Geography
An area of land surrounded by water on three sides
What is a peninsula?
The Key Person in Islam
Who is Prophet Mohammed?
The Spread of Islam also led to the spread of this language.
What is Arabic?
The Ottoman Empire was located on these continents at its greatest extent. (must name all)
What is Europe, Asia, and Africa
These eventually replaced Roman Numerals and made complex math easier
What are Hindu-Arabic Numberals?
A portion of an ocean or sea partly (but not completely) surrounded by land
What is a gulf?
The belief that there is only one god
What is Monotheism?
A group of people travelling together
What is a Caravan?
The conquest of this city led to the fall of the Byzantine Empire
What is Constantinople?
Al-Khwarizmi is considered the father of this.
What is Algebra?
This body of water is bordered by Europe to its north, Asia to its east, and Africa to its south. It empties into the Atlantic Ocean, which is to its west. Two of the most important ancient civilizations were located near this sea: Rome and Egypt.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
What is monotheism & the 5 pillars
The leader of an Islamic Nation
What is a Sultan?
This leader led and important siege and his rule helped bring in a golden age.
Who is Mehmed II/Mehmed the Conqueror?
Al-Khwarizmi is considered the father of this.
What is Algebra?
This body of water separates the Arabian Peninsula from North Africa and is an important part of trade routes among Africa, Asia, and Europe
What is the Red Sea?
The sacred texts of Islam (name 2)
The Quran and The Sunnah
This was one thing about Islamic Art that was different from other cultures' art at the time.
it did not feature people
After the Ottoman Conquest, constantinople was renamed this.
What is Istanbul?
List at least 1 medical contribution from the Golden Age of Islam
- Ibn al-Nafis discovered that blood flows from the heart to the lungs in order to get oxygen
- Ibn Sina wrote a book called Canon of Medicine in the that was used to teach medicine in both the Islamic world and Europe, it was translated into 87 languages.
- Muslim leaders expanded medical schools and established hospitals throughout the empire
This body of water separates the Arabian Peninsula from present-day Iran. The bottom of this body of water holds one of the largest and most important sources of oil in the world.
What is the Persian Gulf?
Prophet Mohammed was born in this city
What is Mecca?
Why did Arab art help spread the religion of Islam?
Islamic religious art glorifies God’s word and includes manuscripts of the Quran written in beautiful calligraphy.
Mehmed II became Sultan when he abdicated the thrown
Who is Murad II
List at least 1 scientific contribution from the Golden Age of Islam
- Ibn al-Haytham discovered that light travels in a straight line
- Ibn al-Haytham's method of experimentation led to the development of the scientific method
- Al-Jahiz was an early believer in evolution and wrote about food chains
- Omar Khayyam developed a very precise solar calendar