Grade 12 World History Quiz

Which of the following features of the Chinese economy in the period 1200 to 1450 is best illustrated in Image 1?

• Technological innovations increased agricultural yields

• The government sponsored land reforms

• Confucian policies guided the way agrarian labor was performed

• Improvements in manufacturing techniques resulted in increased handicraft production

What is the most likely reason why the scroll was copied for a new audience in the 1350s?

• The Mongol conquests caused widespread destruction to China's irrigation system

• The artist wanted to demonstrate the superiority of the Song dynasty over the Yuan dynasty

• Mongols adopted and spread technological innovations from regions within their empire

• Chinese culture had a significant influence on neighboring countries, such as Korea and Vietnam

Which of the following characteristics of China’s economy before 1450 is best illustrated in Image 2?

• The influence of Confucian labor policies

• The impact of innovations borrowed from surrounding states

• The reliance on systems of peasant labor

• The dependence on trade along the Silk Roads

Based on the maps and your knowledge of world history, what best describes the effect of the spread of Islam on Indian Ocean trade?

• It led to the expansion and intensification of commerce along already existing trade routes

• It led to the disappearance of previously established trade networks

• It led to an expansion of land-based caravan trade but also to a decline of maritime trade

• It led to the first creation of trade links between previously isolated world regions

What factor contributed the most to Omani traders’ ability to undertake the voyages depicted on the maps?

• The strong backing for the voyages by the Caliphate

• Navigational and maritime innovations, such as the astrolabe and lateen sail

• The spread of Arabic as the language of commerce in the Mediterranean, Red Sea, and western Indian Ocean basins

• Innovations in agriculture, such as the qanat and the noria, which allowed the Omani population to increase rapidly

Which characteristic of Omani merchants is best reflected in the particular routes and timings of the voyages depicted on the maps?

• Their Islamic ritual observances, which made travel difficult during the fasting period of Ramadan

• Their advanced knowledge of Indian Ocean currents and monsoon wind patterns

• Their need to avoid the routes traveled by the faster and better-armed Portuguese trading ships

• Their control of the sources of grain needed by Chinese and East African cities

What political system is most closely identified with the act of the countess of Béarn in the image?

• Manorialism

• Serfdom

• Monasticism

• Feudalism

What feature of the political development of medieval Europe does the image most directly illustrate?

• Its bureaucratization, as European rulers developed sophisticated systems of record keeping to strengthen their authority

• Its decentralization, as European rulers frequently delegated authority to local subordinates

• Its reliance on Roman traditions, as European rulers used ancient customs to demonstrate their legitimacy

• Its ethnic and cultural diversity, as European rulers granted ethnic and religious groups the right to use their own laws and traditions

In Europe, political relationships of the type depicted in the image emerged most directly on account of which development?

• Local elites’ need for military protection from more powerful lords

• Local elites’ desire to expand the commercial power of local towns

• Local elites’ need for military assistance to eliminate religious heresies

• Local elites’ desire to attract new settlers to their territories

What best explains a development in the trans-Saharan trade networks in the period 1200–1450?

• The networks became more dangerous because of religious conflict between Christian and Muslim states

• The geographic range of the networks increased because of improved commercial practices

• The networks were increasingly disrupted because of the growing importance of maritime commerce

• The value of merchandise along the networks increased because of demand for silver and bronze from Muslim states in North Africa and the Middle East