Unit 2 Review

Which of the following societies engaged in extensive maritime trade well beyond their borders in the fifteenth

century?

• Mesoamericans in the Pacific Ocean

• Bantu peoples in the Indian Ocean

• Chinese in the Indian Ocean

• Russians in the Pacific Ocean

The Mongol conquests of much of Eurasia in the thirteenth century tended to encourage trade along the Silk Roads

primarily by

• opening large new markets for both European and East Asian goods in Central Asia

• increasing the demand for military supplies needed by the Mongol armies that occupied various regions

• decreasing the risk of bandit attacks and reducing the number of local rulers collecting tribute from trade

  caravans

• discouraging seaborne trade along the Indian Ocean routes that competed with the Silk Roads

Which of the following was the most important factor in the spread of the bubonic plague in Eurasia?

• The Mongol expansion from central Asia to China, eastern Europe, and the Middle East

• The consolidation of western European monarchies

• The spread of Buddhism from central Asia to China

• The population decline and the outbreak of peasant revolts in eastern Europe

Which of the following resulted from the fragmentation of the Mongol Empire following the death of Genghis

Khan?

• The collapse of the Byzantine Empire

• The development of khanates in Central Asia

• The spread of Islam into East Asia

• Increased trade between Africa and Asia

Which of the following contributed to the Chinese government’s decision to stop voyages of exploration in the

Indian Ocean in the early fifteenth century?

• Armed resistance from Arab navies

• Lack of sufficient Chinese goods for trade

• The destruction of the Chinese fleet by typhoons

• Government concern with domestic problems and frontier security

• Fear of the spread of the plague to China

Which of the following was the most important factor in the spread of Islam in Southeast Asia in the period circa

1250–1500 C.E.?

• The religious zeal of Muslim soldiers willing to die to spread Islam

• The activities of Muslim traders and Sufi missionaries

• The relative lack of interest in Islam among Hindus and Buddhists

• Muslim rulers’ policy of toleration of all religions practiced in their realms

Historians who argue that there was substantial global integration by the end of the thirteenth century would most

likely cite which of the following as evidence to support their claims?

• The political unification of large territories under imperial rule in the Mediterranean and East Asia

• The widening and deepening of exchange networks linking Afro-Eurasia after the Mongol conquests

• The spread of global capitalism from Europe to Africa and Southeast Asia

• The creation of a new Atlantic trade system based on plantation economies in the Caribbean and the

  Americas

Malian Emperor Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324 can best be understood in the context of which of the

following?

• The expansion of Islam throughout Afro-Eurasia

• The development of new transportation technologies

• The diffusion of African culture to the Middle East

• The territorial expansion of West African empires

The map above indicates that

• Mali was a major source and hub of the gold trade

• slavery existed in the western Sudan

• Europeans had begun to make inroads in West Africa

• Mali remained isolated from Europe and the Middle East

• Atlantic ports were crucial for the transportation of salt and gold

The map above shows which of the following empires at its greatest extent?

• The empire of Alexander the Great

• The Mongol Empire

• The Russian Empire

• The Byzantine Empire

• The Ottoman Empire