WHAP Unit 2 Ten in Ten Quiz

As a Post Classical merchant on the Silk Road, you would have seen all of the following EXCEPT

• junks and dhows

• caravanserais

• Buddhists and Muslims

• cities like Samarkand

Which of the following did the Mongols fail to conquer during the Post Classical Period?

• Russia

• Persia

• China

• Japan

Which of the following was NOT true of the Mongols?

• their conquests led to the diffusion of gunpowder

• most Mongols were intolerant of other belief systems

• most Mongols converted to Islam

• their expansion helped to revive the Silk Road

Which of the following did NOT contribute to the expansion of the Indian Ocean Trade Network?

• compasses and astrolabes

• understanding of seasonal monsoon wind patterns

• the rising power of the Mali Empire

• dhows and junks

Which of the following was a diasporic merchant community in the Post Classical Indian Ocean Trade Network?

• African merchants on the Swahili Coast

• Malay merchants in Southeast Asia

• Chinese merchants in Southeast Asia

• Indian merchants in South Asia

Which of the following was INACCURATE of the Trans-Saharan Trade Network?

• it relied on the gold-salt trade

• it was made possible by the invention of the camel saddle

• Berbers used caravans to transport goods

• it led to conflict with African rulers who resisted Islam

How did Post Classical governments and trade networks impact each other?

• trade destabilized governments due to the power of merchants

• governments instituted heavy restrictions on merchants

• trade benefited governments, so governments supported trade

• trade brought new ideas that undermined the traditional power of elites

All of the following were true of the interaction of religion and trade EXCEPT

• Christianity spread from Europe into the Middle East in the Mediterranean trade

• Buddhism spread from India across the Silk Road to China

• Islam spread from Arabia across the Sahara to West Africa

• Hinduism, then Buddhism followed by Islam spread into SE Asia in the Indian Ocean network

All of the following were true of the spread of technology across trade routes EXCEPT

• Muslims diffused numbers from India to the west

• Europeans spread writing into Africa through the Trans-Sahara

• Muslims diffused paper across the Silk Road from east to west

• Mongols diffused gunpowder across the Silk Road from east to west

Trade connections resulted in all of the following environmental developments EXCEPT

• Sugar spread west from the Middle East to Europe

• Bubonic Plague spread west from East Asia to Europe

• Champa rice spread from SE Asia into China

• Bananas spread east from Africa to SE Asia