Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Contributions to Civilization
Contributions to Civilization
Contributions to Civilization
100
What is instrument used to observe and measure the position of the sun and other heavily bodies?
Astrolabe
100
What word means you are able to live forever?
Immortal
100
What made Baghdad, Cairo, and Cordoba important cities in the Muslim world?
All were centers for Muslim learning
100
Which is not a form of Islamic visual art: geometric design, floral design, calligraphy, and anatomically accurate sculpture?
Anatomically accurate sculpture
100
What are two areas that the Muslims contributed to?
Medicine, Recreation, Science and Technology, Literature, Building and Architecture, Scholarship and Learning, Mathematics, Music
200
What is the study of animals?
Zoology
200
What is the distance around a circle or sphere called?
Circumference
200
What is a popular game famous in the West for its symbolic representation of medieval European society (most likely originated in Inida) that was popularized by Muslims?
Chess
200
Al-Khwarizmi is known as the father of: medicine, algebra, geography, or textiles?
Algebra
200
Who did the Muslims learn paper-making from to create beautiful books?
Chinese
300
What is a branch of mathematics that solves problems?
Algebra
300
What is the form of religious belief and practice involving sudden insight and intense experiences of God?
Mysticism
300
Which European city did Ziryab, a talented musician from Baghdad, helped establish Europe's first music conservatory?
Cordoba
300
Ibn Sina was both a philospher as well as a ______________
Physician
300
What are two favorite pastimes that are still enjoyed today?
Polo and Chess
400
What is a person who prepares medications for use of healing?
Pharmacist
400
What is the process by which different kinds of animals and other living things develop?
Evolution
400
What important mathematical symbol did Muslims name?
Zero
400
What does this list show about Muslims: -Papermaking from China -Number system from India -Philosophy from Ancient Greece
Accepted other cultures' ideas
400
What are some ways the Muslims influenced other cultures?
Cultural ideas and goods
500
What is an advanced school of music?
Conservatory
500
What is the Muslim ruling family in Egypt in North Africa that was descended from Fatimah (Muhammad's daughter)?
Fatimid Dynasty
500
What field is the famous book 1,001 Nights an example of that Muslims contributed to?
Literature
500
Who is Muhammad's daugther?
Fatimah
500
Who is the best teacher on Team Angelou?
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