AP World History : Science and Technology 600 CE to 1450
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Example Question #31 : Science And Technology
What is a dhow?
A sailing ship that uses lateen sails
A military formation used by the Seljuk Turks
A caravan used to transport goods across land.
An incendiary weapon that predates the invention of gunpowder
A defensive fortification used by the Persians
A sailing ship that uses lateen sails
A dhow is a traditional sailing vessel which employs lanteen sails. Dhows were (and are) common trading vessels used by Arab and Indian traders in the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean.
Example Question #32 : Science And Technology
In what century was gunpowder first introduced to Europe?
Seventeenth
Thirteenth
Fifteenth
Sixteenth
Fourteenth
Thirteenth
Gunpowder was invented in China in the ninth or tenth centuries, during the Song Dynasty, and was first introduced to Europe by the thirteenth century. Most historians believe that gunpowder was introduced to the Europeans by the forces of the Mongol empire at some point in the mid-thirteenth century. Gunpowder, and the introduction of firearm technology, would transform European society.
Example Question #283 : Ap World History
Muhammad al-Khwarizmi is most notable for __________.
leading the Moor conquest of the Iberian peninsula
his contributions to the development of algebra
his contributions to chemistry and alchemy
developing the silk industry in the Middle East
his extensive travels around the Islamic world
his contributions to the development of algebra
Muhammad al-Khwarizmi is most notable for his contributions to the development of algebra. He lived in the eighth and ninth centuries, during the Islamic Golden Age of the Abbasid Caliphate. Along with the ancient Greek, Diophantus, he is often credited as “the founder of algebra.”
Example Question #33 : Science And Technology
Ibn Sina is most notable for __________.
his contributions to algebra and engineering
his contributions to political theory
conquering the Mamluk Sultanate on behalf of the Ottoman Empire
his contributions to medicine and philosophy
establishing the Islamic territory of Al-Andalus in Spain
his contributions to medicine and philosophy
Ibn Sina, sometimes also called Avicenna, lived during the Islamic Golden Age of the tenth and eleventh centuries. He is most notable for his contributions to medicine and philosophy, particularly for authoring The Book of Healing and The Canon of Medicine, which were widely influential in Arab and European society for several centuries.
Example Question #34 : Science And Technology
When did universities first appear in European society?
during the Early Middle Ages
during the Industrial Revolution
during the Renaissance
during the High Middle Ages
during the Scientific Revolution
during the High Middle Ages
The first universities appeared in European society in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, during the High Middle Ages. The universities of Bologna, Paris, and Oxford are three of the earliest known universities in European history.
Example Question #35 : Science And Technology
What are madrasas?
barracks and armories
universities and colleges
stadiums and amphitheaters
prisons
harbors and dockyards
universities and colleges
A Madrasa is a university, college, or other educational institution in the Islamic world. Often times Madrasas might involve solely religious education, other times they might involve a varied and secular curriculum. Madrasas were established throughout the Middle East and North Africa during the height of Islamic power and cultural influence in the ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth centuries.
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