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