WorksheetsUNIT 2 2/3 PRACTICE
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
West African kingdoms exchanged their gold with traders from the Sahara in return for ___________.
Textiles
Spices
Ivory
Salt
The legendary ruler of Mali known for his incredible wealth and pilgrimage to Mecca was ___________.
Kwame Nkrumah
Shaka Zulu
Sundiata Keita
Mansa Musa
China’s greatest cultural and technological progress occurred during which dynasties?
Tang and Song
Han and Ming
Sui and Liao
Qing and Yuan
The belief that Chinese rulers received their authority from heaven if they governed justly is called the ___________.
Mandate of Heaven
Divine Right of Kings
Social Contract
Code of Virtue
Which invention did not originate in China during the Tang and Song eras?
Compass
Gunpowder
Papermaking
Steam Engine
Genghis Khan is remembered primarily for ___________.
Creating the largest land empire in history
Building the Great Wall
Inventing gunpowder
Spreading Christianity
The Black Death was caused by the spread of the ___________.
Bubonic Plague
Spanish Flu
Cholera Virus
Anthrax Bacteria
Which geographic feature most shaped trade and culture in West Africa?
Sahara Desert
Nile River
Alps Mountains
Mediterranean Sea
Contact through trans-Saharan trade led many West Africans to adopt ___________.
Islam
Hinduism
Christianity
Buddhism
East African port cities became key centers in which part of the Silk Road network?
Maritime trade routes
Overland trade routes
Agricultural trade routes
Cultural routes
The Kingdom of Mali gained wealth and power by controlling the ___________ trade routes.
Gold-Salt
Atlantic
Silk Road
Indian Ocean
The Mandate of Heaven helped explain the Dynastic Cycle by showing that:
Dynasties rose and fell depending on how justly rulers governed.
Military strength alone determined dynastic power.
Only emperors could hold the mandate permanently.
The cycle was unrelated to moral rule.
A Chinese emperor could lose the Mandate of Heaven if he ___________.
Ruled unjustly or allowed disasters and unrest.
Raised taxes on the rich.
Strengthened the army.
Built lavish palaces.
Under Mongol rule, trade between Asia and Europe ___________.
Became safer and more active along the Silk Road.
Declined rapidly.
Ended entirely.
Was restricted to Asia only.
What occurred to the Mongol Empire following Genghis Khan’s death?
It broke apart into separate khanates.
It grew larger.
It collapsed immediately.
It stayed unified.
China’s most famous export on the Silk Road was ___________.
Silk
Potatoes
Corn
Coal
The first major global trade network developed along the ___________.
Silk Road
Trans-Saharan routes
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
The empire that continued Roman traditions in the East was the ___________.
Byzantine Empire
Ottoman Empire
Holy Roman Empire
Macedonian Empire
The Byzantine legal system was organized under the Justinian Code, also known as the ___________.
Corpus Juris Civilis
Twelve Tables
Codex Theodosianus
Roman Lawbook
The Great Schism of 1054 divided Christianity, leading to the creation of the ___________.
Eastern Orthodox Church
Roman Orthodox Church
Byzantine Catholic Church
Western Catholic Church
The medieval political system where local lords governed lands in exchange for loyalty and service was called ___________.
Feudalism
Monarchy
Democracy
Oligarchy
In the feudal system, peasants supported their lords and kings mainly by providing ___________.
Labor and agricultural produce
Trade goods
Political advice
Tax collection
After the fall of Rome, Europe adopted feudalism primarily because ___________.
Local people needed protection and order without a central government.
The Church demanded it.
Urban trade was booming.
They sought to unify all of Europe.
The Crusades were a series of wars between Christians and ___________.
Muslims
Jews
Hindus
Buddhists
Another name often used for the Byzantine Empire is the ___________.
Eastern Roman Empire
Europa
Persia
World Empire
