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Muslim Innovations and Adaptations
Muslim Innovations and Adaptations
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A review game to prepare students for their Chapter 9 Assessment.
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1
Which religion is Jerusalem
not
sacred to?
Jews
Christians
Buddhists
Muslims
2
What type of writing is this?
geometric
floral
cursive
calligraphy
3
Which is the best example of cultural diffusion?
Muslims spread the Chinese craft of paper-making.
Muslim architects built mosques with minarets.
Muslim cities along major trade routes grew wealthy.
Muslims face toward Makkah when they pray.
4
What was the purpose of this machine?
to call believers to worship
to guide boats down the river
to shoot at invading armies
to raise water into aqueducts
5
Muslims learned the game of chess and improved it. Which word best describes this process?
promotion
innovation
adaptation
evolution
6
What is often located at the entrance way of mosque?
a prayer rug
a fountain
a muezzin
a charity box for donations
7
How did Muslims contribute to European knowledge of Plato and Aristotle?
They preserved and translated Greek texts.
They painted beautiful pictures of ancient philosophers.
They met with Catholics to discuss philosophy.
They taught in universities in Europe.
8
All of the following were accomplishments in the field of geography and navigation
except
...
determining the world's area in square miles
astrolabe
created more accurate atlases
dividing the world into climate zones
9
Who was the fearless accomplished leader of the Muslims during the Crusades?
Abu Talib
Muhammad
Saladin
Richard the Lionheart
10
Baghdad was known as being a crossroads of...
religion
engineering
architecture
trade
11
How did Muslims adapt and expand bookmaking?
They invented the printing press
They printed millions of copies of the Bible
They decorated their books with silverleaf
They opened bookshops
12
Which of these might you see in a work of Islamic art?
flowering vines
smiling children
herds of goats
thirsty camels
13
Which of these was an important result of paper making in the Muslim world?
rich growth of Arab literature
loss of ancient manuscripts
invention of the printing press
opening of trade routes to China
14
Which of the following was
not
a contribution made by Muslim scholars to zoology?
established zoological gardens
explained how to make medicine from animal parts
utilized animal bones to help amputate human limbs
wrote books describing the structure of animals' bodies
15
Medieval Muslims adapted and improved the astrolabe to use for...
defense
navigation
irrigation
printing
16
This is another word for a tower that would be attached to a mosque.
shariah
siyam
muezzin
minaret
17
All of the following are reasons why the concept of "zero" is important
except
...
helps to distinguish between numbers
gives a value to nothing
makes it easier to write large numbers
begins the number line
18
How did Muslims break the walls at Acre?
with battering rams
with molotov cocktails
with catapults
with siege towers
19
All of the following relate to the game of polo
except
...
scoring a goal
a battle of wits
a horse
a mallet
20
How many workers did it take to construct Baghdad?
10,000
100,000
1,000,000
1,000
21
This pillar asks the individual to publicly declare his/her faith in Islam.
hajj
shahadah
ramadan
salat
22
This was used to put people to sleep before surgery.
zakat
nitrous oxide
opium
amputation
23
What was Baghdad's nickname?
"Round city"
"Crossroads of religion"
"The Big Apple"
"City of lights"
24
Who could get treatment at medieval Muslim hospitals?
nobody but pilgrims
only the wealthy
anyone
poor workers
25
About how many Muslims are there in the world today?
under 1 billion
2 billion
1.5 billion
1 billion
