Question by sureeee: History Questionssss: Read the detail..?
1. What is the main social unit in Islamic Society?
A. The clan
B. The government
C. The workplace
D. The family
2. What did Muslim astronomers create at a Persian observatory that is still in use today?
A. A chart of planets
B. A calendar
C. The observatory
D. Tarot cards
3. What stylized writing is a key feature of Islamic art?
A. Hieroglyphics
B. Script
C. Scrolls
D. Calligraphy
4. What was one of the major contributions of Muslim scholars?
A. They translated Greek literature into Arabic.
B. They built many libraries.
C. They translated Arabic works into Latin.
D. They wrote historical accounts of ancient kings.
5. What device did Muslims perfect that helped determine the location of planets and stars?
A. Minaret
B. Astrolabe
C. Telescope
D. Calendar
6. Why did Muslims need to predict the phases of the moon?
A. To avoid traveling under a full moon
B. To know when to plant fields
C. To measure months of the year
D. To plan religious festivals
7. What did Ibn Khaldun write in the 1300s?
A. A commentary on Aristotle
B. A history of the world
C. A book of wisdom
D. A catalog of stars
8. What images does Islamic art avoid?
A. Images of flowers or insects
B. Images of Satan
C. Images of God
D. Images of people or animals
9. What are minarets?
A. Letters used in calligraphy
B. Short stories used to illustrate a moral law
C. Tall towers calling people to pray
D. Small mosques usually found in rural areas
10. What popular literary work in Islam is about a young woman who saves her life by telling stories?
A. The Qur’an
B. 1001 Nights
C. Rubaiyat
D. Travels in the Night
Best answer:
Answer by phllipe b
how fun and in-sightful,,, being an American i desire that we all could answer at least 2 of these and know our brothers and sisters better 🙂
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1. D
2 A
3. D
4. A
5. B
6. D
7. ?
8. C
9. ?
10. B Schazerade tells her husband the King, who sleeps virgin at night then kills them at dawn. stories to save her.
I’m npt sure about any of them except the last one. Use Google or Wikipedia.
Okay, I’m a muslim, I don’t know most of thse though, but here are some:
We need to predict phases of the moon so we know when Ramadan and Eid is [so religious festivals],
We avoid images of people because what God made cannot be redrawn by mere humans.
I dont know the last one, but it’s definitely not the Qur’an, as that’s the holy book [sort of like the bible is to christians].
1) The Family then the Clan = but both are very interlinked
2) A
3) D
4) A
5) B
6) D
7) D
8) D
9) C
10) C (not 100% – but not A or B)
1: D
2: B (Persian astronomers created a solar calender which is still used in Iran)
3: D
4: C (I’m not quite sure, but others seem wrong to me)
5: B (again Persian astronomers perfected astrolabe.)
6: C
7: A (I think)
8: C
9: C
10: B (a purely Persian literary work, wrongly named as “Arabian nights”)
1. D
2. C (not entirely sure, but fairly)
3. D
4. A (possibly b as well)
5. B
6. D
7. B
8. C (the most, but D and B as well)
9. C
10. B (but ‘in islam’ is incorrect, it’s not a part of islam, but a part of mid eastern culture and folklore)