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Trinity Yr 6 History Su1: The Golden Age of Islam

Total questions: 9

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who were the Caliphs?

a)

a Religious leader (considered to be a successor of Muhammed)?

b)

related to Hawqual?

c)

Another name for Al-Jazari?

d)

Welsh priests?

2.

What does 'contemporaneous' mean?

a)

similar

b)

exactly the same

c)

existing at or occurring in the same period of time

d)

a simiar event that happened in a different period of time

3.

What is the modern city that was founded as 'The City of Peace' in AD 762?

a)
b)
c)
d)
4.

What was the population of Baghdad in 900AD believed to be?

a)

1,000

b)

10,000

c)

100,000

d)

1,000,000

5.

Why was Baghdad known as 'the cross roads of the universe' in AD 866?

a)

It was the centre of important trade routes between the west and east

b)

It was in the middle of the known world

c)

It was in the centre of Europe

d)

It was in the middle of Europe and Africa

6.

Which is NOT an important building in Baghdad?

a)
b)
c)
d)
7.

What was the House of Wisdom used for?

a)

Learning and Discovery

b)

PE

c)

Languages

d)

Building

8.

Name TWO famous people who lived in Baghdad during the 13th century

a)

Hawqal - the cartographer and explorer

b)

Asterix the Gaul

c)

Al-Jazari - the engineer and inventor

d)

Mo Salah the footballer

9.

Why was most of Africa unknown to the people of Asia and Europe at this time?

a)

The Sahara Desert could not be crossed

b)

There was thought to be nothing there

c)

The people were considered too war-like

d)

It had not been discovered yet