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2.3 Muslim Ways of Life

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The most famous example of a Muslim palace is the Alhambra located in . . .

a)

Granada, Spain

b)

Agra, India

c)

Mecca, Saudi Arabia

d)

Alhambra, California

2.

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?

a)

Granada, Spain

b)

Agra, India

c)

Mecca, Saudi Arabia

d)

Alhambra, California

3.

Which Abbasid caliph founded the House of Wisdom in Baghdad?

a)

Mamun

b)

al-Razi

c)

Omar Khayyam

d)

Ibn Khaldun

e)

Ibn Sina

4.

Who was the Muslim chemist, who developed a system for categorizing substances as animal, mineral, or vegetable?

a)

Mamun

b)

al-Razi

c)

Omar Khayyam

d)

Ibn Khaldun

e)

Ibn Sina

5.

Which Persian doctor showed how diseases spread from person to person?

a)

Mamun

b)

al-Razi

c)

Omar Khayyam

d)

Ibn Khaldun

e)

Ibn Sina

6.

Which Persian poet wrote parts of the Rubaiyat around AD 1100?

a)

Mamun

b)

al-Razi

c)

Omar Khayyam

d)

Ibn Khaldun

e)

Ibn Sina

7.

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.

a)

Mamun

b)

al-Razi

c)

Omar Khayyam

d)

Ibn Khaldun

e)

Ibn Sina

8.

What is the name of Muslim houses of worship?

a)

mosque

b)

bazaar

c)

minaret

d)

crier

9.

What is the name of a marketplace in a Muslim city?

a)

mosque

b)

bazaar

c)

minaret

d)

crier

10.

What is the name of the tower from which an announcer calls believers to prayer five times a day?

a)

mosque

b)

bazaar

c)

minaret

d)

crier

11.

What is the name of the person who calls believers to prayer five times a day from a minaret?

a)

mosque

b)

bazaar

c)

minaret

d)

crier

12.

Until the 1400s, where were Muslims the leading merchants and traders?

a)

Europe

b)

northern Africa

c)

North America

d)

the Middle East

e)

Australia

13.

What modern industry and business developed because of the way that kept detailed records of their business deals and the money that they made?

a)

stock market

b)

banking

c)

real estate

d)

marketing

14.

Muslim society was broken up into social groups based on power. Which group of people were at the top?

a)

government leaders, traders, and landowners

b)

artisans, farmers, and workers

c)

enslaved people,

15.

Which type of mathematics was developed by Muslims?

a)

geometry

b)

algebra

c)

trigonometry

d)

calculus

16.

What greek invention did Muslim scientists improve to measure the size and distance around the earth?

a)

Archimedes screw

b)

telescope

c)

astrolabe

d)

trebuchet