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WorksheetsITH: Cartography & Astronomy
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is the primary focus of cartography?
Studying stars
Making maps
Writing historical texts
Observing the Moon
Who was Al-Idrisi?
An astronomer
A historian
A cartographer and geographer
A mathematician
What is the name of the famous world map created by Al-Idrisi?
Ptolemaic Map
Tabula Rogeriana
The Book of Fixed Stars
The Great Atlas
Where did Al-Idrisi work under King Roger II?
Baghdad
Cairo
Sicily
Damascus
Which cultures influenced Al-Idrisi’s maps?
Islamic, Greek, and European
Hindu, Buddhist, and Christian
Chinese, Mayan, and Egyptian
African, Persian, and Indian
What shape did Al-Idrisi envision the Earth to be?
Flat
Cubic
Spherical
Pyramid-like
Why was Al-Idrisi’s work significant?
It inspired later European and Islamic cartography
It introduced the first compass
It was the first recorded map in history
It only described Europe
What role does astronomy play in Islamic worship?
Determining prayer times
Calculating fasting periods
Identifying the Qibla direction
All of the above
What is the Islamic calendar based on?
The solar year
The lunar cycle
The movement of planets
The Gregorian calendar
What marks the beginning of an Islamic month?
The full moon
The new moon
The sighting of the crescent moon (hilal)
The equinox
Which event depends on lunar calculations?
Hajj
Ramadan
Eid al-Fitr
All of the above
What is the Qibla?
The direction of Mecca for prayer
A type of astrolabe
A star in the northern sky
A unit of astronomical measurement
Who improved calculations of the solar year?
Al-Battani
Al-Sufi
Ibn al-Shatir
Copernicus
Who compiled The Book of Fixed Stars?
Al-Biruni
Al-Sufi
Ulugh Beg
Galileo
Who accurately measured the Earth's radius?
Al-Biruni
Al-Khwarizmi
Ptolemy
Kepler
Which Islamic scholar’s model influenced Copernicus?
Al-Sufi
Al-Battani
Ibn al-Shatir
Galileo
Where did Ulugh Beg build a major observatory?
Baghdad
Damascus
Samarkand
Cairo
What was the astrolabe used for?
Navigation
Determining Qibla direction
Timekeeping
All of the above
Which observatory was NOT an Islamic one?
Maragha Observatory
Samarqand Observatory
Istanbul Observatory
Greenwich Observatory
How did Islamic astronomy influence modern science?
Preserved Greek and Persian knowledge
Inspired European Renaissance astronomy
Developed new astronomical instruments
All of the above
