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Unit 2.6 Islamic Art and Culture

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Islamic architecture included bricks and included many arches and domes. The buildings were decorated using ________ and ________

a)

marble, mosaics

b)

marble and roman columns

c)

mosaics, images of religious figures

d)

roman columns, images of religious figures

2.

This image BEST represents how the architecture of Al-Andalus used the _____________

a)

horseshoe arch

b)

roman columns

c)

cusped arch

d)

none of the above

3.

True or False: Muslim architecture avoids depicting living creatures

a)

True

b)

False

4.

The Muslim empire encouraged people to speak a single language known as?

(a)  

5.

Muslims introduced all of the following to the Iberian Peninsula, except?

a)

Gunpowder

b)

Irrigation

c)

paper

d)

The number zero

e)

Christianity

6.

Muslims helped the Iberian Peninsula make many advancements in the fields of

a)

medicine

b)

science

c)

astronomy

d)

engineering

e)

mathematics

7.

Muslims built (a)   to worship in as well as palaces and markets

8.

The Giralda in Seville used to be ____________

a)

the bell tower of a Mosque built in 1195

b)

the bell tower of a Church built in 1195

c)

the entrance of a Mosque built in 1195

d)

the entrance of a Church built in 1195

9.

The Giralda in Seville was originally built by the

a)

Almohads

b)

Almoravids

c)

Taifa of Castile

d)

Berbers who won the Battle of Guadalete

10.

The Aljaferia Palace in Zaragoza best demonstrates which Muslim architectural technique?

a)

Cusped Arch

b)

Horseshoe Arch

c)

Columns

d)

Domes