3.3 Life in the Islamic World

A Muslim house of worship is called a(n) _____.

Muslim cities had marketplaces called __ that were filled with shops and stalls where goods were sold.

Muslim astronomers improved a tool called the __, which sailors used to determine their position at sea.

A(n) __ is a tower from which believers are called to prayer.

The people at the lowest level of Muslim society who had no power at all in government were the __.

Muslim rulers advanced Muslim civilization by spreading the Arabic language and providing merchants with

• banks

• business records

• coins

• education

In Muslim society, social groups were based on

• education

• family connections

• power and wealth

• religious beliefs

Among his many talents, Omar Khayyam is best known as the poet who wrote

• The Arabian Nights

• The House of Wisdom

• Muqaddimah

• the Rubaiyat

Who was the Persian doctor who showed how diseases were spread from person to person?

• al-Razi

• Ibn Khaldun

• Ibn Sina

• al-Khawarizmi

What Muslim tomb did the Mughal ruler Shah Jahan build for his wife in Agra, India?

• Alhambra

• House of Wisdom

• Mosque

• Taj Mahal