Communities in Afro-Eurasia, c.1200-1450

What term is used to describe a country or an organized community living under a unified political system?

• State

• Empire

• Confederation

• City-state

Which region was the Islamic World centered on in 1200?

• Baghdad

• Timbuktu

• Kaifeng

• Marrakech

Which of the following statements about the Mongol Empire is true?

• It conquered most of the Islamic world, China, and Central Asia.

• It was defeated in Southeast Asia, Africa, Europe, and Japan.

• It split into four parts to more easily govern.

• All of the above

Which region had the largest and most populous state in the world in 1200?

• China

• Europe

• Africa

• Southeast Asia

What term is used to describe an alliance of several states?

• Confederation

• Chieftaincy

• Kingdom

• City-state

Which of the following regions had relatively weak kings and were often organized into confederations?

• Central and southern Africa

• West Africa

• Southeast Asia

• China

Which of the following regions had city-states ruled by assemblies of merchants?

• Mediterranean coasts of Africa and Europe

• West Africa

• Southeast Asia

• China

Small communities governed by elders related by ancestry existed in Africa, Europe, and Asia.

• True

• False

All of the following regions had a few large centralized kingdoms, lots of small states, and some city-states: Europe, Africa, Asia.

• True

• False

Which of the following regions had states that facilitated trade with neighbors and were ruled by kings and sultans?

• Southeast Asia

• West Africa

• China

• All of the above