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WorksheetsAPWM 2.5/2.6/2.7
Total questions: 66
Worksheet time: 35mins
One reason for the free trade in Afro-Eurasia between c. 1200 and c. 1450 was the stability and protection offered by who?
Mongol Empire
Yuan Dynasty
European Crusaders
Islamic Caliphates
One reason for the free trade in Afro-Eurasia between c. 1200 and c. 1450 was the stability and protection offered by who?
Mongol Empire
Yuan Dynasty
European Crusaders
Islamic Caliphates
How did Buddhism spread to China from its birthplace in India?
Camel Messengers
Sea Routes
Silk Roads
Sand Roads
Buddhist doctrines fused with elements of Daoist traditions to create the syncretic faith Chan Buddhism, also known as ___________________.
Mahayana Buddhism
Zen Buddhism
Theravada Buddhism
Vajrayana Buddhism
Which language came about as a direct result of Indian Ocean trade?
Swahili
Aramaic
Arabic
Bantu
Which language was influenced from Sanskrit-based Hindi, Arabic, and Farsi?
Swahili
Bantu
Aramaic
Urdu
Whose writing helped historians have a good picture of the city of Hangzhou in China?
Ibn Battuta
Marco Polo
Margery Kempe
Giovanni Boccaccio
Who was the emperor that named Marco Polo as his ambassador to many Chinese cities during his time at court?
Kublai Khan
Emperor Yuan
Emperor Chang
Genghis Khan
Ibn Battuta's journey was in large part to learn as much as he could about _______________ and its people and accomplishments.
Buddhism
Islam
Hinduism
Christianity
________________________________ conveyed both the intense spiritual visions and feelings of her mystical experiences and the trials of everyday life for a woman with 14 children in her dictated book of her pilgrimages.
Margery Kempe
Empress Theodora
Joan of Arc
Eleanor of Aquitaine
What is the drought-resistant, flood-resistant crop that was widely distributed in China?
bananas
sugar
champa rice
citrus crops
How did champa rice change the way Chinese farmers used the land?
They began allowing overgrazing.
They began the slash and burn technique.
They began major deforestation to allow for more farms.
They began terrace farming.
Which group of people most benefited from the introduction of bananas?
South Asian Islanders
the Chinese
Sub-Saharan Africans
Europeans
______________________ demand for sugar would become so high that it became a key factor in the massive use of enslaved people in the Americas in the 1500s and after.
Europeans'
Muslims'
Indians'
North Africans'
Which term best fits the definition "to feed on growing grass and pasturage, as do cattle, sheep, etc. in excess"?
overgrazing
degradation
soil erosion
deforestation
Which term best fits the definition "the clearing or severe thinning of a forest or other wooded area, leaving few or no trees"?
degradation
deforestation
soil erosion
overgrazing
Which term best fits the definition "a gradual process of movement and transport of the upper layer of soil (topsoil) by different agents – particularly water, wind, and mass movement – causing its deterioration in the long term"?
deforestation
overgrazing
degradation
soil erosion
The Mongol conquests helped to spread the bubonic plague through _____________.
camels
fleas
rats
horses
What was the "City of Spices?"
Calicut
Samarkand
Hangzhou
Timbuktu
The trading networks shared an overall purpose: to exchange what people were able to grow or produce for what they wanted, needed, or could use to trade for other items. In other words, their purpose was primarily ____________________.
educational
economic
political
religious
Trade networks and the growth of trading cities gave rise to an effect called ___________________. For example, Malacca grew wealthy from the fees levied on ships and cargoes passing through the Strait of Malacca. To prevent piracy, Malacca used its wealth in part to develop a strong navy.
connectivity
standardization
centralization
commercialization
What were the major commodities traded on the Trans-Saharan route?
Silk and porcelain
Spices and timber
Perfume and weapons
Gold and salt
Which trade route had a lot of participation from Muslim merchants?
Trans-Saharan
Indian Ocean
Silk Road
ALL OF THEM!!!
Sufi mystics are important because they...
Helped spread Islam
Conquered most of India
Dominated the Silk Road
Brought Buddhism to Japan
Almost every time a religion spreads to a new place...
Old local traditions are preserved in some way
Only the common people convert
Political leaders fight to keep the new religion out
New converts practice the religion very strictly
Which of the following is NOT a way the Mongols helped promote more trade on the Silk Road?
Organizing official trade companies
Military protection of merchants
Infrastructure projects like relay stations
Uniting Eurasia in one centralized state
Which of the following was NOT an innovation that promoted increased trade?
Astrolabe
Paper money
Gunpowder
Banking and credit
The development of any long-distance trade route required people to find a way to...
Build larger, faster, sturdier ships
Overcome geographical obstacles
Convert to Islam
Use Mongolian paper money
Which of the following was NOT part of biological exchange between 1200 and 1450?
Sugarcane
Cotton
Bubonic plague
Potatoes
The majority of the technological innovations between 1200 and 1450 were developed by...
Europeans and Africans
Chinese people and Muslims
South Asians and Africans
Chinese people and Europeans
Which region was the LEAST impacted by long-distance trade between 1200 and 1450?
Europe
Africa
Arabia
America
Which trade route(s) was most responsible for the diffusion of paper from East Asia to Europe?
The Silk Roads
The Mediterranean Sea Route
The Trans-Saharan Trade
The Indian Ocean
What were the major commodities traded on the Trans-Saharan route?
Silk and porcelain
Spices and timber
Perfume and weapons
Gold and salt
Which trade route had a lot of participation from Muslim merchants?
Trans-Saharan
Indian Ocean
Silk Road
ALL OF THEM!!!
Which of the following is NOT a way the Mongols helped promote more trade on the Silk Road?
Organizing official trade companies
Military protection of merchants
Infrastructure projects like relay stations
Uniting Eurasia in one centralized state
Which of the following was NOT an innovation that promoted increased trade?
Astrolabe
Paper money
Gunpowder
Banking and credit
Which region was the LEAST impacted by long-distance trade between 1200 and 1450?
Europe
Africa
Arabia
America
What some specific examples of the technological causes of increased trade along the silk road?
caravenserai, flying cash and banking houses
lateen sails, maps, compass and astrolabe
compass, astrolabe, maps and camel saddles
dhow ships, maps and compass
What some specific examples of the technological causes of increased trade along the Indian Ocean?
caravenserai, flying cash and banking houses
lateen sails, maps, compass and dhow ships
compass, astrolabe, maps and camel saddles
dhow ships, maps and saddles
What was the importance of the camel?
the camel was able to eat a lot of food often
the camel had many offspring
they allowed people to cross the Sahara desert due to its endurance
the camel was faster than the horse
How was Islam diffused to West Africa?
through conquest by the Turks
through trade by Arab merchants
through trade by Chinese merchants
Expansion of the Abbasid empire
___________________________ is the combining of different beliefs, while blending practices of various schools of thought.
Acculturation
Syncretism
Socialization
Cultural Diffusion
A time period of extended peace on the Silk Road..
Pax Mongolia
Pax Romana
Indian Ocean Pax
Convassarai
Chinese term for paper money.
Flying Monkees
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.
A mixture of ISLAM AND HINDUISM existed in which region?
Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, etc.)
East Asia (China, Japan)
Western Africa
Central Asia (Mongolia)
Which event most helped connect Christian Europeans and Muslims of the Middle East?
The Black Plague
The Crusades
The Trans-Saharan Trade
The Delhi Sultanate
Mansa Musa gave out tons of ______ during his pilgrimage to Mecca
Qur'ans
gold
salt
camels
There were many urban city types, but these "inns and guesthouses for merchants" on the Silk Road were known as
Diaspodic Communites
Entrpol
Imperial Capitals
Caravanseri
What significant commercial inovations occured as a response to increased trade in the Silk Road?
Banking houses, caravanserai and flying cash
Monsoons, the compass and increased litteracy
the spread of Buddhism and Islam
all of the above
Increased demand also led to increased
increased learning in the House of Wisdom
decreased production of goods like silk
decreased warfare and conflict
increased production of goods like cotton and iron
The image above best represents which of the following impacts of the Black Death:
The impact of mass death and apocalyptic tones that dominated European society and art
The labor shortage and wage conflicts that plagued 14th-century European economics
The fall in trade due to the declining Mongolian khanates
The desire to find an alternate route to Asia for Europeans
Which of the following statements best describes the setting in which plagues were able to spread during the Post-Classical Era:
Plagues were unknowingly spread by the fleas of rats in Europe, Asia, and Africa
The spread of plagues were often accompanied by the fall of major empires
Plagues spread most easily during times of imperial affluence that facilitated and stabilized interregional trade routes
The emergence of plagues often brought about religious revivals, particularly in Christian Europe
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
During the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, territories under Mongol control benefited from which of the following?
Widespread adoption of Confucian family hierarchies
Trade that tied several distinct regional networks together
Trade that facilitated the spread of Christianity throughout the Indian Ocean region
Widespread adoption of Buddhist religious practices
Samarkand (Central Asia) and Kashgar (China) both benefited from the Silk Road
by becoming powerful new empires within the Mongol empire
by becoming pilgrimages stops on the way to Mecca
by becoming powerful new trading cities
All of the above
An effect of the growth and security of the Silk Roads was/were innovation(s) in…
banking systems
caravanserai, where travelers could rest themselves and their animals
using money instead of bartering
All of the Above
As the Mongols' empires expanded, they facilitated and encouraged trade by…
closing caravanserais along the Silk Roads
Encouraging missionaries to spread Christianity
Making the Silk Roads safer by using Mongol soldiers to protect the merchants and travelers
None are correct
Which of the following factors represents the most significant cause of the growth of cities in Afro-Eurasia in the period 1000–1450?
climate change
Decreased agricultural productivity
Increased invasions
Increased interregional trade
Knowledge of monsoon winds was essential for trading in the Indian Ocean. Merchants had to time their voyages carefully, often remaining in port for months at a time, depending on when favorable winds would come their way. This is an example of…
How the role of religion influenced in development of networks of exchange from 1200 to 1450 CE
How the role governance and public work projects influenced in development of networks of exchange from 1200 to 1450 CE
How the role of the environment influenced in development of networks of exchange from 1200 to 1450 CE
All of the Above
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
