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- 1. Multiple Choice
What some specific examples of the technological causes of increased trade along the silk road?
caravenserai, flying cash and banking houses
lateen sails, maps, compass and astrolabe
compass, astrolabe, maps and camel saddles
dhow ships, maps and compass
- 2. Multiple Choice
What some specific examples of the technological causes of increased trade along the Indian Ocean?
caravenserai, flying cash and banking houses
lateen sails, maps, compass and dhow ships
compass, astrolabe, maps and camel saddles
dhow ships, maps and saddles
- 3. Multiple Choice
What were the major items traded along the Indian Ocean Trade Route?
gold, slaves and porcelain
silk, porcelain, paper and gunpowder
gold, slaves and spices
gold, salt, slaves and ivory
- 4. Multiple Choice
What role did the Swahili civilization play in Indian Ocean Trade?
The controlled the gold mines in the interior
They were the middle-man between the people in the interior of Africa and the Arab merchants in India.
They abducted slaves to be sold on the coast
The created banking houses and accepted bills of exchange
- 5. Multiple Choice
What was the importance of the camel?
the camel was able to eat a lot of food often
the camel had many offspring
they allowed people to cross the Sahara desert due to its endurance
the camel was faster than the horse
- 6. Multiple Choice
What changes did Trade bring to West Africa?
Islam was introduced to Mali
Buddhism was introduced to Mali
Women gained more rights
Great Zimbabwe became a center of learning
- 7. Multiple Choice
How was Islam diffused to West Africa?
through conquest by the Turks
through trade by Arab merchants
through trade by Chinese merchants
Expansion of the Abbasid empire
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWrote, "The Prince," a political guidebookJean Jacques RousseauAdam SmithNicolo MachiavelliJohn Locke
- 9. Multiple Choice
______________________________ was a commercial and defensive confederation of merchant guilds and market towns in Northwestern and Central Europe.
The Great Schism
Hanseatic League
Guilder League
Christian Commercial Organization
- 10. Multiple Choice
___________________________ is the combining of different beliefs, while blending practices of various schools of thought.
Acculturation
Syncretism
Socialization
Cultural Diffusion
- 11. Multiple Choice
European _____________ ______________ were institutions that loaned money for merchants.
Banking Houses
Coffee Houses
Insurance Houses
Business Loans
- 12. Multiple Choice
A time period of extended peace on the Silk Road..
Pax Mongolia
Pax Romana
Indian Ocean Pax
Convassarai
- 13. Multiple Choice
Chinese term for paper money.
Flying Monkees
Flying Cash
Bills of Exchange
Bill of sale
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which was not a contribution of the Chinese?
Compass
Silk
Gunpowder
Lanteen Sale
- 15. Multiple Choice
Early Russia grew out of a principality centered in the city of
Minsk
Kiev
St. Petersburg
Novgorod
- 16. Multiple Choice
Overland trade between Europe to Asia on the Silk Road increased with
the revival of commercial cities, such as Samarkand, along the way.
the discovery of gold in the Hindu Kush.
the collapse of the Roman empire.
the development of a new breed of camel.
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these accurate describes the political status of China in Marco Polo’s time?China was under foreign influence by European commercial interestsChina was experiencing a series of civil wars led by regional warlordsChina was under the control of Mongol rulersChina was controlled by religious leaders who chose the emperor
- 18. Multiple Choice
Is this:
Syncretism
Cultural Diffusion
Assimilation
Assonance
- 19. Multiple Choice
Which of the following schools of thought came to prominence during the Renaissance?
Humanism
Mysticism
Pragmatism
Stoicism
- 20. Multiple Choice
Which person is most associated with this time period?
Voltaire
Henry Bessemer
Michelangelo
John Huss
- 21. Multiple Choice
What was a common trade good that traveled west on the Silk Road?
Ivory
Gold
Paper
Rum
- 22. Multiple Choice
Which change best completes this diagram?
knowledge of biology grows
navigational skills improve
uses for fuel resources increase
religious intolerance spreads
- 23. Multiple Choice
Major Classical Authors:
- Cicero
- Homer
- Ovid
- Sophocles
- Virgil
During the Renaissance, these authors were most often studied by --
bankers
humanists
feudal lords
parish priests
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