Golden age of Islam | World History | Khan Academy

What did early Islamic empires keep from the Byzantine and Persian Empires?

• Their religion and language

• Their infrastructure, government, and culture

• Their military strategies and weapons

• Their food and clothing styles

Which city became the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate?

• Damascus

• Cairo

• Baghdad

• Jerusalem

What was the "House of Wisdom" in Baghdad known for?

• A large marketplace for trading goods

• A center for learning and translating ancient texts

• A military training academy

• A place for religious ceremonies only

Who is known as the "father of algebra" and helped spread the Hindu-Arabic decimal system?

• Al-Mansur

• Al-Rashid

• Al-Kwarizmi

• Al-Ma'mun

Which mathematician is known for their work that led to the words "algebra" and "algorithm"?

• Al-Kwarizmi

• Abu al-Wafa'

• Hasan Ibn al-Haytham

• Omar Khayyam

Which two mathematicians from Baghdad made important discoveries in trigonometry, including functions like sine and cosine?

• Al-Kwarizmi and Omar Khayyam

• Abu al-Wafa' al-Buzjani and Wabash al-Hasib al-Marwazi

• Hasan Ibn al-Haytham and Al-Kwarizmi

• Phillip Hitti and Bertrand Russell

Who wrote the "Book of Optics" and developed advanced ideas about how light and vision work, using a scientific method centuries before the European Renaissance?

• Omar Khayyam

• Al-Kwarizmi

• Hasan Ibn al-Haytham

• Abu al-Wafa' al-Buzjani

Which famous poet and mathematician explored triangular arrays of numbers, similar to what is now called Pascal's Triangle, hundreds of years earlier?

• Al-Kwarizmi

• Hasan Ibn al-Haytham

• Abu al-Wafa' al-Buzjani

• Omar Khayyam