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World History - 3.1 - The Silk Roads (No Random)
World History - 3.1 - The Silk Roads (No Random)
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1
The network of exchange labelled with an "
A
" on this map is known as...
European Mediterranean Routes
The Indian Ocean (Sea) Routes
Trans-Saharan (sand) Routes
The Silk Roads
2
While all of these were carried on the Silk Roads, what would have been the most valuable & prized by a merchant 🤑?
Staple items like food & water
Bulk raw materials like lumber
Religious relics and books
Luxury goods like fine cloth & rugs
3
This map emphasizes evidence which could BEST be used to support which of the following claims?
Merchants funded building projects.
Luxury goods were the primary focus of trade.
Trade routes led to the growth of cities.
Religions spread on trade routes.
4
Which cultural belief system diffused
MOST
along the trade routes of the Middle East into Wesern Africa?
B) Islam
D) Buddhism
A) Christianity
C) Hinduism
5
Which trade route(s) was most responsible for the diffusion of paper from East Asia to Europe? Two answers.
The Central Asian Silk Roads
The Trans-Saharan Sand Routes
The Indian Ocean Sea Route
The Mediterranean Sea Route
6
Europe (West) increased
DEMAND
for luxuries (like silk) = what happened to Asian (East)
SUPPLY
of luxuries?
Supply increased as Asian artisans increased luxury goods production.
Supply went down as Asian artisans reduced luxury goods production.
Supply stayed constant because Asian artisans ignored European demand.
7
Which pastoralist peoples controlled Silk Road trade in 1279 C.E., sparking a "golden age" of trade?
the Ottoman Empire
the Turks
the Mongol Empire
the Ming Dynasty
8
Think! What would have been the most immediate effect of the construction of the Grand Canal for the city of Hangzhou?
Hanghzhou became an important city of the Mongol Empire.
Hangzhou's trade increased to supply both internal and foreign markets.
Hangzhou abandoned sea trade in favor of land-based trade.
Hangzhou's trade declined with the outside world.
9
Which of these effects of trade from 1200 to 1450 is part of the theme of
ECONOMIC
Commercial Practices
?
The merchant class gained in social prestige in many hierarchies.
The power of imperial states grew as they taxed/regulated trade.
Paper money, credit, & banking houses improved transaction efficiency.
Buddhism, and other belief systems, spread along trade routes.
10
Which culture ☸ began in South Asia, but then spread rapidly on the Silk Roads to East Asia?
Confucianism
Buddhism
Christianity
Islam
11
Margery Kempe, an English Christian ✝ woman, went from Europe to Mid. East. This is best understood in the
context
of
The expansion of the Mongol Empire.
The increased safety of trade networks which encouraged travel.
Widespread religious warfare between Christians and Muslims.
The outbreak of the Black Death.
12
BEST
vocab phrase to describe Chinese silk & porcelain, Malaccan spices, Persian rugs & laquerware, etc. is...
Luxury Goods
Monetary Exchange
Relay Trade
Commercial practices
13
There were many urban 🏙 city types, but these "inns and guesthouses for merchants" on the Silk Roads were known as...
Imperial Capitals
Entrepots
Caravanserai
Diasporic Communities
14
Which event would have contributed to the demographic (population) trends in Europe seen between
1000-1350
?
New agricultural tech. and crops diffused from Dar al-Islam
Intensified warfare between Christians and Muslims in the Crusades.
New crops such as corn brought to Europe from the Americas
Yersinia Pestis, a bacterial infection spread by fleas and rats
15
Which set of tech./innovations most helped Silk Road travellers overcome ENVIRONMENTAL challenges on the Silk Roads
Dhow ships, junks, & the magnetic compass
Paper making, gunpowder, & the astrolabe
Yokes, saddles, & stirrups for domesticated pack animals
Bills of exchange, checks, & paper currency
16
Trade between these Western Hemisphere empires was GREATER than the trade between civilizations in Afro-Eurasia.
True
False
17
The Chinese invention of paper
MOST CAUSED
which new commercial practice between 1200 to 1450?
Printed money
Use of the # 0 in accounting
The giving of tributes
Coercive slave labor
