Unit 2 Review: Al-Andalus

What is a minarete?

Which game was invented in Persia and popularised in Al-Andalus?

In what year was Muhammad born?

Which of the following was a scientific advance in Medicine and Pharmacy?

In what year did an army of Berbers defeat the Visigoths in the Battle of Guadalete?

What problems did the Emirate of Córdoba face in the early 10th century?

A water wheel was used to extract water from rivers

What were the social groups in the Muslim community?

What were the main areas of scientific and technical advances?

What is the birth place of Muhammad?

Where would people in the city go to trade grains?

Which city was an important religious center that drew pilgrims from all over the Arabian Peninsula?

The poor quarter was inside the walls of the city

When and where was the Islamic Empire taken over by the Turks?

Which of the following characterized Islamic architecture?

In which year did the emir Abd al-Rahman III establish the Caliphate of Córdoba?

An example of a new technique is the use of handcarts to transport heavy objects

When was the Battle of Poitiers?

The Koran allows for the depiction and painting of human figures

In the 7th century, which of the following did the Muslims conquer?

What is the name of the building that was a government residence?

The new hydraulic techniques for extracting and piping water led to an increase in productivity

In the government, who was the person below the caliph?

By 1031, Al-Andalus was divided into how many independent Kingdoms called taifas?

The Nasrid Kingdom of Granada was the only territory to survive the Christian advance of the 13th century

The Alhambra and Generalife in Granada are examples from which period?

Before Muhammad, the people of Arabia were polytheist

The horseshoe arch was not common in Al-Andalus

During which years was the Emirate dependent on the Umayyad Caliphate of Damascus

The first four caliphs ruled between 632 and 661.

Why did agriculture improve under the Muslims?

A lateen sail helped people build larger boats

What were the different types of decoration?

What did agricultural prosperity make possible?

Which of the following helped preserve and develop the great knowledge of the ancient world?

What were the main crops in Al-Andalus?

Muladis were people who remained Christians and mostly lived in urban areas.

Mozarabs were the only social group in the Non-Muslim community

An emir is the person who ruled an emirate

What was the established capital of the dependent Emirate?