AP World History 1200-1450

Trade in the Post-Classical Period (1200-1450)

AP World History Review Day 2

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Multiple Choice

Why is Baghdad such a great location for trade?

• Trick question, It isn't.

• It's a desert

• It is located where Africa, Europe, and Asia meet

• It is a strategically placed peninsula

Multiple Choice

Which area was the first to use "Flying (paper) Money"?

• Mexica Empire

• Empire of Mali

• Tang Dynasty (China)

• Abbassid Caliphate

Multiple Choice

Which empire increased security and stability along the Silk Road, thereby causing an increase in use?

• the Mongol Khanate

• the Abbassid Caliphate

• the Knights of Malta

• the Sui Dynasty

Multiple Choice

_______ was the period of relative peace enjoyed under Mongol rule

• Pax Mongolica

• The Great Asian Peace

• Pax Jolie Pitt

• The Great Schism

Mongol Empire

• ■Found competent officials that they trusted and moved officials around the empire to where they needed them

  ■Conscripted soldiers as they conquered

  ■Appealed to lower classes

  ■Religiously tolerant (mostly)

  Largely maintained government structures of areas they conquered

Multiple Choice

All of the following were methods used by states to support and encourage trade EXCEPT:

• Offering military protection to merchants

• standardized weights, measures and currencies

• building up infrastructure (roads, bridges, canals, etc.)

• Landing Shaq for an endorsement deal

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Multiple Choice

All of the following religions spread through the work of merchants and missionaries EXCEPT:

• Christianity

• Islam

• Buddhism

• Legalism

Post Classical Travelers

Multiple Choice

When elements of two or more cultures combine together to create something new, it is known as _____.

• Syncretism

• N'Syncretism

• Phoneticization

• Imperialism

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of a syncretic religion popularized during this period?

• Neo-Confucianism

• Confucianism

• Zoroastrianism

• Scientology

Multiple Choice

________ is an example of a syncretic language made up of Bantu and Arabic words, developed due to interactions with diasporic merchant communities in the Indian Ocean.

• Urdu

• Quechua

• Pashtu

• Swahili

Multiple Choice

_____ are often credited with preserving knowledge from the classical period.

• The Mongols

• Islamic Caliphates

• The Macedonians

• The Khmer leaders

Multiple Choice

______ cancelled the Civil Service Exam and rejected Chinese culture when they overthrew the Song Dynasty

• The Mongols

• The Vikings

• The French

• The Swahili

Multiple Choice

________ helped increase trade along the Silk Road and Trans-Saharan trade routes.

• Caravanserai

• astrolabe

• magnetic compass

• lateen sails

Multiple Choice

_______ spread from Vietnam to China and led to a population increase

• Bananas

• Champa Rice

• Mangoes

• Whole Wheat

Multiple Choice

_____ was a traveling Muslim judge who kept a log of the places he visited within Dar al Islam

• Zheng He

• Ibn Battuta

• Marco Polo

• Martin Luther

Multiple Choice

Which of the following innovations would help increase trade in the Indian Ocean in the Post-Classical Period?

• camel saddles

• Viking long ships

• maps of Monsoon winds

• horse stirrups

Multiple Choice

All of the following were causes of increased trade in this period EXCEPT:

• Improved transportation technology

• Increased resistance to diseases

• Government support for trade

• Increased demand for luxury goods

Multiple Choice

All of the following were effects of increased trade EXCEPT:

• spread of ideas and diseases

• cultural syncretism

• growth of new trade cities

• economic stagnation