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Abbasid Baghdad and the Silk Roads

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Five questions, four choices each, twenty seconds per question. Choose with keys 1 to 4 or with a click, then press Enter for the next question.

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  1. Question 1 of 5

    In which year did the caliphate pass to the Abbasids?

    Hands up: show the number on your fingers, then choose it.

    1. 1622
    2. 2711
    3. 3750
    4. 41258

  2. Question 2 of 5

    From which languages did the House of Wisdom translate?

    Hands up: show the number on your fingers, then choose it.

    1. 1Greek, Persian and Syriac
    2. 2Latin and French
    3. 3Only Chinese
    4. 4Turkish and Mongolian

  3. Question 3 of 5

    With which science is al-Khwarizmi's name linked?

    Hands up: show the number on your fingers, then choose it.

    1. 1Medicine
    2. 2Optics
    3. 3Music
    4. 4Algebra

  4. Question 4 of 5

    From which city did Ibn Sina come?

    Hands up: show the number on your fingers, then choose it.

    1. 1Cordoba
    2. 2Bukhara
    3. 3Cairo
    4. 4Damascus

  5. Question 5 of 5

    What did the caravans carry along the Silk Roads besides goods?

    Hands up: show the number on your fingers, then choose it.

    1. 1Nothing but goods
    2. 2Only armies
    3. 3Ideas, languages and diseases
    4. 4Only gold

Answer sheet and tally (for the teacher)

After a show of hands, write in the last column how many answered each question correctly.

#Right answerStepRight in class
17501. The Abbasid state
2Greek, Persian and Syriac4. The House of Wisdom and the translation movement
3Algebra5. Al-Khwarizmi and algebra
4Bukhara6. Ibn Sina and medicine
5Ideas, languages and diseases9. Trade as interaction
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Abbasid Baghdad and the Silk Roads