Al-Khwarizmi - Quiz
A) Astronomy B) Algebra C) Arithmetic D) Geometry
A) Persian B) Latin C) Greek D) It did not survive in Arabic
A) Book of addition and subtraction B) Indian numerals C) The art of arithmetic D) Book of Indian computation
A) To teach astronomy B) To store manuscripts C) To perform calculations D) To measure distance
A) Adelard of Bath B) Al-Razi C) Al-Uqlidisi D) Ibn Sina
A) The Indian word for numbers B) The word for dust board C) The Greek word for calculation D) The Latinized form of Al-Khwarizmi's name
A) Four B) Six C) Two D) Eight
A) Dixit Algorizmi B) Liber Ysagogarum Alchorismi C) Liber Pulveris D) Liber Alchoarismi de Practica Arismetice
A) Adelard of Bath B) Al-Khwarizmi C) The University of Cambridge D) Al-Uqlidisi
A) Babylonian numerals B) Hindu-Arabic numerals C) Greek numerals D) Roman numerals
A) The construction of a dust board B) A translation of ancient texts C) The study of stars D) The technique of performing arithmetic with Hindu-Arabic numerals
A) A stylus B) A feather C) A pen D) A brush
A) Algoritmi de Numero Indorum B) Liber Alchoarismi C) Kitab al-hisab D) Liber Pulveris
A) Mental calculation methods B) Roman tally systems C) Abacus-based methods D) Pen and paper methods
A) Ancient Greek period B) Enlightenment C) Islamic Golden Age D) Renaissance
A) Damascus B) Khwarazm C) Cairo D) Baghdad
A) Decimal-based positional number system B) Roman numeral system C) Abacus calculation system D) Binary number system
A) Subtraction of parts B) Division of numbers C) Completion or rejoining D) Multiplication of squares
A) Astrolabe and sundial B) Microscope and thermometer C) Sextant and barometer D) Telescope and compass
A) Persian B) Greek C) Indian D) Roman
A) Al-Tabari B) Harun al-Rashid C) Al-Wathiq D) Al-Ma'mun
A) Using poetic verse B) Using secret codes C) Using complex diagrams only D) Using ordinary text
A) Essential tools for predicting astronomical events B) They were used to track market prices C) They provided religious prophecies D) They were used to build ships
A) 37 B) 820 C) 1000 D) 116
A) Siddhānta B) Sanskrit-Zij C) Brahmasiddhanta D) Zij
A) Ptolemy B) Brahmagupta C) Maslama al-Majriti D) Adelard of Bath
A) Three B) Nine C) Five D) Seven
A) Brahmagupta B) Adelard of Bath C) Al-Khwarizmi D) Maslama al-Majriti
A) Bodleian Library B) British Museum C) Vatican Library D) Library of Congress
A) The end of scientific study B) A turning point C) A transition to Greek-only studies D) A rejection of Indian methods
A) Navigation B) Weather forecasting C) Agricultural irrigation D) Geological mapping
A) Approximately 116 B) Approximately 37 C) Approximately 50 D) Approximately 10
A) 850 B) 833 C) 750 D) 800
A) Archimedes B) Marinus C) Ptolemy D) Euclid
A) 5000 B) 833 C) 1000 D) 2402
A) Hubert Daunicht B) Ptolemy C) Paul Gallez D) Marinus
A) 50 degrees B) 100 degrees C) 10 degrees D) 63 degrees
A) 80 degrees B) 63 degrees C) Nearly 50 degrees D) 30 degrees
A) At the Fortunate Isles B) At the equator C) At the Mediterranean shore D) At the Canary Islands
A) 50 degrees east B) Directly on the same line C) Around 10 degrees east D) 10 degrees west
A) Kitāb ar-Rukhāma B) Risāla fi istikhrāj ta'rīkh al-yahūd C) Kitāb al-Taʾrīkh D) Ma'rifat sa'at al-mashriq
A) Gregorian cycle B) Solar cycle C) Lunar cycle D) Metonic cycle
A) 28 years B) 12 years C) 33 years D) 19 years
A) Adar B) Elul C) Tishrei D) Nisan
A) Annals B) Sundials C) Spherical astronomy D) Astrolabes
A) Ibn al-Nadim B) Al-Bīrūnī C) Mar Elias bar Shinaya D) Maimonides
A) Mar Elias bar Shinaya B) Ibn al-Nadim C) Al-Bīrūnī D) P. G. Comba
A) The Jewish calendar B) Sundials C) Spherical astronomy D) Astrolabes
A) Two B) One C) Four D) Three
A) 1986 B) 1980 C) 2000 D) 1997
A) P. G. Comba B) E. W. Elst C) V. G. Ivanova D) Mar Elias |
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