Medieval Asia & Africa Quiz Review

The West African trading kingdoms profited from control of which trade routes?

Japan was dominated by which military organization during the Middle Ages?

True or False: Arab traders brought Christianity to West Africa, converting many of the inhabitants of the region.

Which devastating disease is believed to have spread along the Silk Road during the reign of the Mongol Empire?

Which city is an Islamic holy city?

Who was the leader of the Mongols that began the expansion of the Mongol Empire?

The "God" of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam is the same God; each religion interprets God and its meaning differently.

True or False: Japan's military government during the Middle Ages was called the Shogunate.

True or False: Islamic traders revived the Silk Road and traded across the Sahara Desert with kingdoms in Africa.

Who was the founder of Islam?

What was the Silk Road?

What products were primarily traded along the trans-Saharan trade routes, generating vast amounts of wealth?

Which of the following is a region that the Mongols did NOT conquer during their period of military conquest?

Which of the following kingdoms made up the West African trading kingdoms?

Muslim armies and traders spread the Islamic faith to which of the following regions?

The Japanese word for "divine wind" is bushido.

Beginning in the late 1500s, what became West Africa's largest export?

What was traded by merchants from various civilizations along the Silk Road?

Which king of Mali controlled the gold and salt trade, made a pilgrimage to Mecca, and was the richest man in history.

True or False: Japan and Medieval Europe both practiced feudalism at the same time period.

The weapon used by the samurai was...

Why did the Songhai Empire collapse in 1600 AD?

What is a caravan?