2.2 Review

What was one major effect of the spread of Islam into Africa?

• Creation of the Silk Road

• Spread of Monotheism

• Development of the Slave Trade

• Creation of the 5 pillars of Islam

Which of the following are major achievements of the Golden Age of Islam?

• Paper, silk printing, and gunpowder

• Aqueducts, road systems, and concrete

• Sculpture, columns, and democracy

• Algebra, the crank, and spyglass

How did the Mongol influence shape Russia’s creation?

• supporting Czar Nicholas during the Russian Revolution

• keeping Russia at the forefront of medieval innovations

• ending the reign of Ivan the Terrible

• isolating Russia from Western Europe during the early Renaissance

As the Islamic caliphates spread out into Africa along the Gold-Salt trade, what diffused

into the Middle East and Asia?

• Slave trade

• Maps of the Sahara

• Astrolabe and other geographic tools

• Gold and Salt

Which of the following is evidence of the influence of Islam on West African governance

and law?

• Shari-ah law replaced the traditional, customary laws of West Africa, which were not

  written and had often been based on superstition.

• The right to rule was traced through women instead of the men.

• Judges and courts decided if laws had been broken and if there should be a punishment.

• The kings and queens were welcoming to outside visitors as part of the zakat.

What is true about African Trade Routes?

• African trade routes mainly followed the path of major rivers.

• Mansa Musa was a major trans Saharan trade route

• Gold and salt were two major trade items moved along the trans Saharan trade routes.

• West African trade routes did not reach the Mediterranean Sea trade avenues.

Which of the following ideas was not caused by trade along the Silk Road?

• Buddhism spread

• Confucianism Spread

• Silk Production spread

• mandate of heaven spread

which of the following was the greatest challenge facing the Mongol

Empire?

• The influx of Christianity led to the conversion of the Mongols

• The vastness of the empire made it hard to control

• The possibility of a future invasion could come from Russia

• The over reliance on trade led to the destruction of the Silk Road

Which philosophy was at the core of Chinese government from the tenth to the

twentieth century?

• Hinduism

• Confucianism

• Buddhism

• Islam

Which of the following were innovations made during the Song and Tang dynasties in

China?

• horse collar, lateen sail, coins

• optics, astrolabes, algebra

• magnetic compass, paper money, gunpowder

• irrigation, plow, calendar