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P3 Brandon Han and Brandon Park: Islamic Empire's Advancements
P3 Brandon Han and Brandon Park: Islamic Empire's Advancements
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A #history quiz about the Islamic Empire
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1
What did Al-Biruni do?
Found the position of Mecca from anywhere in the world.
Discovered Mercury.
Discover the red shift.
Invented the telescope.
2
Who made the Arabic numeral system?
La-Khwarizi
Al-Khanacad
Al-Khwarizmi
Al-Pepperoni
3
What is the origin of the word
Algebra
?
Hisab al-jabr
None of these
Hisap al-jabs
Hisab al-jobs
4
Why was Al-Zahrawi considered the greatest doctor ever?
He discovered how to sterilize food.
He discovered peninsulin and used it to cure disease.
He published a medical encyclopedia still used today.
He was the first person to perform brain surgery.
5
What did Al-Idrisi's encyclopedia have?
A massive map that had every single detail of Earth on it.
Maps and descriptions of over 70 places.
Random facts and details.
Descriptions of various landmarks around the world.
6
What is Muslim art meant to do?
Show the life of Muslims.
Show prophets.
Honor Allah.
Teach the 5 pillars.
7
What was calligraphy used for?
Writing passages of the Qur' an
Writing things on walls
Decorating things like buildings and armor
Drawing people
8
What did Muslim scholars do?
Ran around in circles.
Did scholarly stuff.
Plagarized everything they saw.
Took ideas from other nations and refined them.
9
What was calligraphy?
Decorative handwriting
Pictures of cats
A type of font
Graphing calls
10
What did Al-Idrisi do?
Wrote a geographic encyclopedia based on his experiences.
Become a famous philosopher.
Was a famous poet.
Developed the idea of geometry.
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How much did you enjoy this presentation? (No points awarded)
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4-7/10
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What kind of poetry was popular?
Ballads
Haikus
Limericks
Quatrains
13
Which scholar was also a poet?
Omar Khayyam
Ibn Sina
Ibn Rushd
Al-Razi
14
What did Omar Khayyam do?
Wrote poetry
Used Greek studies to support Al-Khwarizmi and geometry.
Stole the ideas of others.
Found Khan Academy.
15
Who wrote
Canon of Medicine
?
Ibn Inn
Ibn Sina
Ibn Sinn
Inb Sina
16
What did Al-Razi do?
Find a cure for smallpox
Make vaccines
Invent surgery
Diagnose illnesses like smallpox and measles
17
What is the book
The Thousand and One Nights
about?
A book that took 1001 nights to write.
A book about 2.5 years worth of nights.
Stories about the Abbasid court and fantasy adventures.
A story of a man who stayed up for 1001 nights.
18
What was something that Al-Jarazi did?
Discovered how to turn rotary into linear motion.
Make a tower clock with aspects of multiple cultures.
Make many surgical tools.
Developed the most efficient way of making maps.
19
Who made the Jalali Calendar?
Omar Khayyam
Al Khwarizmi
Ibn Sina
Al-Razi
20
What is the
camera obscura
?
The basic principles of the camera
A way of obscuring light
The first camera invented
A camera filter
21
What was put on Muslim art?
Prophets
Muhammad
Patterns, plants, and flowers
Memes
22
What is an astrolabe?
A tool used to draw the stars.
A toy astronaut.
A label for the astral objects in the sky.
A tool used to make astronomical measurements.
23
Which of these is something that Muslims worked on?
Flying machines
Trains
Motors
Television
24
Why was Ibn Rushd considered a great philosopher?
He tried hard and became successful.
He translated Plato and Aristotle's works into Latin.
He discovered many truths about life.
His works rivaled that of Socrates.
