Islamic Civilisation

Question 1

Which city did the prophet Mohammed return to and conquer in 629?

Answer 1

Mekkah

Question 2

Name three key areas or countries that the Islamic Empire covered

Answer 2

North Africa
Middle East (Arabian peninsula)
Parts of India
Southern Spain

Question 3

What was the name of the two early dynasties? BONUS: Which cities were they based in?

Answer 3

Umayyads [Damascus]

Abbasids [Baghdad

Question 4

Name 3 countries the Islamic world trade with

Answer 4

South Africa
China
Russia

Question 5

What is an astrolabe?

Answer 5

A navigation instrument

A compass

Question 6

What is the ‘House of Wisdom’? BONUS : Where is it?

Answer 6

Centre of learning [Baghdad]

Question 7

Which areas was the Islamic Empire most progressed in?

Answer 7

Maths
Science
Medicine

Question 8

Name two famous Islamic mathematicians. BONUS: What maths theories did they introduce?

Answer 8

Al-Khwarizmi (algorithm)
Ibn al-Haytham (invented a camera that explains how the eye sees)
Algebra

Question 9

Give 3 reasons why Islamic Empires were advance in medicine?

Answer 9

Highly skilled doctors
Published and shared knowledge
Understood the importance of hygiene

Question 10

Who designed new surgical tools?

Answer 10

Al-Zahrawi

Question 11

Who created a huge medical encyclopaedia ?

Answer 11

Ibn Sina

Question 12

What shape was the city of Baghdad?

Answer 12

Concentric

Question 13

Name 3 things the Islamic World traded with China

Answer 13

Silk
Paper
Spices

Question 14

What style was Islamic architecture?

Answer 14

Gothic architecture using geometrical patterns

Question 15

Name the rule that was successful in taking back the Holy land during the first two Crusades?

Answer 15

Saladin

Question 16

The Ming Dynasty ruled over which country?

Answer 16

China

Question 17

Roughly how many years did the Ming Dynasty rule?

Answer 17

Anywhere between 60-100 years (1368-1644)

Question 18

What type of person ruled over the Ming Dynasty?

Answer 18

An intellect/scholar

Question 19

What have the Chinese historically used to stop invasions?

Answer 19

The Great Wall

Question 20

Was this preventative measure in good condition at the start of Ming rulership?

Answer 20

No

Question 21

What is something you might find either in your home or in a museum, that the Ming Dynasty commonly exported?

Answer 21

Porcelain

Question 22

How did the dynasty enable poets and authors to reproduce their work?

Answer 22

Block-printing

Question 23

Name two things China produced or invented better than anywhere else in the world

Answer 23

Gun-powder/ weaponry/ shipbuilding/ navigation/ production of porcelain/ silk /ivory /spices.

Question 24

What would Europeans often trade with Chinese? It isn’t coinage.

Answer 24

Silver

Question 25

Who was Zheng He?

Answer 25

Reference to:
-Explorer
-Sailor/captain
- Largest fleet- 
Trading/bringing Ming back treasures
- Extended influence of CHINA

Question 26

Name one of the three religions that were followed during the period of Ming Dynasty. Extra point if you can answer the other two!

Answer 26

Confucianism, Buddhism, Doaism.

Question 27

Name at least two Chinese inventions:

Answer 27

Printing; gunpowder; compass

Question 28

How did people pass on their information before an invention changed things?

Answer 28

Word of mouth/handwritten copies of manuscripts.

Question 29

What was the name of the navigation tool invented by the Chinese?

Answer 29

Astrolabe

Question 30

What did the Chinese invent that replaced handwritten books

Answer 30

Block printing