Trade Routes and World tour

Fill in the blank: Buddhism spread from ____ to Korea and Japan. 

• China

• Mecca

• India

• Ceylon

The most well-known leader for the Mongols is a man named ___________. 

• Timerlane

• Gengis Khan

• Tokugawa Iyasayu

• King John

Japan's closeness to what area led to major cultural achievements? 

• India

• Russia

• Persia

• China

Along which trade route was gold traded for salt? 

• Trans-Saharan

• Silk Road

• Maritime routes

• Indian Ocean

Where did the compass first originate? 

• China

• India

• Arabia

• Greece

The Russians did not experience a "renaissance" due to being conquered by the --

• Ottomans

• Mongols

• Chinese

• Japanese

Many Europeans wanted to travel to the east to trade with India and China. What goods did the Europeans desire from the east? 

• silk and spices

• beans and corn

• gold and silver

• metal tools and animals

Timbuktu was known as --

• A rich trading city in Scandinavia

• A center for trade and learning in West Africa

• the capital of the Ottoman Empire

• the major trading city on the Nile River

The Limpopo and Zambezi rivers were boundaries for the empire of --

• Zimbabwe

• Ghana

• Nubia

• Kush

Which of the following cities was considered the "Third Rome"? 

• Moscow

• Istanbul

• Tokyo

• Rome