What Islamic World Did For Us Name: ________________

1. Why did the Nomads travel at night?

a. So they could go unseen

b. So they could use the stars to navigate

c. To avoid the searing heat of the day

d. Camels are nocturnal

2. What feature of the earth gives us seasons?

a. It’s distance from the sun during its orbit around the Sun

b. It’s speed of rotation during its orbit.

c. Its distance above or below the plane of the ecliptic during its orbit

d. Its tilted axis as it orbits the Sun

3. Why were precise calendars and almanacs vital?

a. To plant crops at the precise time

b. For the precise timing of religious rights

c. To better predict the births of livestock

d. To be fair to prisoners serving time in prison

4. Why did Al-Hathem pretend to be mad (crazy)?

a. to avoid execution for failure

b. to get more time for his experiments

c. to avoid punishment for a crime

d. to avoid being forced to serve in the army

5. What does camera mean in latin?

a. light b. lense c. paper d. room

6. The image on the screen inside the dark room was upside down. What did this fact reveal about the nature of light?

a. It is composed of three primary colors, Red, Green and Blue

b. It travels in straight lines

c. It has features of a particle and a wave

d. It could speed up and slow down as it travelled through the air

7. What was Al-Jazari’s most important contribution to technology?

a. the crank connecting rod

b. plastic pipe

c. the bicycle

8. What was the ship of the desert?

a. the bicycle

b. the horse

c. the camel

9. What was the source of limitless energy that could be used where there was no flowing water first referenced in AD 644?

a. the Sun

b. the Wind

c. the Earth (geothermal energy)

d. the Tides

10. What did the Islamic Empire export in bulk?

a. water

b. gold

c. grain

d. knowledge

11. How were scholars paid for translating a foreign book into Arabic?

a. the weight of the book in gold

b. a flat rate of one ounce of gold

c. free room and board while translating

d. none of the above

12. At the height of the Islamic Empire, the fountain represented

a. love of water

b. wealth

c. technical achievement

d. all of the above

13. What process could “turn objects of clay into gold”?

a. luster

b. alchemy

14. Once flowers have been harvested, what is the next step in the process of making perfume?

a. Burning

b. Distillation

15. The Arabs used distillation to make alcohol. But they didn’t drink it they used it for _________________________ .

16. How did Al-Razi pick a location for his hospital?

17. What are the two ingredients necessary to make simple soap?