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WorksheetsUnit 2: Sand & Silk Roads Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
What did the people of Cairo think about Mansa Musa when he visited the city during his pilgrimage?
A humble and friendly person of great importance
A violent person who the people of Cairo fear
An honest person who pays back his debts
A selfish man who is traveling because he is extremely wealthy
What is NOT a reason for the decline of African kingdoms?
The current ruler did not choose an heir
Extreme drought
Loss of trade revenue ($)
Bandit attacks
Empires who controlled portions of the Silk roads all created some form of a ________ to deliver information.
Passport system
Military outposts
Postal Service
Boarder check points
Mongolian religion is made up of three main components: What are the three components?
Animism, ancestor worship, monotheism
Animism, priesthood, shamanism
Animism, priesthood, monotheism
Animism, ancestor worship, shamanism
What was the main reason the Mongols became such a successful empire?
Forced people to surrender
A vicious cavalry
Forced people to believe in the Mongol way of life
A large military
Ibn Battuta traveled across the Sand and Silk Roads. He played a part in helping spread this unseen good. What is this good?
Disease
Religion
Technology
Scientific Discoveries
Swahili city-states fell apart because they were _______ and did not create anything themselves.
Traders
Bandits
Sailors
Middlemen
Which two natural resources led to the rise of all the western African kingdoms?
Salt and Gold
Silver and Gold
Salt and Diamonds
Platinum and Diamonds
How would Ibn Battuta describe the Islamic world?
Dangerous
Educated
Cosmopolitan
Militarized
What influence did the Berbers have on Africa and its many kingdoms?
Introduced the camel as a pack animal
Supplied the Ghana empire with gold through trade
Taught Africans how to successfully travel across the Sahara desert
Introduced Islam to Africa
True or False: The Mongol people were sedentary people.
True
False
What is the main impact of predictable winds when discussing early trade?
Allowed seafaring merchants to get to port on time
These winds could be relied on but were too weak to get to places in time
Helped merchants stay cool and avoid death while crossing the Sahara desert
Caused sandstorms that ruined trade routes across the Sahara desert
Which group of people were discriminated against especially cruelly by the Mongols?
Persians
Kievan Rus
Iraqis
Southern Chinese
Which Mongol khan finally conquered Southern China?
Ogedei
Kublai
Genghis
Tolui
Why did westerners seek out trade with the east so badly?
Access to spices
Desire to learn & explore
Access to silk goods
Wanted to take over non Christian areas
