Development of Trade Routes Throughout Asia, Africa, and Europe and the Expanding Role of Merchants

What was the importance of the camel?

• The camel was able to eat a lot of food often

• The camel had many offspring

• The camel allowed people to cross the Sahara desert due to its endurance

• The camel was faster than the horse

What is the Chinese term for paper money?

• Coins

• Flying cash

• Bills of exchange

• Bill of sale

Overland trade between Europe to Asia on the Silk Road increased with

• The revival of commercial cities, such as Samarkand, along the way.

• The discovery of gold in the Hindu Kush.

• The collapse of the Roman empire.

• The development of a new breed of camel.

Which of these accurate describes the political status of China in Marco Polo’s time?

• China was under foreign influence by European commercial interests
• China was experiencing a series of civil wars led by regional warlords
• China was under the control of Mongol rulers
• China was controlled by religious leaders who chose the emperor

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

Ibn Battuta traveled widely across the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Africa in the fourteenth century. His travels serve as evidence for the

• unifying influence of Islam

• excellent condition of roads in Africa and Asia

• political unity of Africa and Asia

• widespread use of paper money

The map 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

Based on the maps and your knowledge of world history, which of the following 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.

The photograph below shows a fourteenth century C.E. mosque in the city of Xi’an, central China. This image most clearly supports which of the following conclusions about the spread of Islam?

• Early Muslim communities in China adopted local architectural styles for their religious buildings.

• Political instability in fourteenth-century China encouraged the spread of Islam.

• Islam spread to China before Buddhism did.

• Early Muslim communities in China disguised their mosques as Confucian academies.

A significant example of the interaction among Indian, Arab, and European societies by 1200 C.E. was the transfer of knowledge of

• iron and copper mining techniques

• the flying shuttle and spinning jenny

• the science of optics and lens design

• numerals and the decimal system