Worksheets2.3 Muslim Ways of Life
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
The most famous example of a Muslim palace is the Alhambra located in . . .
Granada, Spain
Agra, India
Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Alhambra, California
One of the most famous buildings is the Taj Mahal. The Mogul ruler Shah Jahan built it as a tomb for his wife. Where is this building located?
Granada, Spain
Agra, India
Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Alhambra, California
Which Abbasid caliph founded the House of Wisdom in Baghdad?
Mamun
al-Razi
Omar Khayyam
Ibn Khaldun
Ibn Sina
Who was the Muslim chemist, who developed a system for categorizing substances as animal, mineral, or vegetable?
Mamun
al-Razi
Omar Khayyam
Ibn Khaldun
Ibn Sina
Which Persian doctor showed how diseases spread from person to person?
Mamun
al-Razi
Omar Khayyam
Ibn Khaldun
Ibn Sina
Which Persian poet wrote parts of the Rubaiyat around AD 1100?
Mamun
al-Razi
Omar Khayyam
Ibn Khaldun
Ibn Sina
Who was the Muslim historian who wrote in 1375 that all civilizations rise, grow, and then fall? He also studied the effect of geography and climate on people.
Mamun
al-Razi
Omar Khayyam
Ibn Khaldun
Ibn Sina
What is the name of Muslim houses of worship?
mosque
bazaar
minaret
crier
What is the name of a marketplace in a Muslim city?
mosque
bazaar
minaret
crier
What is the name of the tower from which an announcer calls believers to prayer five times a day?
mosque
bazaar
minaret
crier
What is the name of the person who calls believers to prayer five times a day from a minaret?
mosque
bazaar
minaret
crier
Until the 1400s, where were Muslims the leading merchants and traders?
Europe
northern Africa
North America
the Middle East
Australia
What modern industry and business developed because of the way that kept detailed records of their business deals and the money that they made?
stock market
banking
real estate
marketing
Muslim society was broken up into social groups based on power. Which group of people were at the top?
government leaders, traders, and landowners
artisans, farmers, and workers
enslaved people,
Which type of mathematics was developed by Muslims?
geometry
algebra
trigonometry
calculus
What greek invention did Muslim scientists improve to measure the size and distance around the earth?
Archimedes screw
telescope
astrolabe
trebuchet
