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Chapter 9- Muslim Innovations and Adaptations

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  • Q1
    Which group below would best complete this list? (page 99, second paragraph) Contributors to Medieval Islamic Culture • Arabs • Turks •
    Russians
    Persians
    Franks
    300s
  • Q2
    Which is the best example of cultural diffusion? (page 100 last paragraph)
    Muslim architects built mosques with minarets.
    Muslims spread the Chinese craft of paper making to Europe.
    Muslims face toward Makkah when they pray. c
    300s
  • Q3
    Which religious activity makes most use of the minbar? (page 101 second to last paragraph)
    washing feet
    giving a sermon
    giving to charity
    300s
  • Q4
    How did Muslims contribute to European knowledge of Plato and Aristotle? (page 102, third paragraph and fifth paragraph)
    They preserved and translated Greek texts.
    They taught in universities in Europe.
    They met with Catholics to discuss philosophy.
    300s
  • Q5
    Which phrase best explains the importance of Baghdad? (page 101, paragraph 4)
    capital of the Abbasid caliphate
    birthplace of Muhammad
    blend of Spanish and Arab culture
    300s
  • Q6
    The Qur’an says, Have they not looked at the camel—how it was created? What aspect of Islamic belief does this quotation encourage? (page 103, first paragraph)
    tolerance of other faiths
    trade with faraway places
    curiosity about nature
    300s
  • Q7
    Medieval Muslims adapted and improved the astrolabe to use for (page 104, last paragraph)
    defense.
    navigation.
    irrigation.
    300s
  • Q8
    What was the purpose of the machine on page 103?
    to shoot at invading armies
    to raise water into aqueducts
    to call believers to worship
    300s
  • Q9
    Answer the riddle below. I am important in mathematics. I came to Muslim lands from India. My name comes from an Arabic word. What am I? (page 105, last paragrah)
    zero
    calculus
    division
    300s
  • Q10
    Why are 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 called Arabic numerals? (page 103, second to last paragraph)
    because of how they are written
    because they cannot be divided
    because of their special powers
    300s
  • Q11
    Who could get treatment in medieval Muslim hospitals? (page 106, second paragraph)
    anyone
    only the wealthy
    nobody but pilgrims
    300s
  • Q12
    Ibn Sina is an important example of a Muslim medical contributor to world civilization. Why has he been called “the prince of physicians”? (page 106, second to last paragraph)
    He treated the caliph's family.
    He wrote a widely used textbook.
    He was descended from Muhammad.
    300s
  • Q13
    Which of these was an important result of paper making in the Muslim world? (page 107, first paragraph)
    invention of the printing press
    rich growth of Arab literature
    loss of ancient manuscripts
    300s
  • Q14
    Which of these might you see in a work of Islamic art? (page 108, second paragraph)
    herds of goats
    flowering vines
    thirsty camels
    300s

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