Strayer with Sources Chapter 8 Identification Quiz

Strayer with Sources Chapter 8 Identification Quiz

1. The term ______refers to the land-based trade routes that crossed Eurasia, linking the Mediterranean basin to China.

a. "Sand Roads" / b. "China Roads"
c. "Spice Roads" / d. "Silk Roads"
e. "Trade Roads"

2. Silk was first produced in ______.

a. China / b. India
c. the Middle East / d. the Mediterranean basin
e. Central Asia

3. The ______form of Buddhism, which flourished along the Silk Roads, features Buddha as a deity, numerous bodhisattvas, emphasis on compassion, and the possibility of earning merit.

a. Jie / b. Mahayana
c. Nirvana / d. Theravada
e. Ramayana

4. One-third or more of the population of Europe died of ______between 1346 and 1350.

a. smallpox / b. measles
c. the Black Death / d. famine
e. a still unidentified disease

5. The Indian Ocean Sea Roads trade network was made possible by alternating wind currents known as ______, which allowed merchants to sail across the Indian Ocean easily and predictably.

a. westerly winds / b. the monsoons
c. easterly winds / d. el Niño
e. trade winds

6. ______was the fulcrum at the center of the Indian Ocean trade network.

a. East Africa / b. The Persian Gulf
c. India / d. China
e. The Arabian Peninsula

7. ______was a sought-after trade product from East Africa in the Indian Ocean trade network.

a. Porcelain / b. Nutmeg
c. Wine / d. Silk
e. Ivory

8. ______was a sought-after trade product from China in the Indian Ocean trade network.

a. Porcelain / b. Nutmeg
c. Wine / d. Slaves
e. Ivory

9. ______was a sought-after trade product from Southeast Asia in the Indian Ocean trade network.

a. Porcelain / b. Nutmeg
c. Wine / d. Silk
e. Ivory

10. Efforts to reclaim wasteland in Mesopotamia to produce sugar and dates for export stimulated the export of ______from East Africa.

a. iron / b. slaves
c. camels and donkeys / d. gold
e. None of the above

11. The kingdom of ______dominated the Straits of Malacca between 670 and 1025 C.E.

a. Jie / b. Angkor
c. Kerala / d. Srivijaya
e. Sailendra

12. Emerging in the eighth century C.E., the ______civilization took shape as a number of independent commercial city-states along the East African coast.

a. Swahili / b. Kerala
c. Ethiopian / d. Madagascar
e. Jenne-jeno

13. The Swahili civilization rapidly became ______, setting it culturally apart from neighboring societies in the interior of East Africa.

a. Christian / b. Hindu
c. Muslim / d. Buddhist
e. Daoist

14. At its peak between 1250 and 1350 C.E., ______was a powerful kingdom in the African interior whose emergence was in part connected to the growing trade in gold to the East African coast.

a. Shanga / b. Kilwa
c. Mombasa / d. Great Zimbabwe
e. Kerala

15. North African Arab traders organized camel caravans across the Sahara primarily to trade for ______.

a. glassware / b. horses
c. silk / d. porcelain
e. gold

16. The introduction of ______to North Africa in the early centuries of the Common Era proved to be a major turning point in the trans-Saharan trade, facilitating a substantial increase in trade between the Mediterranean basin and equatorial West Africa.

a. Christianity / b. the donkey
c. the camel / d. salt
e. the horse

17. Before the 1440s, slaves in Western Europe ______.

a. were primarily drawn from Bantu-speaking regions of East Africa / b. were primarily drawn from West Africa
c. were primarily drawn from Slavic-speaking regions of Eastern Europe / d. were primarily drawn from conquered Arab nations
e. were primarily drawn from serf populations in Western Europe

18. Evidence of at least indirect connections between the civilizations of Mesoamerica and the Andes before the arrival of Europeans include ______.

a. the adoption of the Andean potato in Mesoamerica / b. the emergence of writing similar to that of the Mesoamerican Mayan civilization in the Andes
c. the arrival of the domesticated llama in Mesoamerica from the Andes / d. the spread of maize from Mesoamerica to the Andes
e. All of the above

19. ______was a kingdom in Southeast Asia.

a. Songhay / b. Milwa
c. Sailendra / d. Mali
e. Swahili

20. Located at the confluence of the Mississippi, Illinois, and Missouri rivers, ______lay at the center of a widespread trading network in North America.

a. Chaco / b. Orinoco
c. Songhay / d. Chincha
e. Cahokia

Answers

1. Correct. The correct answer is d. (See page 219 if you are using Ways of the World: A Brief Global History; see page 335 if you are using Ways of the World: A Brief Global History with Sources.)
2. Correct. The correct answer is a. (See page 220 if you are using Ways of the World: A Brief Global History; see page 337 if you are using Ways of the World: A Brief Global History with Sources.)
3. Correct. The correct answer is b. (See page 223 if you are using Ways of the World: A Brief Global History; see page 339 if you are using Ways of the World: A Brief Global History with Sources.)
4. Correct. The correct answer is c. (See page 224 if you are using Ways of the World: A Brief Global History; see page 340 if you are using Ways of the World: A Brief Global History with Sources.)
5. Correct. The correct answer is b. (See page 226 if you are using Ways of the World: A Brief Global History; see page 342 if you are using Ways of the World: A Brief Global History with Sources.)
6. Correct. The correct answer is c. (See page 227 if you are using Ways of the World: A Brief Global History; see page 343 if you are using Ways of the World: A Brief Global History with Sources.)
7. Correct. The correct answer is e. (See pages 227 and 231 if you are using Ways of the World: A Brief Global History; see pages 343 and 347 if you are using Ways of the World: A Brief Global History with Sources.)
8. Correct. The correct answer is a. (See page 227 if you are using Ways of the World: A Brief Global History; see pages 341 and 343 if you are using Ways of the World: A Brief Global History with Sources.)
9. Correct. The correct answer is b. (See page 227 if you are using Ways of the World: A Brief Global History; see pages 343 and 345 if you are using Ways of the World: A Brief Global History with Sources.)
10. Correct. The correct answer is b. (See page 228 if you are using Ways of the World: A Brief Global History; see page 344 if you are using Ways of the World: A Brief Global History with Sources.)
11. Correct. The correct answer is d. (See page 229 if you are using Ways of the World: A Brief Global History; see page 345 if you are using Ways of the World: A Brief Global History with Sources.)
12. Correct. The correct answer is a. (See page 231 if you are using Ways of the World: A Brief Global History; see page 347 if you are using Ways of the World: A Brief Global History with Sources.)
13. Correct. The correct answer is c. (See pages 231 and 232 if you are using Ways of the World: A Brief Global History; see pages 347 and 348 if you are using Ways of the World: A Brief Global History with Sources.)
14. Correct. The correct answer is c. (See pages 231 and 232 if you are using Ways of the World: A Brief Global History; see pages 347 and 348 if you are using Ways of the World: A Brief Global History with Sources.)
15. Correct. The correct answer is e. (See page 233 if you are using Ways of the World: A Brief Global History; see page 349 if you are using Ways of the World: A Brief Global History with Sources.)
16. Correct. The correct answer is c. (See page 233 if you are using Ways of the World: A Brief Global History; see page 349 if you are using Ways of the World: A Brief Global History with Sources.)
17. Correct. The correct answer is c. (See page 235 if you are using Ways of the World: A Brief Global History; see page 351 if you are using Ways of the World: A Brief Global History with Sources.)
18. Correct. The correct answer is d. (See page 236 if you are using Ways of the World: A Brief Global History; see page 352 if you are using Ways of the World: A Brief Global History with Sources.)
19. Correct. The correct answer is c. (See page 229 if you are using Ways of the World: A Brief Global History; see page 345 if you are using Ways of the World: A Brief Global History with Sources.)
20. Correct. The correct answer is e. (See pages 236 and 237 if you are using Ways of the World: A Brief Global History; see pages 352 and 353 if you are using Ways of the World: A Brief Global History with Sources.)