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WorksheetsUnit 4 Study Guide
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
Which city is being described in the following list:
* Most important city in all of West Africa
* Center for intellectual learning
* Center for Islamic culture
Timbuktu
Kumbi-Sahel
Mecca
Constantinople
What shifted the trade route from a Trans-Saharan trade to a Trans-Atlantic trade?
The Silk Road became a more efficient trade network.
The price of camels increased greatly.
The demand for gold and salt decreased.
The existing slave trade became more profitable.
What was the importance of Mansa Musa to West Africa's culture?
He built large monuments in his honor.
He required all citizens to attend school.
He outlawed all religions except Christianity.
He spread the religion and culture of Islam.
Which two goods contributed most to the success and rise of West African kingdoms?
Pepper and iron
Silk and horses
Kola nut and diamonds
Gold and salt
What would be the BEST title for this map?
Fall of West African Kingdoms
Silk Road
Trans-Saharan Trade Route
Trans-Atlantic Trade Route
What statement about Ghana, Mali, and Songhai is correct?
None of the empires were important and did not play a significant part in region.
The three kingdoms all existed at the same time and got along with each other.
Control the trade and you become powerful and wealthy; lose it, and you become insignificant.
Ghana and Mali stayed isolated from each other and Songhai traded with Morocco.
Place all the following kingdoms of West Africa and the event in the correct chronological order. (Place the earliest event at the top)
Mali
Ghana
Trans-Atlantic Trade
Songhai
Mali
Ghana
Trans-Atlantic Trade
Songhai
Ghana
Mali
Songhai
Trans-Atlantic Trade
Trans-Atlantic Trade
Songhai
Mali
Ghana
Songhai
Mali
Ghana
Trans-Atlantic Trade
Which of the following is a reason that trade increased under Mongol rule?
The Mongols did not improve trade because merchants were too afraid to come to China.
The Mongols improved the engineering of the roads to make them easier to travel on.
The Mongols were searching for an all-water trade route with the West.
The Mongols made the Silk Road trade route safer.
What was the significant effect of the extensive Mongol Empire on the people who lived in Europe and Asia in the 1200s?
Significant increase in trade and travel
Development of a common language
Spread of Islam to China
Diffusion of Chinese culture to Southern Africa
What was the most significant objective of the Crusades for the Christians of Europe?
Recapture the Holy land and the city of Jerusalem.
Spread feudalism to Asia and Africa.
Liberate the Silk Road from Mongol control.
Gain control of the Trans-Saharan trade route from Muslim Berbers.
Which of these was NOT a motivation for Christians from Europe to go to the Holy land and fight in the Crusades?
Spread Christianity.
Forgiveness of all sins and admission into heaven.
Free Rome from the Muslims.
Gain land and find treasure and riches
Which of the following was NOT one of the effects the Crusades had on the people of Europe?
Tension and mistrust increased between Muslims, Jews, and Christians.
Europeans sought out new trade routes.
The power of the Pope and the Church increased.
Trade increased between Europe, Asia, and Africa.
What event largely succeeded in stopping Muslim advances into mainland Europe and the Iberian Peninsula?
The Reconquista
The Crusades
The Punic Wars
The Black Death
What caused a decrease in Europe's population from 1347-1352?
Morocco invading Songhai
Barbarian invasions of Rome
Bubonic plague (Black Death)
The Crusades
Which European city did the bubonic plague (Black Death) reach in 1348 according to the map?
Dublin
Paris
Constantinople
Cologne
Which of following indicates the spread of the bubonic plague (Black Death)?
Started in North America and spread to Africa
Started in East Asia and spread to Europe
Started in Europe and spread to East Asia
Started in Africa and spread to Europe
How did the bubonic plague diffuse into Europe?
From slaves who originated from Africa.
From poisoned water from wells.
From flea-bearing rats on trade ships.
From tainted food in restaurants.
Europeans were eager to trade with Arabs in Asia because they wanted to buy what?
Spices
Salt
Gold
Seashells
Why was the Silk Road significant?
It was a military route followed by Chinese armies.
It was a route followed by Julius Caesar.
It enabled silk made in the West to be brought to China.
It was a trade route that connected China with the West.
The excerpt from the following poem by Richard Le Gallienne best describes which trade route?
“A caravan from China comes;
For miles, it sweetens all the air
With fragrant silks and dreaming gums,
Attar and myrrh --
A caravan from China comes".
Silk Road
Spice Trade
Trans-Atlantic Trade Route
Trans-Saharan Trade Route
Which of the following was NOT an effect the Bubonic Plague had on Europe?
Serfs and peasants left the manors and moved to the cities.
Serfs and peasants were forced to stay on the manors for no pay.
Peasant's (serfs) labor was now much more valuable and began to ask for pay.
The feudal system and manorialism came to an end.
