Grade 7History & geographyquiz16 questions

The Islamic Golden Age

Grade 7: Baghdad's House of Wisdom, advances in maths (algebra, Arabic numerals), medicine and astronomy, trade and learning AD 750-1250.

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Questions

  1. In which city was the famous House of Wisdom?

    • Athens
    • Baghdad
    • Cairo
    • Rome
    Show answerBaghdad

  2. What was the House of Wisdom mainly used for?

    • Building ships
    • Storing grain
    • Training soldiers
    • Translating and studying books
    Show answerTranslating and studying books

  3. Scholars at the House of Wisdom translated Greek books into Arabic. (True or false?)

    Show answerTrue

  4. Which ruling family founded Baghdad in AD 762?

    • The Abbasids
    • The Ottomans
    • The Romans
    • The Vikings
    Show answerThe Abbasids

  5. The word 'algebra' comes from a book by which scholar?

    • Al-Haytham
    • Al-Khwarizmi
    • Ibn Battuta
    • Ibn Sina
    Show answerAl-Khwarizmi

  6. Which number system, spread by Arab scholars, do we use today?

    • Egyptian hieroglyphs
    • Hindu-Arabic numerals
    • Roman numerals
    • Tally marks
    Show answerHindu-Arabic numerals

  7. Which important number, meaning 'nothing', helped make Arabic numerals so useful? (Answer out loud)

    Show answerZero

  8. Ibn Sina wrote a huge medical book called what?

    • The Book of Algebra
    • The Book of Kings
    • The Canon of Medicine
    • The Great Atlas
    Show answerThe Canon of Medicine

  9. Medieval Muslim cities built hospitals where patients were treated by trained doctors. (True or false?)

    Show answerTrue

  10. Which instrument did Muslim astronomers use to find time, direction and star positions?

    • The astrolabe
    • The barometer
    • The sundial clock
    • The telescope camera
    Show answerThe astrolabe

  11. Name the science of studying stars and planets that was advanced by scholars in Baghdad. (Answer out loud)

    Show answerAstronomy

  12. Which long trade route carried silk, spices and ideas between Asia and Europe?

    • The Great Wall
    • The Panama Canal
    • The Royal Mile
    • The Silk Road
    Show answerThe Silk Road

  13. Trade in the Islamic world only moved goods, never ideas or knowledge. (True or false?)

    Show answerFalse

  14. Which material, learned from China, was made in Baghdad and helped spread books?

    • Cotton cloth only
    • Paper
    • Plastic
    • Rubber
    Show answerPaper

  15. Which Moroccan-born traveller wrote about journeys across the Muslim world in the 1300s? (Answer out loud)

    Show answerIbn Battuta

  16. Roughly which years are often called the Islamic Golden Age?

    • AD 100 to 400
    • AD 1500 to 1800
    • AD 1900 to 2000
    • AD 750 to 1250
    Show answerAD 750 to 1250

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