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WorksheetsTrinity Yr 6 History Su1: The Golden Age of Islam
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 5mins
Who were the Caliphs?
a Religious leader (considered to be a successor of Muhammed)?
related to Hawqual?
Another name for Al-Jazari?
Welsh priests?
What does 'contemporaneous' mean?
similar
exactly the same
existing at or occurring in the same period of time
a simiar event that happened in a different period of time
What is the modern city that was founded as 'The City of Peace' in AD 762?
What was the population of Baghdad in 900AD believed to be?
1,000
10,000
100,000
1,000,000
Why was Baghdad known as 'the cross roads of the universe' in AD 866?
It was the centre of important trade routes between the west and east
It was in the middle of the known world
It was in the centre of Europe
It was in the middle of Europe and Africa
Which is NOT an important building in Baghdad?
What was the House of Wisdom used for?
Learning and Discovery
PE
Languages
Building
Name TWO famous people who lived in Baghdad during the 13th century
Hawqal - the cartographer and explorer
Asterix the Gaul
Al-Jazari - the engineer and inventor
Mo Salah the footballer
Why was most of Africa unknown to the people of Asia and Europe at this time?
The Sahara Desert could not be crossed
There was thought to be nothing there
The people were considered too war-like
It had not been discovered yet
