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APWH Prologue

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which 3 networks of exchange that intensified trade and the share of ideas and technology between the many cultures is Eurasia.

a)

Silk Roads

b)

Indian ocean trade networks

c)

Trans-saharan trade routes

d)

mayan trade route

2.

What are some characteristics of this Islamic golden age?

a)

christianity spreading throughout the land

b)

self sufficient, did not trade with others and could stand on their own feet

c)

a stable government

d)

center of learning

3.

What was the Chinese Sui Dynasty's most dramatic accomplishment?

a)

Having a city state

b)

developing the house of islam

c)

Grand Canal

d)

Indian ocean trade routes

4.

What connected the agricultural south to the population Conters in the north and helped unify the varied ethnic and cultural groups of China?

a)

Grand Canal

b)

House of Islam

c)

Silk roads

d)

Indian Ocean trade

5.

Which 2 inventions under the Tang Dynasty facilitated trade and expansion

a)

written Language

b)

Gunpowder

c)

paper money

d)

silk roads

6.

What is a tribuary system

a)

The idea that surrounding kingdoms should make tribute to exchange for trading privileges

b)

The system of waterways to transport one item from one location to another

c)

That neighboring towns should give a day to respect and worship those around them

d)

a tribal contract to work out differences and alliances between neighbors

7.

Under which dynasty did China enjoy their "Golden Age"?

a)

Caliphate Dynasty

b)

Song Dynasty

c)

Tang Dynasty

d)

Sui Dynasty

8.

Which 2 positions in Japanese society enjoyed the highest positions on the social hierarchy?

a)

King

b)

Daimyos

c)

Emporor

d)

shogun

9.

What is the belief centered on the reincarnation of ancestors and natural spirits?

a)

Judaism

b)

Hinduism

c)

Shintoism

d)

Muslem

10.

Which animal facilitated long distance trade in Africa and asia?

a)

dogs

b)

Horse

c)

Elephant

d)

Camel

11.

Due to this extensive trade, which religion spread throughout West Africa?

a)

Judaism

b)

Buddhism

c)

Christianity

d)

Islam

12.

Once people better understood the pattern of the monsoon winds, what happened to India in regards to the Indian Ocean trade?

a)

The winds ruined Indian land

b)

It was able to begin trading

c)

It became the hub of the indian ocean trade.

d)

It was avoided because the routes did not pass it

13.

What happened to Central and Western Europe after the fall of the Western Roman Empire?

a)

developed the 12 tables to better establish a clear law

b)

They also collapsed

c)

developed into duchies and fiefdoms

d)

became city states

14.

Which religion served to be the dominant unifying force of people in central and western europe?

a)

Judiasm

b)

Hinduism

c)

Muslem

d)

christianity

15.

In 1054, what happened to the Christian Church?

a)

people started to leave the church for the muslem religion

b)

It's followers started worshing in a church building

c)

Split into 2 branches

d)

Became legal

16.

What were the crusades and what was their cultural impact on Europe

a)

It's beautiful places of worship

b)

It's food

c)

made europe more aware of the achielvements of the middle east and asia

d)

It's weapons

17.

Which 2 new civilizations emerged in the Americas around the year 900?

a)

persians

b)

Mississippi

c)

Toltecs

d)

Mayans

18.

Which African Kingdom because very wealthy due to the trans-Saharan trade routes?

a)

India

b)

South Africa

c)

Ghana

d)

Messapotamia

19.

Under which dynasty di Dar al-Islam enjoy their "Golden Age"?

a)

Abbnsid Caliphate

b)

Shogun Abu

c)

Sui Dynasty

d)

Mohammed Dynasty

20.

What does Dar al-islam mean

a)

Pray to Islam

b)

House of Islam

c)

Center your life around Islam

d)

Islam will get you to heaven

21.

Which monotheistic religion was born in the Middle East around the beginning of the 7th century?

a)

Hindu

b)

Judaism

c)

Islam

d)

Christianity