Deck 10: The Islamic World

Question 1

Islamic religious architecture is closely related to ____.

A) Christian basilicas
B) Muslim prayer
C) Roman temples
D) Indian tombs

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The Saminid mausoleum from Bukhara can be said to be which of the following structure types?

A) Dome-on-a square form
B) Dome-on-a cube form
C) Basilican form
D) Octagon

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The ____ is the leader of collective worship who preaches from the minbar.

A) maqsura
B) mihrab
C) qibla
D) iman

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The design of Islamic Korans has parallels in ____.

A) medieval manuscripts of Britain and Ireland
B) Carolingian Gospel books
C) Ottonian bronze doors
D) early Christian mosaics

Question 5

In the seventh century,the capital of Islam had been transferred from Mecca to Damascus by the ____.

A) Ottoman Turks
B) Mamluks
C) Arabs
D) Umayyads

Question 6

Critical of the polytheistic religion of his fellow Arabs,Muhammad had all the idols destroyed,but he preserved the Kaaba.Which of the following supports the reason for this preservation?

A) It is the Islamic world's symbolic center.
B) It is the home of Muhammad.
C) It the site of Muhammad's ascendancy into Paradise.
D) It is the location of Muhammad's divine inspiration.

Question 7

____ was the greatest achievement of the court architect,Suleyman the Magnificent.

A) Great Mosque,Isfahan,
B) Mosque complex of Sultan Hasan
C) Mosque of Selim II
D) Madrasa Imami,Isfahan,

Question 8

The mihrab,a semicircular niche set in the qibla wall,possibly honors the place where ____.

A) Muhammad stood when leading communal worship
B) Muhammad received divine inspiration
C) Muhammad ascended into Paradise
D) Muhammad wrote his revelations

Question 9

The supposed precursor of the hypostyle designed mosques,such as Kairouan,is ____.

A) Muhammad's house in Medina
B) Muhammad's house in Mecca
C) Muhammad's divine inspiration
D) the house from which Muhammad ascended into Paradise

Question 10

The event called the Hijra,which was ____,marks the beginning of Islam.

A) the Islamic conquest of Egypt
B) Muhammad's flight from Mecca
C) Muhammad's vision of Gabriel
D) the rock in the mosque at Mecca

Question 11

The practice of ____ was considered a holy task and required arduous training.

A) binding manuscripts
B) calligraphy
C) meditation
D) the maqsura

Question 12

The Great Mosque at Córdoba has a hypostyle prayer hall with horseshoe-shaped arches adapted from which of the following?

A) Byzantine Egypt
B) Visigoths
C) Carolingians
D) Rome

Question 13

Too tall to call Muslims to prayer,the Malwiya minaret in Samarra may have functioned as a symbol of the____.

A) house of Muhammad
B) conquest of Spain
C) defeat of the Byzantine emperors
D) triumph of Islam in the Tigris valley

Question 14

At the Cordoba maqsura,the architects experimented with ____.

A) calligraphic inscriptions
B) figural representations
C) fortifications
D) decorative,multilobed arches

Question 15

Which of the following is built over the place from which Muhammad began his miraculous journey to heaven?

A) Great Mosque,Damascus
B) Dome of the Rock
C) Dome of Masjid-i Shah
D) Great Mosque,Kairouan

Question 16

How is interior architectural space defined in the Muslim world?

A) By having no interior walls
B) By rearranging the courtyard fountains
C) By moving the walls around to increase or decrease the space
D) By rearranging the carpets and cushions

Question 17

The vault in the Hall of the Abencerrajes is meant to symbolize ____.

A) the dome of heaven
B) Paradise
C) the fusion of Islamic and Byzantine motifs
D) Allah's blessing on the Nasrids

Question 18

The coming of a new religion to Jerusalem,a city sacred to both Jews and Christians,is marked by a monument known as the ____.

A) Rock of Ages
B) Kaaba
C) Dome of the Rock
D) Rock of Muhammad

Question 19

The structural foundation of the Great Mosque of Damascus used a ____ as its foundation.

A) Roman forum
B) Roman precinct walls
C) Roman bath
D) Roman arch

Question 20

The positioning of all mosques,no matter period or country,must be oriented toward which of the following cities?

A) Medina
B) Mecca
C) Damascus
D) Jerusalem

Question 21

An ancient Arab proverb proclaims,"Purity of writing,is purity of soul," and describes which of the following?

A) Poetry
B) Story telling
C) Painting
D) Calligraphy

Question 22

The sacred book of Islam is the Koran,or recitations.The recitations or instructions were given to Muhammad by the ____.

A) Holy Spirit
B) Prophet Jeremiah
C) Archangel Gabriel
D) Prophet Isaiah

Question 23

In the mid-thirteenth century,the Mongols conquered much of the eastern Islamic world.The center of Islamic power moved from Baghdad to Egypt.The lords of Egypt at that time were Mamluks.The definition of the word Mamluk translates to ____?

A) slave
B) noble Turk
C) Christian
D) barbarian

Question 24

The new style of mosque developed by the Ottomans can be described as ____.

A) rectangular and simple
B) circular and formalistic
C) geometric and formalistic
D) geometric and simple

Question 25

In the tenth century,Caliph al-Hakam II undertook major renovations of the Great Mosque at Córdoba in imitation of his ____ predecessors in Jerusalem and Damascus.

A) Mughal
B) Ottoman
C) Nasrid
D) Umayyad

Question 26

Describe the importance of calligraphy and the Koran.

Question 27

The Abbasids overthrew the Umayyad caliphs and established a new capital at ____.

A) Damascus
B) Baghdad
C) Medina
D) Isfahan

Question 28

Umayyad palaces included elaborate bathing facilities,which were an inheritance from ____?

A) Byzantium
B) Abbasid Dynasty
C) Roman influence
D) Ottomans

Question 29

How did the Mosque of Selim II become Sinan the Great's ultimate expression?

Question 30

Describe the cultural contributions made by Islam to western Europe.

Question 31

How did the Mongols impact Islamic art?