WorksheetsAncient Astronomy and Astronomy in Islamic Civilization Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which civilization developed mathematical techniques to predict lunar eclipses?
Egyptians
Greeks
Babylonians
Chinese
The heliacal rising of which star signaled the Nile flood in ancient Egypt?
Polaris
Sirius
Vega
Betelgeuse
Stonehenge is aligned with which celestial event?
Equinoxes
Solstices
Lunar eclipses
Meteor showers
Who proposed the geocentric model of the universe in ancient Greece?
Pythagoras
Aristotle
Thales
Ptolemy
The Chinese contributed to astronomy by:
Building pyramids
Inventing the telescope
Recording supernovae and comets
Discovering Jupiter’s moons
Which Islamic scholar compiled precise astronomical tables (zij)?
Ibn Sina
Al-Khwarizmi
Al-Razi
Omar Khayyam
Where were ancient Greek texts translated and preserved in the Islamic world?
Al-Azhar University
House of Wisdom (Baghdad)
Dome of the Rock
Library of Alexandria
What instrument did Islamic astronomers perfect for navigation?
Compass
Astrolabe
Sextant
Sundial
The Julian calendar introduced:
A 360-day year
Leap years
Lunar months
Zodiac signs
Islamic astronomy influenced Europe by:
Preserving Greek knowledge
Inventing the telescope
Discovering gravity
Rejecting heliocentrism
