Deck 12: Establishing World Trade Routes

Question 1

Which of these was a major town of Africa's east coast?

A) Meroë
B) Timbuktu
C) Benin
D) Kilwa

Answer 1

Kilwa

Question 2

Yurts are Mongol ________.

A) families
B) rulers
C) towns
D) tents

Answer 2

tents

Question 3

Khanates were ________.

A) divisions of the Mongol Empire
B) rulers of the Mongol Empire
C) trading posts along the silk road
D) Central Asian camels

Answer 3

divisions of the Mongol Empire

Question 4

The Mongol capital was at ________.

A) Karakorum
B) Samarkand
C) Nishapur
D) Beijing

Question 5

The southern Song capital was at ________.

A) Kaifeng
B) Hangzhou
C) Chang'an
D) Luoyang

Question 6

Transhumance is practiced by ________.

A) hunters
B) farmers
C) pastoralists
D) traders

Question 7

Which of these from southern India was used to make Arab ships?

A) cedar
B) pine
C) teak
D) oak

Question 8

The Mongols founded the ________ dynasty in China.

A) Tang
B) Yuan
C) Ming
D) Qin

Question 9

In the eighth and early ninth centuries,the most important Jewish community in the world was found in ________.

A) Cairo
B) Baghdad
C) Jerusalem
D) Athens

Question 10

From the 700s to the 1500s,the Red Sea and Indian Ocean trade networks were dominated by the ________.

A) Arabs
B) Indians
C) Chinese
D) Persians

Question 11

Which of these was a Mongol ruler of China?

A) Yung-lo
B) Zheng He
C) Osman I
D) Kubilai Khan

Question 12

Zheng He is best known for ________.

A) his travels to Europe
B) a series of voyages in the Indian Ocean
C) founding the Yuan dynasty
D) his expansion of China's territory

Question 13

From the 1300s to the 1600s,China was ruled by the ________ dynasty.

A) Tang
B) Yuan
C) Zhou
D) Ming

Question 14

Trade diasporas existed as early as ________.

A) 200 B.C.E.
B) 750 C.E.
C) 1450 C.E.
D) 3500 B.C.E.

Question 15

The founder of the Mongol Empire was ________.

A) Kubilai Khan
B) Hülegü
C) Chinggis Khan
D) Ögedei

Question 16

The battle of Ain Jalut ended with a ________ defeat.

A) Mongol
B) Ottoman
C) Mamluk
D) Byzantine

Question 17

Yung-lo was an emperor of the ________ dynasty.

A) Ming
B) Yuan
C) Tang
D) Song

Question 18

From the thirteenth to the fifteenth centuries,central Asia was ruled by the ________.

A) Chinese
B) Turks
C) Jurchens
D) Mongols

Question 19

Ibn Battuta is best known as a ________.

A) scientist
B) mathematician
C) traveler
D) religious scholar

Question 20

Which of these conquered and replaced the Chagatai khanate?

A) Timur the Lame
B) Chinggis Khan
C) Ögedai Khan
D) Osman I

Question 21

Looking at the map "World trade routes," which of these trade networks stretched the farthest?

A) Inca/Andean
B) European
C) trans-Asian/Mongol
D) Arab

Question 22

In the map "Trading ports and cities,Indian Ocean," which of these had an early lead in urbanization and trading ports?

A) East Africa
B) Southeast Asia
C) Arabia
D) Borneo

Question 23

Mansa Musa was the ruler of ________.

A) Ghana
B) Mali
C) Morocco
D) Songhay

Question 24

The Muslim hajj had the impact of ________ trade.

A) halting
B) fostering
C) slowing
D) dispersing

Question 25

The goal of transhumance is to ________.

A) give animals optimal grazing
B) move to cooler climates in the summer
C) take advantage of commercial opportunities
D) give animals exercise

Question 26

Aztec pochtecas were ________.

A) traders
B) kings
C) farmers
D) bankers

Question 27

The end of Zheng He's voyages can be attributed to ________.

A) the failure of the voyages
B) traditional political conservatism
C) a change in dynasties
D) the Mongol invasions

Question 28

The print showing silk manufacture,indicates that Chinese women ________.

A) primarily did unskilled labor
B) often worked apart from men
C) had important roles as merchants
D) were second-class citizens

Question 29

The goal of a moral economy is ________.

A) the people's welfare
B) profit
C) revenue
D) a stable economy

Question 30

Roughly ________ merchants traded regularly in Tenochtitlán.

A) 40,000
B) 4,000
C) 40
D) 400

Question 31

The importance of internal trade to China can be explained primarily by China's ________,relative to other countries.

A) large rivers
B) more fertile lands
C) large size
D) commercial innovation

Question 32

A trade diaspora is tied together by ________.

A) treaties
B) common origins
C) loyalty to local rulers
D) the desire for profit

Question 33

The foundation of the Ming dynasty represented a return to ________.

A) centralized rule in China
B) a focus on China's northern core region
C) a period of political turmoil
D) ethnic Han rule

Question 34

Which of these followed the Maya as the dominant state in what is today Mexico?

A) Incas
B) Aztecs
C) Toltecs
D) Olmecs

Question 35

Lateen sails transformed sailing because they allowed ________.

A) sailing with and against winds
B) open-ocean sailing
C) more rapid coastal sailing
D) for larger cargo ships

Question 36

Which of these is the biggest challenge for historians of the Mongol Empire?

A) We have no written sources.
B) Most of our written sources reflect the Mongol perspective.
C) Disagreement among sources makes writing Mongol history difficult.
D) Most of our sources are not from the Mongols.

Question 37

The ________ lies along the southern edge of the Sahara.

A) savannah
B) rainforest
C) Congo River
D) sahel

Question 38

In a free-market economy,trade is regulated by ________.

A) governments
B) trade diasporas
C) local merchants
D) supply and demand

Question 39

The Zheng He voyages can be characterized as ________.

A) disastrous
B) unsuccessful
C) a turning point in Chinese history
D) successful

Question 40

The most common pattern in Chinese history was China as a(n)________.

A) innovator in overseas trade
B) ruler of international trade networks
C) goal of global traders
D) anchor for a trade diaspora

Question 41

Both the East African coast and the sahel region gave rise to states that were based on ________.

A) the exchange of goods between two zones
B) river valleys
C) conquest of large regions
D) primarily indigenous African traditions

Question 42

Compared to the conquests of Chinggis Khan,his successors' conquests were ________.

A) massive
B) roughly the same
C) small
D) nonexistent

Question 43

Why did China ultimately decide not to pursue overseas trade? What was the impact of this decision?

Question 44

Compare the Mongol Empire with the empire of Alexander the Great.Were they more similar or more different?

Question 45

Compare the roles of China and Arab merchants in the Asian trading network.

Question 46

Which of these explains the innovation achieved by Chinggis Khan?

A) engaging in raiding
B) a nomadic lifestyle
C) going into warfare using horses
D) leading a large, multiethnic army

Question 47

What were the most important trading patterns in Africa? How did these shape African states?

Question 48

Compare the trading networks of the Americas with other trading networks.Did they differ most in scope or in their mechanisms?

Question 49

In the context of East African urbanization,which of these departed from the prevailing pattern?

A) Great Zimbabwe
B) Kilwa
C) Sofala
D) Manda

Question 50

Inca trading networks were shaped primarily by ________.

A) the Andes
B) contacts with the Aztec Empire
C) the lure of goods from the Amazon basin
D) oceanic trade

Question 51

Unlike other contemporary trade networks,the Arab network ________.

A) was unusually small
B) was carried out primarily by sea
C) connected two continents
D) was tied together by cities

Question 52

The most common impact of the Mongol conquests was ________.

A) destruction of commercial networks
B) political disruption
C) the end of urban life
D) disruption of social structures

Question 53

Like other trade diasporas,the Aztec pochteca were ________.

A) of the same family
B) marginalized in their own culture
C) joined by a common identity
D) primarily interested in local trade

Question 54

In the map "African kingdoms," the Almoravid Empire was unusual because it ________.

A) took advantage of the trans-Saharan trade
B) was centered near the Mediterranean
C) was a Muslim state
D) stretched across the Sahara

Question 55

Like Alexander's empire,the Mongol Empire was ________.

A) extremely short lived
B) based in Central Asia
C) conquered by a nomadic people
D) primarily the result of one man's leadership