2.5 Cultural Consequences of Connectivity

What is the term used to describe the exchange of ideas and cultural trades among states?

• Industrialization

• Colonization

• Globalization

• Syncretism

Which belief system spread from India to East Asia via the Silk Roads around the 2nd Century CE?

• Hinduism

• Islam

• Buddhism

• Christianity

Which city was situated at the southern end of the Grand Canal and became one of China's most significant trading cities?

• Constantinople

• Samarcand

• Baghdad

• Hangzhou

Which city was the political and religious capital of the Byzantine Empire and was sacked by the Islamic Ottoman Empire in 1453?

• Hangzhou

• Baghdad

• Constantinople

• Samarcand

Who was a young Muslim scholar from Morocco who traveled all over Dar al-Islam and wrote detailed notes about the places he visited?

• Marco Polo

• Marjorie Kemp

• Ibn Battuta

• Christopher Columbus

Which European traveler made a journey from Italy to China and wrote about his experiences in the Chinese Court of Kublai Khan?

• Marco Polo

• Marjorie Kemp

• Ibn Battuta

• Christopher Columbus

Which technological innovation spread from China to Europe by the 13th century and led to an increase in literacy?

• Compass

• Paper making

• Movable type

• Gunpowder

What did the rise of the Islamic Ottoman Empire lead to in 1453?

• The decline of Constantinople

• The decline of Hangzhou

• The decline of Samarcand

• The decline of Baghdad