AP Modern World History Chapter 3 Part 1 Test

Which of the following luxury goods came to symbolize the Eurasian exchange system?

• Silk

• Porcelain

• Nutmeg

• Slaves

How did Buddhism change as it spread along the Silk Roads?

• Buddhist practices increasingly emphasized asceticism and withdrawal from society

• Buddhist doctrines became more esoteric

• The Buddha became more human and less divine

• The gods of many peoples along the Silk Roads were incorporated as bodhisattvas

Trade along the Silk Roads was facilitated by _________

• the collapse of the Indian Ocean trade network, which benefited land routes

• large and powerful states that provided security for merchants and travelers

• the migration of Bantu-speaking people into South Asia and the Middle East

• the emergence of powerful states in Southeast Asia that controlled the trade

How did the Silk Road trade affect peasants in China?

• Peasants focused more on producing luxury goods

• Peasants abandoned farming to go into commerce

• Peasants converted to Buddhism in large numbers

• Peasants only cultivated crops for subsistence

The spread of the Black Death from China to Europe in the fourteenth century occurred during an era of increased contact facilitated by ___________________

• monsoon winds

• the spread of Buddhism

• the spread of Islam

• Mongol rule

In the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, Eurasia experienced a period of intensified interaction under the rule of the __________________

• Swahilis

• Berbers

• Mongols

• Chinese

Which of the following highlights an effect of the international trade in silk?

• The declining price of silk by the tenth century as demand diminished

• The association of silk with the sacred in Buddhism and Christianity

• The widespread use of silk materials among commoners

• The economic decline of China as competitors produced better-quality silk

According to Map 3.1, "The Silk Roads," the Silk and Sea Roads likely intersected on the coast of which of the following?

• India

• China

• Egypt

• Mongolia

According to Map 3.1, "The Silk Roads," the western end of the Silk Road traversed the territory occupied by which of the following ancient civilizations?

• Egypt

• Persia

• Mesopotamia

• Greece

How did the changed environment in China in the ninth century affect Buddhism?

• state support of Buddhism made Buddhism the official religion of China

• Buddhist monasteries came under state control as a xenophobic reaction set in

• People flocked to Buddhism as a way to deal with the social chaos

• Buddhism was wiped out as a result of state-sponsored policies of persecution