SOL Flashback Review #7

One of the most valued products in the 14th century were spices. The spice trade mainly revolved around lands near the -

• Indian Ocean

• Baltic Sea

• rivers in Europe

• Africa

New technology such as the windmill and the waterwheel spread mainly from-

• Mesoamerica

• Along the Nile River

• The Middle East

• Russia

The technology of paper originated from-

• India

• China

• West Africa

• Mesopotamia

Which regions were connected by the Silk Roads?

• Northern Europe and the Mediterranean basin

• East Africa and Southeast Asia

• East Asia and the Mediterranean basin

• Western Europe and East Africa

Which belief is associated with Shintoism?

• The gods interfere in human lives

• People will experience an afterlife

• Reincarnation depends on karma

• People must respect natural spirits

In the 14th and 15th centuries, most goods arrived in Northern Europe from Constantinople after crossing the-

• Indian Ocean

• Red Sea

• Black Sea

• Pacific Ocean

Which nomadic warriors invaded and conquered both China and Russia and became an empire?

• Persian Empire

• Byzantine Empire

• Ottoman Empire

• Mongol Empire

Migrating Arab traders most likely used which trade route to get to Timbuktu?

• Silk Routes

• Maritime

• Trans-Saharan

• South China Sea

Archipelago means-

• to spread or scatter

• water on three sides

• a group of islands

• a ruler that is a king

Centuries after originating in India, which religion spread to China, Korea, and eventually Japan?

• Christianity

• Islam

• Buddhism

• Judaism