Unit 2: 1200-1450 - Networks of Exchange

Question 1

Which dynasty used the magnetic compass and created the stern-post rudder?

Accepted Answer

Tang & Song

Question 2

The Sogdians

Accepted Answer

All of the above.

Question 3

The Djinguereber Mosque is located in ....

Accepted Answer

Timbuktu

Question 4

Astrolabe

Accepted Answer

An instrument that helped sailors find the stars and sun

Question 5

Who was Genghis Khan?

Accepted Answer

Leader of the Mongols

Question 6

What did Genghis Khan do?

Accepted Answer

Organized various tribes of nomads

Question 7

When was the Black Death?

Accepted Answer

14th Century

Question 8

Who was Marco Polo and what did he do?

Accepted Answer

A Italian merchant who traveled to china and recorded things

Question 9

Why was gunpowder invented?

Accepted Answer

By accident

Question 10

The Malmuk Sultanate prospered by facilitating trade in what

Accepted Answer

cotton and sugar

Question 11

What is Dar Al Islam?

Accepted Answer

Lands under Muslim control.

Question 12

What was the kurultai?

Accepted Answer

A meeting to pick the successor of the Khan

Question 13

How many deaths did the Justinian plague cause?

Accepted Answer

25 million

Question 14

Which of the following is NOT a reason why the camel was valued for use on Trans-Saharan Trade

Accepted Answer

It could travel short distances

Question 15

Who was Ibn Battuta?

Accepted Answer

C. Muslim Traveler

Question 16

Lateen sails had the advantage of

Accepted Answer

takes full advantage of a wind blowing from behind

Question 17

What was Samarkand?

Accepted Answer

The capital of the Timurid Empire

Question 18

Which one of these was not a major contributor in the trans-Saharan slave trade (early on)?

Accepted Answer

Germany

Question 19

Pax Mongolica was...

Accepted Answer

a period of order and prosperity during Mongolian rule.

Question 20

What are symptoms of the Black Death?

Accepted Answer

All of above

Question 21

Where did Buddhism spread?

Accepted Answer

China, Central Asia

Question 22

What is a steppe?

Accepted Answer

Open, treeless grasslannd

Question 23

Hand papermaking began in what country?

Accepted Answer

China

Question 24

The plague of Justinian occurred during which years?

Accepted Answer

541-542

Question 25

Where did Marco Polo travel?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 26

What happened as a result of the Bubonic Plague?

Accepted Answer

Feudalism declined thanks to the social structure collapse, 1/3 of Europe and 1/2 of Asia died, 25 million people died, Churches lost much of their power over the people

Question 27

What is Yersinia Pestis?

Accepted Answer

A bacterium

Question 28

How did Buddhism spread?

Accepted Answer

by Relocation Diffusion along the Silk Road

Question 29

The technology of papermaking traveled from China to Baghdad along the

Accepted Answer

Silk Roads

Question 30

Tamerlane was a Mongol...

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 31

What type of African slave was most prevalent in the trans-Saharan slave trade?

Accepted Answer

Young Women

Question 32

How did the Bubonic Plague Spread?

Accepted Answer

Through rats, fleas, unclean water, and humans

Question 33

This is the name of a town on the Silk Road...

Accepted Answer

Samarkand

Question 34

Wrote Decameron. Is a Italian writer. Helped lay the foundation for humanism.

Accepted Answer

Giovanni Boccaccio

Question 35

What is sinification?

Accepted Answer

the extensive adoption of Chinese culture

Question 36

Who built the Djinguereber Mosque in Timbuktu?

Accepted Answer

Mansa Musa

Question 37

Based on the map, Kashgar became an important trading city because

Accepted Answer

it's halfway on the Silk Road; several different routes meet

Question 38

How long was the Silk Road?

Accepted Answer

Over 4000 miles long

Question 39

Who invented gunpowder?

Accepted Answer

Chinese

Question 40

Born as Temuchin, he founded the empire. To most people he's known simply as

Accepted Answer

Genghis Khan

Question 41

What was the importance of the invention of papermaking?

Accepted Answer

It is used for recording and sending information.

Question 42

Before Islam, most kingdoms were organized through

Accepted Answer

complex stateless societies organized around kinship.

Question 43

Who/what carries Yersinia Pestis?

Accepted Answer

Rats & Fleas

Question 44

The Djinguereber Mosque and what two mosques are the prominent sites of learning in Timbuktu?

Accepted Answer

Sankore Mosque and Sidi Yahya Mosque

Question 45

Yasa or Yassa

Accepted Answer

death penalty applied equally, code of law written by Genghis Khan, tolerant of other religions, code of honor

Question 46

What was the diaspora?

Accepted Answer

The scattering of the Jews outside of Israel and Judah.

Question 47

What was the Dhow?

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A long slender boat that allowed sailors to travel upwind

Question 48

It is belived that Zhenghe

Accepted Answer

Travelled to Asia, Middle East and East Africa

Question 49

What is the Silk Road?

Accepted Answer

A set of trade networks from China to the Mediterranean.

Question 50

...the most important impact of improvements in saddles in the spread of Islam into W Africa?

Accepted Answer

they contributed to the increase of Trans-Saharan trade

Question 51

At the Battle of the Talas River, the Abbasid Caliphate gained what from Tang Chinese POWs?

Accepted Answer

Paper.

Question 52

The trans-Saharan trade was important as it...

Accepted Answer

Spread Islam as unifying force

Question 53

What is the significance of Samarkand?

Accepted Answer

It was the capitol and a center of learning

Question 54

The Astrolabe is used to...

Accepted Answer

Find latitude, Look at the sun or stars

Question 55

The Srivijaya empire was mainly influenced by

Accepted Answer

India

Question 56

What is a yurt?

Accepted Answer

A tent.

Question 57

Who was Kublai Khan?

Accepted Answer

the ancient Chinese emperor of the Yuan Dynasty

Question 58

What was a Kurultai

Accepted Answer

A council of people who appointed new leaders

Question 59

Timbuktu

Accepted Answer

A city on the southern edge of the desert; salt was brought

Question 60

Who was Ibn Battuta?

Accepted Answer

A Muslim explorer.

Unit 2: 1200-1450 - Networks of Exchange

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Unit 2: 1200-1450 - Networks of Exchange

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