Multiple Choice Practice

The map above shows what significant economic developments?

• Trade connections that linked the Hellenistic and Mauryan empires to African cities from 300 to 150 BCE

• Trading networks that promoted the growth of new cities from 600 CE through 1450 CE

• Chinese dominance of Indian Ocean trading networks because of the voyages of Zheng He in the 1400’s CE

• Changes in Indian Ocean trading networks that resulted from technological innovations from 1450 CE through 1750 CE

The expansion of communication and trade networks in Afro-Eurasia from 600-1450 CE resulted in the spread of which of the following from South Asia?

• Military weaponry, such as iron-tipped spears and chariots

• Technological and scientific concepts, such as the decimal and zero, as well as Buddhism

• Irrigation technologies, such as ceramic pipes

• Textile manufacturing processes, such as the spinning jenny

1. Which of the following was NOT a major result of the developments described in the map?

• The growth of major cities along the coasts of China, East Africa, and Southeast Asia

• The diffusion of major religions throughout the Indian Ocean

• The rise of the Mongol Empire thanks to taxes earned from trade

• The emergence of new languages resulting from interactions between different groups

Which of the following conclusions is BEST supported by the description of Baghdad in the thirteenth century?

• The society of Baghdad was one that treated men and women equally.

• Baghdad was a city that embraced all forms of religious belief.

• Trade allowed Baghdad to prosper which supported cultural achievements.

• Non-Muslim foreigners were unwelcome in the city of Baghdad.

The evidence presented in the primary source suggests that Baghdad flourished for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

• Baghdad served as an administrative center for the Islamic Caliphate.

• Baghdad participated in a wider interregional trade network with East Asia.

• Baghdad encouraged the advancement of science and technology.

• Baghdad funded numerous military campaigns against Christian Europe.

Xuanzang’s discussion of his travels to India are best understood in the context of

• Growing empires during the 600 BCE to 600 CE period

• The understanding of 600-1450 CE as a “Dark Age” in world history

• The growing trade and interregional connections occurring in the 600-1450 CE period

• Geographical division between China and India

Which conclusion about the period 600 CE – 1450 CE is most directly supported by the passage above?

• Travelers made their way through various regions in search of religious and economic goals

• The Arab and Chinese Empires exchanged only luxury goods, while bulk goods tended to be the domain of Indian merchants.

• Trade and political development had an interdependent relationship; political structures relied on the taxes derived from merchants.

• Different cultures blended effectively along major trade routes

Which of the following sources would BEST support the experience described by Xuanzang?

• A diary entry by Ibn Battuta about his travels to India in 600-1450 CE

• An image of Christopher Columbus interacting with Native Americans

• A summary of the blending of Buddhist traditions by a Dunhuang monk

• A textbook reading about how Mahayana Buddhism became a new popular religion in China

Which of the following trade routes would have been MOST used to spread the technology depicted on the map across Central Asia into the rest of Afro-Eurasia?

• The Silk Roads

• The Mediterranean Sea Routes

• The Trans-Saharan Sand Routes

• The Indian Ocean Sea Routes

Which of the following economic innovations of the period between 600 to 1450 C.E. would have been a direct result of this technology?

• Tributary and tax systems

• Printed paper currency

• Use of the number 0 in accounting

• Coercive labor systems