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WorksheetsL11 Islamic Achievements and Innovations
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 14mins
What Islamic invention that made it possible to navigatie latitude (not find North) at sea?
During the Middle Ages, many Greek and Roman classics were preserved because they had been translated into what language?
Russian
Aztec
Arabic
Chinese
Which achievements are most closely associated with the Golden Age of Islamic culture?
mosques, medical books, and algebra
gunpowder, pagodas, and silk
aqueducts, roads, and polytheistic temples
columns, theory of sun-centered universe, and democracy
Where is the famous Islamic mosque named Dome of the Rock located?
What achievements in medicine are attributed to the Islamic empire in the middle ages?
a cure for the Black Plague
opium used to put patients to sleep for surgery
cured blindness
heart transplants
Muslims established many of the first...
democracies
building techniques
hospitals & medical schools
court systems
Muslim doctors determined illness was caused by...
one's personality
bacteria
a curse by spirits or God
one's "wrong-doings"
The Muslim world adapted the compass from the Chinese they used it to
for surgery
locate Mecca for their daily prayers
find latitutde at sea
measure the circumference of the earth
One of the achievements of the medieval Muslim empires in astronomy was
measuring the circumference of the earth
creating a compass
the study and classification of animals
creating the first medical book
Muslims established zoology, which is...
the classification and study of chemicals / chemical substances
instrument with magnetic pointer that shows directions
the study of animals
instrument used to determine latitude by measuring position of the stars
Which branch of math was developed by Muslim mathematicians?
Geometry
Algebra
Astronomy
Addition
Which subjects would you likely find in the most texts on in the House of Wisdom?
Philosophy, history, math, astronomy, and medicine
Biology, chemistry, physics, and geology
Political science, economics, sociology, and psychology
Literature, art, music, and physical education
What is calligraphy?
the first language of the Arabian pennisula
a beautiful, spiritual and artistic form of writing letters
a mural made out of small piece of tile
paintings done on fresh plaster that retain their color
