Vocabulary
What is Islam? What is God refereed to as and who is his messenger?
Islam is: A Muslim Religion
God is refereed to as Allah an his messenger is Mohammad
Who built the Taj Mahal? Where is it located?
Ustad Ahmad Lahouri and Ustad Isa built the Taj Mahal in Agra, India
Name at least two Islamic Musical Instruments.
Answers vary:
Lute, Nakers, Anafil, Albogon, Rebec, Adufe
What were Islamic Gardens viewed as religiously?
Islamic Gardens were seen as glimpses of the heavenly garden to come.
Possible Answers:
Heaven, Afterlife
Define Dar-El-Hijra
Dar-El-Hijara is a place where Muslims practice the Islamic life
What group of people inspired the design for Islamic Gardens?
Islamic mathematicians, astronomers, and scientists were fundamental to the unique styles of the gardens.
In approximately AD 1000, it was formalized and utilized for religious representations.
What branch of education was Islamic Music considered to be associated with?
Music was considered a branch of philosophy and mathematics.
The art of giving form to signs in an expressive, harmonious, and skillful manner
What group of individuals were pioneers in establishing botanical garden and plant collections?
Early Muslims
Where did Calligraphy expand to?
Calligraphy spread to China, Spain, India, Southeast Asia and West Africa
Where was Islamic music commonly preformed?
Islamic public or private devotions
What is the definition of ubiquitous
Ubiquitous means present, appearing, or found everywhere.
In what areas did an increase in Glassmaking occur?
Glassmaking grew in Egypt and Western Asia for more than two millennia.
Name one prominent document that is written with Calligraphy?
The Al-Quran
Islamic calligraphy usually consisted of a variety of...?
Shapes, forms, and sizes.
Define Arabesque
Arabesque is a style of decoration distinguished for its designs with consist of intertwining plants and abstract curvilinear patterns.
Name at least two ingredients for Glass Making.
Sodium Carbonate, Lime or Calcium Oxide, Other Additives such as Boron, Lead, Lanthanum Oxide, Iron and Colour Additive
The love of plants is clearly shown in a genre poetry, the Rawdiya or garden poem.
What Umayyad ruler was essential to the creation of the Great Mosque of Cordoba?
Abd al-Rahman I.