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AMSCO 2.5 & 2.6 Quiz

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Hinduism and Buddhism spread through trade primarily in what region?

a)

Southeast Asia

b)

Northern China

c)

West Asia

d)

Europe

2.

Merchants spread Islam through all of the following regions EXCEPT

a)

Africa

b)

South Asia

c)

Southeast Asia

d)

East Asia

3.

________ reached Europe from China in the 13th century and led to rise in literacy

a)

Gunpowder

b)

Papermaking

c)

Magnetic compass

d)

Stern Rudder

4.

The writings of _______________ have given historians a good picture of the city of Hangzhou

a)

Marco Polo

b)

Ibn Battuta

c)

Margery Kempe

d)

Kublai Khan

5.

Ibn Battuta traveled widely across the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Africa in the fourteenth century. His travels serve as evidence for the

a)

unifying influence of Islam

b)

excellent condition of roads in Africa and Asia

c)

political unity of Africa and Asia

d)

widespread use of paper money

6.

“In the year of our Lord 1315, hunger grew in the land. Entering the city we consider ‘them that are consumed with famine’ when we see the poor and needy, crushed with hunger, lying stiff and dead in the wards and streets.”

Johannes de Trokelowe, English monk, fourteenth century C.E.

What mostly likely caused the famine described above?

a)

The Little Ice Age

b)

The Black Plague

c)

The Crusades

d)

The eruption of Krakatoa

7.

Champa rice was all of the following EXCEPT

a)

drought-resistant

b)

flood-resistant

c)

produced two crops a year

d)

grew with almost no labor

8.

The black plague led to all of the following EXCEPT

a)

Loss of 1/3 of the European population

b)

Higher wages for workers

c)

Lower wages for workers

d)

Change in relationship between employees and employers

9.

Which of the following was the most important factor in the spread of the bubonic plague in Eurasia?

a)

The Mongol expansion from central Asia to China, eastern Europe, and the Middle East

b)

The consolidation of western European monarchies

c)

The spread of Buddhism from central Asia to China

d)

The population decline and the outbreak of peasant revolts in eastern Europe

10.

(click image to enlarge) Question: The outbreaks of plague described in the passage led most directly to which of the following?

a)

The decline of many major cities across Eurasia

b)

The conquest of Eurasia by Central Asian nomadic peoples

c)

The Spanish and Portuguese voyages of exploration to find new trade routes to Asia

d)

The increased development of mechanical labor-saving devices for industrial production

11.

(click image to enlarge) Question: The passage by al-Khatib is best understood in the context of which of the following?

a)

The continuing endemic presence of malaria in the Mediterranean

b)

The spread of the Black Death in the aftermath of the Mongol conquests

c)

The spread of syphilis in Spain as a result of increased contacts with the Western Hemisphere

d)

The increase in diseases associated with improvements in diet and longevity

12.

What is the likely main cause of the abandonment of Great Zimbabwe?

a)

Population Boom

b)

Overgrazing

c)

Desertification

d)

The Crusades

13.

(click image to enlarge) The burial depicted in the image most likely resulted from the spread of which of the following?

a)

Spanish Influenza

b)

Malaria

c)

Smallpox

d)

Bubonic Plague

14.

(click image to enlarge) Which of the following best explains why, in the mid-fourteenth century, events of the type depicted in the image were more common in urban areas of Afro-Eurasia than in rural or mountainous regions?

a)

The disease principally spread along trade routes, and most commerce occurred in urban areas

b)

People in rural and mountainous regions had greater access to natural medicines that could fight the disease

c)

People in rural and mountainous regions were better able to flee to the safety of their lords' castles

d)

The disease principally spread among religious missionaries, and most missionaries traveled to cities

15.

(click image to enlarge) The mortality depicted in the image most directly contributed to which of the following changes in Europe in the late fourteenth and fifteenth centuries?

a)

The end of feudalism

b)

The decline of serfdom

c)

The collapse of the Byzantine Empire

d)

The Protestant Reformation

16.

(click image to enlarge) Which of the following best describes a way in which the table illustrates how the spread of rice cultivation contributed to changing the total amount of land devoted to the production of agricultural crops in China, India, and the Middle East between 1200 and 1300?

a)

The total amount of land devoted to the production of agricultural crops declined in China and the Middle East but rose in India

b)

The total amount of land devoted to the production of agricultural crops declined more substantially in India than it did in the Middle East and China

c)

The total amount of land devoted to the production of agricultural crops declined in all three regions

d)

The total amount of land devoted to the production of agricultural crops increased in every region except China

17.

(click image to enlarge) Which of the following best describes a way in which the table illustrates how an emphasis on wheat cultivation in Europe affected the total amount of and devoted to the production of agricultural crops there compared with the rice-producing regions of China and India between 1200 and 1300?

a)

The total amount of land devoted to the production of agricultural crops in Europe increased at the same rate that the total amount of land devoted to agricultural crops in China and India declined

b)

The total amount of land devoted to the production of agricultural crops in China, India, and Europe remained relatively stable

c)

The total amount of land devoted to the production of agricultural crops declined in all three regions

d)

The total amount of land devoted to the production of agricultural crops increased considerably in Europe and declined in China and India

18.

(click image to enlarge) Which of the following best describes how the table illustrates the effect of the spread of the bubonic plague on the total amount of land devoted to the production of agricultural crops in Europe and the Middle East between 1300 and 1400?

a)

The total amount of land devoted to the production of agricultural crops did not change significantly in either region

b)

The total amount of land devoted to the production of agricultural crops decreased more substantially in the Middle East than in Europe

c)

The total amount of land devoted to the production of agricultural crops declined substantially in Europe and slightly in the Middle East

d)

The total amount of land devoted to the production of agricultural crops increased slightly in the Middle East and in Europe