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4-3 Muslim Cultural Achievements Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was featured in The Thousand and One Nights?

a)

Aladin

b)

Apu

c)

Ibn Rushed

d)

Shah Jahan

2.

This tool was used by Arabs scholars to figure out their location on earth so they would know which way to face for prayer.

a)

monocle

b)

astrolabe

c)

microscope

d)

telescope

3.

Who was the chemist who first labeled substances and about smallpox and measles?

a)

Taj Mahal

b)

Al-Razi

c)

Omar Khayyam

d)

Ibn Sina

4.

a tall slender tower, typically part of a mosque, with a balcony from which a muezzin calls Muslims to prayer.

a)

Mosque

b)

Minaret

c)

Quibla

d)

Muezzin

5.

The study of the moon, stars, and other objects in space

a)

Astronomy

b)

Astrology

c)

Zoology

d)

Astrolabe

6.
____________________ borrowed the numerical system and zero from Indian scholars. His work resulted in the Arabic numbering system that is still used in most of the world. He also wrote the first book about Algebra.
a)
Omar Khayyam
b)
Al-Khwarizmi
c)
Abd al-Rahman
d)
Maimonides
7.
Muslims contributed to Geography and Navigation by ________
a)
building mosques and palaces
b)
creating travel guide books and more accurate maps 
c)
using maps created by the Goths
d)
paying Chinese scholars to make maps
8.

The myth of the Indian Ocean being surrounded by land was disproved by whom????

a)

Ibn Battutah

b)

al-Idrisi

c)

al-Khwarizmi

d)

Ar-Razi

9.

Sufism teaches that people can find God's love by having a personal relationship with??????

a)

God

b)

Family

c)

Yourself

d)

Animals

10.

Calligraphy was used to decorate all of the following EXCEPT.....

a)

Mosques

b)

tiles

c)

carpets

d)

wood etchings

11.

Many cities had _____________ where people could study the sun, moon and stars

a)

Hospitals

b)

Astrolabes

c)

Observatories

12.

_________________ traveled to Africa, India, China and Spain in the 1320's.

a)

Ibn Battutah

b)

as-Idrisi

c)

al-Khwarmizi

d)

al-jabar

13.

Sufi poet ______________ wrote a book of poems known as The Rubaiyat, which spoke of faith, hope and other emotions.

a)

Ibn Battutah

b)

al-Idrisi

c)

Omar Khayyam

d)

Ar-Razi

14.

Sponsors, or ______________, used their wealth to pay for elaborately decorated mosques.

a)

Patrons

b)

Banks

c)

Loans

d)

Lottery

15.

Which two topics will never be shown in Islamic art?

a)

Mountains

b)

humans

c)

animals

d)

Quran