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Unit 2: Sand & Silk Roads Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What did the people of Cairo think about Mansa Musa when he visited the city during his pilgrimage?

a)

A humble and friendly person of great importance

b)

A violent person who the people of Cairo fear

c)

An honest person who pays back his debts

d)

A selfish man who is traveling because he is extremely wealthy

2.

What is NOT a reason for the decline of African kingdoms?

a)

The current ruler did not choose an heir

b)

Extreme drought

c)

Loss of trade revenue ($)

d)

Bandit attacks

3.

Empires who controlled portions of the Silk roads all created some form of a ________ to deliver information.

a)

Passport system

b)

Military outposts

c)

Postal Service

d)

Boarder check points

4.

Mongolian religion is made up of three main components: What are the three components?

a)

Animism, ancestor worship, monotheism

b)

Animism, priesthood, shamanism

c)

Animism, priesthood, monotheism

d)

Animism, ancestor worship, shamanism

5.

What was the main reason the Mongols became such a successful empire?

a)

Forced people to surrender

b)

A vicious cavalry

c)

Forced people to believe in the Mongol way of life

d)

A large military

6.

Ibn Battuta traveled across the Sand and Silk Roads. He played a part in helping spread this unseen good. What is this good?

a)

Disease

b)

Religion

c)

Technology

d)

Scientific Discoveries

7.

Swahili city-states fell apart because they were _______ and did not create anything themselves.

a)

Traders

b)

Bandits

c)

Sailors

d)

Middlemen

8.

Which two natural resources led to the rise of all the western African kingdoms?

a)

Salt and Gold

b)

Silver and Gold

c)

Salt and Diamonds

d)

Platinum and Diamonds

9.

How would Ibn Battuta describe the Islamic world?

a)

Dangerous

b)

Educated

c)

Cosmopolitan

d)

Militarized

10.

What influence did the Berbers have on Africa and its many kingdoms?

a)

Introduced the camel as a pack animal

b)

Supplied the Ghana empire with gold through trade

c)

Taught Africans how to successfully travel across the Sahara desert

d)

Introduced Islam to Africa

11.

True or False: The Mongol people were sedentary people.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

What is the main impact of predictable winds when discussing early trade?

a)

Allowed seafaring merchants to get to port on time

b)

These winds could be relied on but were too weak to get to places in time

c)

Helped merchants stay cool and avoid death while crossing the Sahara desert

d)

Caused sandstorms that ruined trade routes across the Sahara desert

13.

Which group of people were discriminated against especially cruelly by the Mongols?

a)

Persians

b)

Kievan Rus

c)

Iraqis

d)

Southern Chinese

14.

Which Mongol khan finally conquered Southern China?

a)

Ogedei

b)

Kublai

c)

Genghis

d)

Tolui

15.

Why did westerners seek out trade with the east so badly?

a)

Access to spices

b)

Desire to learn & explore

c)

Access to silk goods

d)

Wanted to take over non Christian areas