WorksheetsAMSCO 2.5 & 2.6 Quiz
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 15mins
Hinduism and Buddhism spread through trade primarily in what region?
Southeast Asia
Northern China
West Asia
Europe
Merchants spread Islam through all of the following regions EXCEPT
Africa
South Asia
Southeast Asia
East Asia
________ reached Europe from China in the 13th century and led to rise in literacy
Gunpowder
Papermaking
Magnetic compass
Stern Rudder
The writings of _______________ have given historians a good picture of the city of Hangzhou
Marco Polo
Ibn Battuta
Margery Kempe
Kublai Khan
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
unifying influence of Islam
excellent condition of roads in Africa and Asia
political unity of Africa and Asia
widespread use of paper money
“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?
The Little Ice Age
The Black Plague
The Crusades
The eruption of Krakatoa
Champa rice was all of the following EXCEPT
drought-resistant
flood-resistant
produced two crops a year
grew with almost no labor
The black plague led to all of the following EXCEPT
Loss of 1/3 of the European population
Higher wages for workers
Lower wages for workers
Change in relationship between employees and employers
Which of the following was the most important factor in the spread of the bubonic plague in Eurasia?
The Mongol expansion from central Asia to China, eastern Europe, and the Middle East
The consolidation of western European monarchies
The spread of Buddhism from central Asia to China
The population decline and the outbreak of peasant revolts in eastern Europe
(click image to enlarge) Question: The outbreaks of plague described in the passage led most directly to which of the following?
The decline of many major cities across Eurasia
The conquest of Eurasia by Central Asian nomadic peoples
The Spanish and Portuguese voyages of exploration to find new trade routes to Asia
The increased development of mechanical labor-saving devices for industrial production
(click image to enlarge) Question: The passage by al-Khatib is best understood in the context of which of the following?
The continuing endemic presence of malaria in the Mediterranean
The spread of the Black Death in the aftermath of the Mongol conquests
The spread of syphilis in Spain as a result of increased contacts with the Western Hemisphere
The increase in diseases associated with improvements in diet and longevity
What is the likely main cause of the abandonment of Great Zimbabwe?
Population Boom
Overgrazing
Desertification
The Crusades
(click image to enlarge) The burial depicted in the image most likely resulted from the spread of which of the following?
Spanish Influenza
Malaria
Smallpox
Bubonic Plague
(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?
The disease principally spread along trade routes, and most commerce occurred in urban areas
People in rural and mountainous regions had greater access to natural medicines that could fight the disease
People in rural and mountainous regions were better able to flee to the safety of their lords' castles
The disease principally spread among religious missionaries, and most missionaries traveled to cities
(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?
The end of feudalism
The decline of serfdom
The collapse of the Byzantine Empire
The Protestant Reformation
(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?
The total amount of land devoted to the production of agricultural crops declined in China and the Middle East but rose in India
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
The total amount of land devoted to the production of agricultural crops declined in all three regions
The total amount of land devoted to the production of agricultural crops increased in every region except China
(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?
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
The total amount of land devoted to the production of agricultural crops in China, India, and Europe remained relatively stable
The total amount of land devoted to the production of agricultural crops declined in all three regions
The total amount of land devoted to the production of agricultural crops increased considerably in Europe and declined in China and India
(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?
The total amount of land devoted to the production of agricultural crops did not change significantly in either region
The total amount of land devoted to the production of agricultural crops decreased more substantially in the Middle East than in Europe
The total amount of land devoted to the production of agricultural crops declined substantially in Europe and slightly in the Middle East
The total amount of land devoted to the production of agricultural crops increased slightly in the Middle East and in Europe
