WMS Chapter 14

What happened in Europe to cause demand for Chinese silk to grow?

• Interest in all things Chinese grew.
• Silk became fashionable in Rome.
• Chinese merchants made lavish gifts to Europeans.
• The price of silk in Europe fell.

How much time passed between Christianity reaching China and Islam reaching Europe?

• 40 years
• 44 years
• 58 years
• 59 years

In what year was the Silk Road the busiest?

• A. D. 632
• A. D. 638 
• A. D. 750
• A. D. 1206

What reason might be given for the slowing of activity along the Silk Road?

• decrease in maritime trade
• growth of silk industry in Europe
• bandit interference on the trade route
• collapse of silk market in Europe

Which phrase best describes the effect of the Silk Road?

• Europeans became isolated.
• Technologies and religions spread east and west.
• The economies of many nations decreased.
• China became isolated.

The years between the Han Dynasty and the Sui Dynasty saw

• growing trade with Southeast Asia.
• the rise of several new religions.
• weak kingdoms.
• the expansion of China’s borders.

Daoism was different from Buddhism and Confucianism in that it was also concerned with people’s relation to

• nature.
• government.
• suffering.
• morality.

Wendi unified China by

• forcing all Chinese to become Buddhists.
• using old political traditions.
• raising taxes.
• creating public works.

The Chinese inventions that had an impact on world history were  

•  a. gunpowder and sailing. 
• b. magnetic compass and gunpowder.
• c. moveable type and paper money.
• d. porcelain and bronze.

The population of China grew rapidly during the Tang and Song dynasties because of a.    

• a widespread system of education.
• b. a bureaucracy of educated officials.
• c. advances in farming technology.
• d. trade throughout Asia and Europe.