APWH:M 2.1 2.2 New

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Define Serfdom?

• The noble landowning class that was at the top of the social pyramid

• Peasants who were bound to a land and had little personal freedom

• Government officials that were in charge of specific duties

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What do Vietnam, Japan, and Korea have in common?

• They all have languages that stem from the same linguistic family.

• China left a lasting cultural and religious imprint on them.

• All were once colonies of the Mongols.

• All were conquered by the Sung dynasty.

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Throughout the 11th century, Champa rice was introduced into China from Vietnam and is illustrated through....

• a stimulation of agriculture through Tech innovations

• China influenced neighboring city states

• conquests by the Mongols

• Vietnams impact on the world economy

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How did the kingdoms of Srivijaya grow to be powerful and wealthy?

• Controlled the waterways and trade in the area

• Controlled their empire with military force

• Negotiated lasting trade treaties with the China Dynasties

• Made other countries attack their competition

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What economic system produced everything that was needed for life in Europe during 1200- 1450 CE?

• Manorialism

• Feudalism

• Christianity

• Pastoralism

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The responsibility of children to respect, obey, and care for their parents...

• Mandate of Heaven

• filial piety

• Legalism

• Dao

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Why were networks of exchange, such as those shown on the map, significant for societies between 1200 and 1450?

• They allowed for the spread of goods, ideas, and technologies across continents.

• They isolated societies from one another, limiting cultural interaction.

• They led to the decline of major cities along trade routes.

• They prevented the spread of religions and philosophies.

Open Ended

What are some possible impacts that the Silk Roads might have had on the cultures and economies of the regions they connected?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes the main learning target for this lesson?

• Explaining the expansion of trade routes and the Mongol Empire's impact on economic, political, and cultural interactions across Afro-Eurasia

• Describing the daily life of Mongol warriors

• Listing the inventions of the Song dynasty

• Analyzing the decline of the Roman Empire

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How did the Mongols contribute to the safety and efficiency of the Silk Roads during their rule?

• They improved roads and punished bandits, respected merchants, and enforced laws.

• They closed the Silk Roads to foreign merchants.

• They taxed merchants heavily and restricted trade.

• They destroyed caravanserais along the routes.

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The Song dynasty's system of

allowed merchants to deposit and withdraw money across regions, making transactions faster and lighter compared to metal coins.

Multiple Choice

Which cities served as important oases along the Silk Road trade route?

• Kashgar and Samarkand

• Beijing and Nanjing

• Baghdad and Alexandria

• Venice and Constantinople

Multiple Select

Which of the following traits were highly valued in Mongol society?

• Courage

• Horsemanship

• Hunting

• Wealth

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about Genghis Khan is correct?

• He unified the Mongol tribes in 1206.

• He was the grandson of Batu Khan.

• He conquered much of Western Europe.

• He was born in Persia.

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The Mongol Empire was founded by

Khan.

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Which Mongol leader was responsible for the sack of Baghdad and the end of the Abbasid Caliphate in 1258?

• Hulegu Khan

• Kublai Khan

• Batu Khan

• Ogedei Khan

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Which of the following were political impacts of Kublai Khan's rule in China?

• Established Yuan Dynasty

• Unified China under Mongol rule

• Promoted international trade

• Implemented dual administration system

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The Mongol Empire reached its greatest territorial extent in the year

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Which of the following was NOT a key aspect of Mongol military strategy?

• Required military service

• Choosing officials based on skill and loyalty

• Eliminating loyalty to individual tribes

• Relying solely on defensive tactics

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Which of the following statements about Mongol conquests and their aftermath are correct?

• The Mongols reached modern-day Turkey by 1277.

• Pax Mongolica refers to the peace after Mongol conquests.

• The Mongols ruled Russia directly through their own officials.

• Moscow resisted and defeated the Mongols in 1380.

Multiple Choice

What was one major reason for the decline of Mongol rule related to their economic policies?

• Excessive military expansion

• Excessive spending and worthless paper money

• Religious intolerance

• Lack of trade routes

Multiple Choice

The western end of the Silk Road connected to the

• Atlantic Ocean

• Mediterranean Sea

• Pacific Ocean

• Indian Ocean

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The Silk Road was important because

• it helped the Han empire control the Mediterranean region

• it extended a thousand miles across Asia

• it linked Asian and western cultures for more a thousand years

• it connected the Han and Egyptian empires

Multiple Choice

What was the main reason why traders crossed the desert traveling in caravans?

• to make it easier to carry heavy goods

• to make it safer to travel

• to have more people to hunt camels

• to have more people to look for water

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an accurate statement about cultural diffusion?

• Cultural diffusion spreads ideas, knowledge, and goods.

• Cultural diffusion occurs only within one culture.

• Cultural diffusion no longer takes place today.

• Cultural diffusion happened only along the Silk Road.

Multiple Choice

4. What city in Central Asia's Uzbekistan was used as a primary hub by traders?

• Sumeria
• Astana
• Samarkand 
• Ashgabat

Multiple Choice

What system did the Chinese create to manage increasing trade?

• A Hierarchy

• Taxes

• Paper Money

• Coins

Multiple Choice

A time period of extended peace on the Silk Road..

• Pax Mongolia

• Pax Romana

• Indian Ocean Pax

• Convassarai

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What was the primary purpose of caravanserais along the Silk Roads?

• Military fortifications

• Religious temples

• Roadside hotels for traders

• Government administrative centers

Multiple Choice

Which Chinese innovation had the most significant impact on warfare and trade?

• Paper
• Gunpowder
• Silk
• Compass

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How did the Mongol conquests tend to encourage trade along the Silk Roads?

• decreasing risk of bandit attacks

• reducing number of local rulers collecting tributes from trade caravans

• they lowered taxes

• they would let traders borrow their horses

Multiple Choice

The map shows which of the following empires at its greatest extent?

• The empire of Alexander the Great

• The Mongol Empire

• The Russian Empire

• The Byzantine Empire

Multiple Choice

Territories under Mongol control benefited from _____________.

• Adoption of Buddhist religious practices

• Trade that facilitated the spread of Christianity

• Widespread adoption of Confucian family customs

• Trade that tied several distinct regional networks together

Multiple Choice

Who was the ruler of the Mongol Empire who established a unified legal code and promoted trade and communication across his empire?

• Genghis Khan

• Alexander the Great

• Attila the Hun

• Kublai Khan

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Who was the famous Venetian merchant and explorer who traveled along the Silk Road and served in the court of Kublai Khan?

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco da Gama

• Marco Polo

Multiple Choice

What was the importance of the camel?

• The camel was able to eat a lot of food often

• The camel had many offspring

• The camel allowed people to cross the Sahara desert due to its endurance

• The camel was faster than the horse

Multiple Choice

What is the Chinese term for paper money?

• Coins

• Flying cash

• Bills of exchange

• Bill of sale

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Malian Emperor Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324 can best be understood in the context of which of the following?

• The expansion of Islam throughout Afro-Eurasia

• The development of new transportation technologies

• The diffusion of African culture to the Middle East

• The territorial expansion of West African empires

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Ibn Battuta traveled widely across the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Africa in the fourteenth century. His travels serve as evidence for the

• unifying influence of Islam

• excellent condition of roads in Africa and Asia

• political unity of Africa and Asia

• widespread use of paper money

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The photograph below shows a fourteenth century C.E. mosque in the city of Xi’an, central China. This image most clearly supports which of the following conclusions about the spread of Islam?

• Early Muslim communities in China adopted local architectural styles for their religious buildings.

• Political instability in fourteenth-century China encouraged the spread of Islam.

• Islam spread to China before Buddhism did.

• Early Muslim communities in China disguised their mosques as Confucian academies.

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The establishment of the Mongol Empire directly facilitated which of the following?

• Increased cultural and technological exchange between the Islamic world and China

• The development of Mongolian as the primary written language of administration across most of Eurasia

• The spread of Persian culture into Central Asia

• Improved ship designs and navigation techniques for oceanic commerce

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The illustration would be most useful to a historian studying which of the following?

• Transportation and maritime technologies

• Large-scale trading organizations

• Geographic patterns of currents and winds in the Indian Ocean

• The expansion of the Umayyad Caliphate