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Grade 8 · Social Studies · Unit 2 of 6

The Islamic World

Scholars, cities and empires

What your child practises

The early Islamic world and its cities, scholars and discoveries (such as algebra and optics), the exchange of knowledge through trade and translation, and the Ottoman Empire.

Yukon Curriculum learning standard: The rise of Islam and the Islamic world: learning, trade, cultural exchange and the Ottoman Empire

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    During which month do many Muslims fast from dawn until sunset?

    • Ramadan
    • Passover
    • Diwali
    • Vaisakhi

  2. Question 2

    The numerals 0 to 9 used today are often called…

    • Egyptian symbols
    • Roman numerals
    • Hindu-Arabic numerals
    • Mayan glyphs

  3. Question 3

    Fatima al-Fihri founded the University of al-Qarawiyyin in Fez in 859. Why is it notable?

    • It was a castle.
    • It was built in Spain.
    • It taught only farming.
    • It is often described as one of the oldest universities still operating.

  4. Question 4

    Cordoba in Muslim Spain (al-Andalus) was known for…

    • having no trade
    • libraries, scholars and a mix of cultures
    • being a remote fishing village
    • being an empty desert

  5. Question 5

    Baghdad became the capital of the Abbasid caliphate in 762. It was a major centre of…

    • learning and trade
    • ocean exploration
    • farming only
    • castle building

  6. Question 6

    Muslim scholars translated and preserved many writings from ancient Greece. Why did this matter later?

    • It stopped scholars from learning.
    • It destroyed the ideas.
    • Europeans later learned many of these ideas through Arabic translations.
    • It banned science.

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