1. Select from the following what you think are the five most important contributions. Rank them by the effect they had in Arabia at the time and the LASTING effect on the world.

2. ASTROLABE Used to figure their location on earth direction, and time of day. What would do all of that for us today? GPS!

3. ASTRONOMY Built observatories that led to better: Understanding of time and clock making Ways of calculating distance for trade and exploration. What impact would this have on Arabia and the world?

4. GEOGRAPHY Ibn Battutah traveled and made maps along the way. Discovered that land did not go all the way around the Indian Ocean.

5. What impact would the development of more accurate maps have on Arabia and the world?

6. MATH Invented Algebra That’s right! You can thank Islamic mathematicians for AB + 2XY = ?!

8. Just like on a test, the higher the score, the better! Uh oh!

9. Who is this?

10. Would he have been successful without strong math skills?

11. MEDICINE Discovered how to treat deadly smallpox. Medical encyclopedia - one of the most famous books in the history of medicine.

12. Deadly small pox…many people were saved because Arabs learned how to treat small pox.

13. ARCHITECTURE Blue Mosque in Istanbul The Great Mosque in Cordoba Taj Mahal in India Built structures that remain world marvels