Grammar
How many nouns are in this sentence? And what are they?
The new caliph opened his grand palace to rich and poor people.
3 (caliph, palace, people)
Is this sentence fragment missing a subject or a predicate?
"lived in Baghdad during the Classical Age."
Read the following sentence from the reader and decide if it describes life in Mecca (city) or life in the Arabian Desert.
"At night....the sky is very clear, and the temperature plummets."
Arabian Desert
Which word would be a synonym for "unusual"?
a.) special
b.)ordinary
c.) broken
a.) special
"The Byzantine army was famous for its great calvary, skilled archers, and fearless swordsmen."
Based on this sentence, you could infer that the Byzantine army was a tough army to fight.
True or False?
True
How many adjectives are in this sentence? And what are they?
The new caliph opened his grand palace to rich and poor people.
4 (new, grand, rich, poor)
What type of sentence is this? (declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamatory)
"Take the camel to the well to get a drink."
-imperative
What title did Muhammad's successors take?
Caliph
Which word is an antonym for "unusual"?
a.) special
b.) similar
c.)ordinary
c.) ordinary
"The word spreading around the camp was that the Byzantine army was 100,000 men strong. I had never seen 100,000 of anything."
If this is a quote from a Muslim soldier, we could infer that _______.
a.)the Muslim army was much bigger than the Byzantine army
b.)the Muslim army was greatly outnumbered by the Byzantine army
b.)
What noun are the adjectives "rich and poor" referring to in the following sentence?
The new caliph opened his grand palace to rich and poor people.
rich and poor are adjectives describing the people
What type of sentence is this? (declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamatory)
How do you know?
"It's freezing in here!"
exclamatory, it shows strong emotion and ends with an exclamation mark
The reader states that "Muhammad was born at a time of enormous change." Which of the following quotes supports that opinion?
a.) "The Roman Empire became too big to govern, so it split in two."
b.) "Arabia benefited from Byzantine trade."
c.)"The Roman Empire had dominated for centuries."
a.)
Which word would best complete the sentence?
I took all the ______ books out of my back pack so it would not be so heavy.
a.) violent
b.) nonviolent
c.)essential
d.) nonessential
d.) nonessential
What do the following sentences tell the reader about the Muslim and the Byzantine armies? ?
"Just a few months ago, many of our soldiers had been herding livestock, trading spices, or tanning animal skins to make leather. How could these simple tribesmen stand up to the greatest fighting force in the world?"
a.) the soldiers of the Muslim army had experience that would be useful against the Byzantine army
b.) the soldiers of the Muslim army did not have the skills and experience of the Byzantine army
b.)
Answers may vary.
Come up with a declarative sentence and an interrogative sentence.
answers may vary
Shiite and Sunni Muslims disagreed over what? What did this disagreement lead to?
Who should be caliph. This led to many civil wars.
Use the word "ensure" in a sentence.
Answers may vary.
Which of the following is the best evidence to support the statement that Albucasis and Ibn Sina were great doctors during the Islamic Classical Age?
a.) They were alive during the Classical Age of Islam.
b.) They introduced practices that are still used today.
b.)
Is this a complete sentence, sentence fragment, or run on sentence?
"King Richard the Lionheart led the crusaders his goal was to recapture Jerusalem."
If it is not a complete sentence, how can you fix it?
-There should be a period after "crusaders"
Come up with an imperative sentence and an exclamatory sentence.
answers may vary
After the civil war, ________ ruled the Islamic Empire for almost one hundred years.
a.) the Umayyads
b.)Uthman
c.) The Byzantinesd
d.) the crusaders
a.)
What does the root word "graph" mean?
to write or draw
The text tells us that Albucasis and Ibn Sina lives thousands of miles from each other. What does that say about the Islamic Empire?
a.) it was very large
b.) it was not that big
c.) it had a lot of people
a.)