian holy book

• Islamic holy book

• Hebrew holy book