WorksheetsAsian Snapshot
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 50mins
Which of the following factors hindered connections between early river valley civilizations throughout Asia?
Lack of technological innovation
Physical geography and fear of the unknown
Over reliance on agricultural production
Political restrictions on trade
What role did nomadic people play in the establishment of the Silk Road trade?
Nomadic people stopped trade from occurring along the Silk Roads
Nomadic tribes played no significant role in the development of trade
Nomadic people became dependent on the Silk Roads for their survival
Nomadic tribes established some of the earliest trade along what would become the Silk Roads
Which of the following is true of the Silk Road?
The silk road consisted of a one singular road from the West to Asia.
The silk road consisted of multiple roads from the West to Asia
What religion made its way from India along the Silk Roads to China?
Islam
Buddhism
Sikhism
Hindusim
The sharing of maritime technology -like the magnetic compass, the axial rudder and the lee board led to which effect?
The dawn of the Age of Exploration and the seeking of alternative trade routes to Asia
The establishment of more extensive overland trade routes
The immediate end of all trade in the Asia
The strengthening of Silk Road trade routes
Which of the following statements is true of the Han dynasty? Multiple answers are correct.
Liu Bang started the Han dynasty.
The Han dynasty had more than 50,000,000 (million) people
The Han dynasty controlled China at the time of Columbus
The Han developed a Revolutionary new technology, kilns that allowed them to create the Terracotta Soldiers.
Which of the following statements is true of the Ming Dynasty? Multiple answers are correct.
The Ming dynasty built one of the largest empires in World History.
The Ming dynasty controlled a small portion of China.
The Ming dynasty predated (was before) the Han dynasty.
The Ming dynasty controlled China at the time of Columbus
Which of the following is NOT true of the fleet built by Zheng He?
He ordered a huge fleet for ocean travel.
Dry docks were built on the Yangtze river to build his fleet.
He ordered 347 ocean going ships and 188 flat bottom transports be built for the fleet.
Zheng He learned much of his ocean going knowledge from Christopher Columbus.
Which of the following is NOT true of Zheng He?
He was in command of a 25,000 man navy
He was born a member of the elite ruling class of the Ming Dynasty
During the course of his 28 year career he visited 37 Countries
His fleet (navy) was larger than all of Europe's navies combined.
Which of the following occurred after Zheng He's magnificent fleet was destroyed? (Multiple answers are correct).
China's age of exploration was over.
China's open door policy was closed.
The records of his voyage were destroyed.
The promise of international conquest and power was dead.
The Chinese built "The Great Wall of China".
