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Which society engaged in extensive maritime trade well beyond their borders in the fifteenth century
Chinese in the Indian Ocean
Which empire had the largest land based empire expanding from Asia to Europe?
Mongol Empire
What best explains the continuity in the trade routes between East Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and India?
Trade along the routes relied on sailors’ knowledge of the monsoon winds.
Which of the following accurately describes the Mongol Empire’s role in facilitating trans-Eurasian trade?
(A) It imposed Mongol religious beliefs and practices on conquered peoples.
(B) It reestablished the Silk Roads between East Asia and Europe.
(C) It created a self-contained economic system by banning non-Mongol merchants from its territories.
(D) It developed a sophisticated bureaucracy staffed by talented Mongols.
B
Early Chinese economies relied heavely on what?
Peasant Labor
What discovery of food from Vietnem was ble to be harvested 2 time a year and drought resistant resulting in an increase of population?
Champa Rice
What was a major cause for the growth of cities throughout Afro-Eurasia from 800 C.E. to 1350 C.E.?
The rise of interregional commerce
What directly contributed to the decline of Eurasian urban population?
Epidemic Disease
Which of the following statements about the Mongol Empire of the thirteenth century is true?
(A) The invasion of Japan was attempted but was unsuccessful.
(B) The number of Buddhists and Muslims in Asia dropped significantly as a result of Mongol persecution.
(C) In China the Mongols eliminated the Chinese scholar-official class.
(D) The Mongols conquered Constantinople.
(E) Ibn Battuta’s writings described in detail life in the court of Genghis Khan.
A
Which religion was spread in East Africa throguh trade routes?
Islam
What new technologies allowed sailors to trade along the Indian Ocean Trade route?
Chinese Junks
Arab Dowe
Lateen Sail
Astrolabe
Compass
What was the importance of Maloi in the African Trade Routes?
Gold
Which of the following is an accurate statement about the Mongol Empire?
(A) It attempted to impose Mongol religious beliefs and practices on conquered peoples.
(B) It reestablished the Silk Road between East Asia and Europe.
(C) It attempted to create a self-contained economic system by banning all merchants from nonMongol territories.
(D) It developed a sophisticated bureaucracy staffed by talented Mongols.
(E) It established and maintained clear rules of succession that insured the unity of the empire.
B
What religion was spread through East Asia through trade routes?
Buddhism
During the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, territories under Mongol control benefited from what?
Trade
By 1200 C.E. Improved agricultural technology had spread throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa primarily through the
Bantu speaking people
Marco Polo described which of the following at Kublai Khan’s court that he had not encountered in Europe?
Think of new technologies (currency)
Paper Money
A historian researching the effects of the Crusades on the diffusion of technology would probably find which source most useful?
Monks’translations of Arabic mathematics texts brought from conquered territories
When the Mongol empire split what were the 4 empires called?
Khanates
This Chinese dynasty oversaw a golden age of innovation, economic growth, and expanded use of the civil service examination.
Song Dynasty
This belief system emphasized filial piety, respect for authority, and proper relationships in society.
Confucianism
Historians who argue that there was substantial global integration by the end of the thirteenth century would most likely cite what evidence to support their claims?
The widening and deepening of exchange networks linking Afro-Eurasia after the Mongol conquests
This vast trade network connected East Asia, the Middle East, and Europe, facilitating the exchange of goods, ideas, and diseases.
Silk Roads
This large African empire grew wealthy by controlling trade in gold and salt across the Sahara Desert.
Mali
This sea-based trading network connected East Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia, and was aided by predictable monsoon winds.
Indian Ocean Trade Network