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Networks of Exchange 2.5-2.7

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

As merchants traveled across the world, they carried their traditions with them. The most obvious of these is religion. There were three major religions that spread in this period. ______ spread into East and Southeast Asia, ______ spread into Southeast Asia, and _____ spread into sub-Saharan Africa and Asia.

a)

Christianity, Hinduism, Islam

b)

Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam

c)

Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism

d)

Islam, Christianity, Hinduism

2.

Religion wasn't the only thing traded - technology spread too. What are two major goods from China?

a)

bananas and ink

b)

boats and citrus

c)

paper and magnetic compass

d)

milk and sand

3.

Which is NOT an effect of paper being traded?

a)

spread of religion

b)

washcloths to clean sand off items

c)

increased education

d)

increased literacy

4.

What is one effect of trading gunpowder?

a)

less gunpowder trade

b)

more porcelain in the market

c)

increased weaponry and war technology

d)

the end of the Silk Road

5.

How much of the Europe's population was wiped out from the Bubonic Plague?

a)

all of Europe was wiped out

b)

50%

c)

1 in 8

d)

Everyone in Europe lived

6.

Which three choices marked a decline in living standards of 14th century Europeans?

a)

famine

b)

drought

c)

poor health

d)

poverty

7.

Which was NOT a result of the Bubonic Plague?

a)

increased wages

b)

improved genetic pool

c)

less food available

d)

more land

8.

How did the Bubonic Plague travel to so many people?

a)

fleas on horses

b)

foreign fruit

c)

fleas on rats

d)

sneezing on people

9.

Which three important crops were traded through trade routes?

a)

bananas

b)

corn

c)

rice

d)

citrus

10.

Bananas originated in SE Asia and were brought to (a)   through the Ocean trade network.

11.

Champa rice was brought from Vietnam to (a)   , where it became a staple in their diet.

12.

Citrus originated in SE Asia and was brought to which area using the Indian Ocean and Silk Road trade networks?

a)

Africa

b)

Australia

c)

Mediterranean

d)

China

13.

What was an economic impact of planting bananas?

a)

there was none

b)

it was a cash crop

c)

soil quality decreased

14.

The Silk Road traded silk and spices, while the Sea Road traded...

a)

porcelain

b)

cotton

c)

luxury goods

d)

bananas

15.

The Silk, Sea, and Sand Roads were all trade networks based on the exchange of what two things?

a)

boats and sand

b)

good and religion

c)

lettuce and rice

d)

bananas and sea water

16.

Transportation differed on the trade routes. Silk road trade used camels, Sea road trade used...

a)

boats or ships

b)

jet skis

c)

airplanes

d)

tug boats

17.

The Sea road and the Sand road both flourished in the Middle Ages connecting Asia and what two other continents?

a)

North America and Africa

b)

Europe and Australia

c)

Europe and Africa

d)

Antarctica and Africa

18.

Which two trade routes were vulnerable to raids and attacks by bandits?

a)

Sea and Silk Roads

b)

Sea and Sand Road

c)

NC 540 and I-95

d)

Sand and Silk Roads

19.

The Sand roads were dominated by Arab traders, who helped spread the religion (a)  

20.

The Trans-Saharan trade network used camels for the following reasons EXCEPT...

a)

their ability to go without water for many days

b)

their ability to walk across sand with their hooves

c)

The lashes and fur kept sand out of their eyes and ears

d)

their intellect can recall every route in the Sahara region