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- 1. Multiple Choice
Between 1250 and 1400, what played the largest role in the increase of volume and geographical expansion of existing trade networks?
Economic incentives
Technological advances
The rise of empires and states
The discovery of the new world by Columbus
- 2. Multiple Choice
Formed in the early 1200’s in Mongolia and China, the Mongol Empire
Killed everyone in their paths with their advanced weapons, and then wiped out entire nations
Used diplomacy and the protection of people’s rights to build a great empire governed by democracy
Attacked brutally and grew quickly, but then ruled graciously and peacefully over the stable empire.
Slowly build up a small empire that affected large trade routes from China to Japan and Korea
- 3. Multiple Choice
Who was not one of Genghis Kahn’s grandsons over which kingdom?
Kublai Kahn began the Yuan dynasty in China
Batu developed the Golden Horde in parts of Russia
Hulegu’s Il-Kahnate covered much of Persia and parts of Anatolia up to Constantinople
Tamarlane began the Mugal Kahnate over much of India in1248
- 4. Multiple Choice
What factor caused an increase in the Indian Ocean trade networks from 1200 to 1450?
The prevalence of camels which could be used to carry goods
The legal limitations on slave trade in the area, leading to and increase in the demand for labor
The increase of demand for specialized products such as cotton from India and porcelain from China
The spread of Christianity from 1200 to around 1450 in the region, resulting in economic growth
- 5. Multiple Choice
What helped spread Tran-Sahara trade in the 1200 and 1300’s?
The decline of Indian Ocean trade caused an increase in Tran-Sahara trade
An increase in the south Africa trade routes from Zimbabwe to Ethiopia
The completion of the Mediterranean subterranean passage all the way to Samarkand
The development of as many as fifteen different forms of camel saddles
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which peoples did not comprise a diasporic community from 1200-1450?
Chinese
Jewish
Islam
Christian
- 7. Multiple Choice
This map helps to explain why South Asian merchants prefer to travel
To China in the Summer Months
To Africa in the winter months
To Southeast Asia in the winter months
To the Middle East in the summer months
- 8. Multiple Choice
This map helps to explain why South Asian merchants prefer to travel
To China in the Summer Months
To Africa in the winter months
To Southeast Asia in the winter months
To the Middle East in the summer months
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which description matches the life of Mansa Musa?
As a devout Christian, Musa travelled to the Holy Land, leading to the beginning of the Crusades
Mansa Musa journeyed from his home in Italy to China, where he discovered great riches and a great civilization
Mansa Musa's visit to Mecca was described as 1,000's of camels in long caravans with unfold amount of wealth spread to every town he traveled
For over thirty years, Mansa Musa travelled from his home in north Africa to tour the Middle East and Asia, mostly to Muslim regions since he was a devout Muslim.
- 10. Multiple Choice
What was not an environmental consequence of the expansion of trade networks?
Increase in the standard of living for most Europeans due to increase of costs of trade
Migration of crops, such as champa rice or bananas
The spread of the Bubonic plague across the Silk Roads
Overgrazing of farmland, and the degradation of land, leading to deforestation and soil erosion
- 11. Multiple Choice
What was not a factor of the growth of cities?
Political stability and the decline of invasions
The rise of commerce
Lower agricultural output
Safe and reliable transportation
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which drought-resistant product directly led to the increasing population of Song China?
Chinese silk
Champa rice
Korean oranges
Irish potatoes
- 13. Multiple Choice
Japan and Korea copied THIS Chinese artistic technique because of its beauty and high quality.
Cartography
Marble statues
Porcelain
Oil painting
- 14. Multiple Choice
This Chinese city was the largest in the world from 1180-1378 with a population of 1 million because of its connection as a port city on the Indian Ocean Maritime System?
Beijing
Shanghai
Hangzhou
Hong Kong
- 15. Multiple Choice
A mixture of ISLAM AND HINDUISM existed in which region?
Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, etc.)
East Asia (China, Japan)
Western Africa
Central Asia (Mongolia)
- 16. Multiple Choice
The finest Buddhist temple, with 580 Buddhist statues, 9 platforms and 2,672 relief panels is in...
Mali Empire (West Africa)
Swahili Coast
Western Asia
Srijaya (Southeast Asia)
- 17. Multiple Choice
Unlike in other parts of the world, many merchants in Southeast Asia were ___________. (Usually 'unlike' is looking for a notable {and sometimes} unexpected difference)
Muslim
Arabic
Wealthy
Women
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which event most helped connect Christian Europeans and Muslims of the Middle East leading to an immense diffusion of culture and trade?
The Black Plague
The Crusades
The Trans-Saharan Trade
The Delhi Sultanate
- 19. Multiple Choice
At one point, one pound of north African salt was worth how much west African gold?
one pound
a half of a pound
ten ounces
six ounces
- 20. Multiple Choice
Due to the Delhi Sultanate, which two religions intermingled, creating tensions (due to vastly different beliefs) that will last until the present day?
Muslims & Christians
Hindus & Muslims
Hindus & Buddhists
Christians & Hindus
- 21. Multiple Choice
Which migration of people brought their language and iron technology to the Swahili coast?
Polynesian migrations
Swahili migrations
Bedouin migrations
Bantu migrations
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWhat advantage did the Mongols have over surrounding peoples?They were mostly literate, unlike China who mostly was illiterateThey had more equality than surrounding peoplesTheir calvary, fighting from horseback, unlike the Chinese who were not as well trainedThey didn't care about religion, where as the Chinese made Confucianism the official religion
- 23. Multiple Choice
What did the Mongols improve within the former Chinese empires allowing for a greater diffusion of culture and economic growth?
trade & communication routes
lower taxes allowing materials to be more affordable
human constructions such as the Great Wall & Terracotta Army
creating equality between the nobles & peasants
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