Key Contributions of the Islamic Golden Age (8th-14th centuries)

Who authored The Canon of Medicine, a foundational medical text in Europe and the Islamic world for centuries?

• Al-Razi (Rhazes)

• Ibn Sina (Avicenna)

• Ibn Khaldun

• Al-Khwarizmi

Which concept did Ibn Sina (Avicenna) introduce to curb disease spread?

• Vaccination

• Quarantine

• Surgery

• Antibiotics

Who pioneered experimental medicine and was the first to differentiate smallpox and measles?

• Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen)

• Al-Razi (Rhazes)

• Al-Battani

• Ibn Khaldun

Who is known as the father of optics?

• Al-Khwarizmi

• Ibn Sina (Avicenna)

• Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen)

• Al-Battani

Fill in the blank: Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen) proved vision occurs when light ______ off objects into the eye.

• reflects

• absorbs

• transmits

• refracts

What device did Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen) invent that influenced modern photography and cinema?

• Microscope

• Camera obscura

• Telescope

• Astrolabe

Who developed algebra and algorithms, inspiring the word 'algorithm'?

• Al-Khwarizmi

• Al-Battani

• Ibn Khaldun

• Ibn Sina (Avicenna)

Fill in the blank: Al-Battani advanced ______ with sine, cosine, and tangent; revolutionized astronomy.

• trigonometry

• geometry

• algebra

• calculus

Who wrote Muqaddimah, considered the first work of sociology, economics, and demography?

• Ibn Khaldun

• Al-Khwarizmi

• Ibn Sina (Avicenna)

• Al-Razi (Rhazes)

According to Ibn Khaldun, what is the source of wealth?

• Gold

• Labor

• Trade

• Land