Roman Numerals and Mathematicians
Arabic Numerals
Zero and Negative Numbers
Islamic Art and Tessellations
Astronomy and Quadrivium
100
The number of mathematicians from 500 to 1100 in western civilization.
What is very little to none?
100
Another name for Arabic numerals.
What are decimal numbers?
100
The people who created negative numbers.
Who are the Chinese?
100
The group to first use tessellations.
Who are the Sumerians?
100
The Latin meaning of quadrivium.
What is "the four ways"?
200
The year in which Roman numerals were developed.
What is 500 BC?
200
The base which Arabic numerals use.
What is base 10?
200
The people who invented zero as a placeholder.
Who are the Babylonians?
200
A tessellation.
What is the repetition of a shape over and over again, covering a plane without any gaps or overlaps?
200
The period in which the quadrivium was taught.
What is the Renaissance period?
300
The direction in which descending Roman numerals move to.
What is right?
300
The people who invented Arabic numerals in the 4th century BC.
Who are Hindus?
300
The century in which negative numbers and zero as a placeholder were established.
What is the 3rd century BC?
300
What Islamic art used tessellations for.
What is decorating buildings such as mosques?
300
The four subjects of the quadrivium.
What are arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy?
400
The language whose alphabet is used to signify Roman numeral values.
What is Latin?
400
The people who used Arabic numerals in the Middle East.
Who are Arab mathematicians and astronomers?
400
The things used to represent positive numbers.
What are red counting rods?
400
What Islamic art usually shows.
What is architecture, tiling, or decorations?
400
The degree that the quadrivium course led to.
What is the Master of the Arts degree?
500
The reason why Roman numerals are not commonly used anymore.
What is "they can be confusing, especially with large numbers"?
500
The century in which the Arabic number system spread to the Middle East.
What is the 9th century AD?
500
The things used to represent negative numbers.
What are black counting rods?
500
The reason why Islamic art shows no humans or animals.
What is the fear that it might lead to idol worship and blasphemy?
500
An astronomer who performed detailed calculations of the positions of celestial bodies.
Who is al-Khwarizmi?
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