Period 3 Review Questions

1. What were the results of the deepening and widening of old and new networks of human interaction?

a.______b. ______

2. Commercial networks served as conduits for: a. ______, ______, and ______diffusion within and between societies.

3. What was the new monotheistic religion was founded during this time period? ______

How did it spread? ______, ______, and ______.

4. Name four new trading cities that emerge from 600 to 1450 C.E.

a. ______, b. ______c. ______d. ______

5. Name several luxury goods that were traded during this period.

a. ______b. ______c. ______

6. Where did new trade routes emerge?

7. Name three new forms of credit and monetization that helped increased trade.

a. ______b. ______c. ______

8. Name the four empires that expanded and helped facilitate Trans-Saharan trade:

a. ______- (name the dynasties of this period - ______

b. ______(region it’s located in ______

c. ______- (name two dynasties - ______, ______

d. ______- (where did they start? Region) ______

9. Name two examples of how a society used their environmental knowledge and made technological adaptations to expand and intensify long-distance trade.

a. ______

b. ______

10. Name two examples of how migration and commercial contact led to the diffusion of language.

a. ______(where, region?) ______

b. ______(where which regions) ______

11. The beliefs and practices of Islam reflected interactions with Arabian people and ______,

______& ______.

12. Name three diasporic communities where they introduced their own cultural traditions into the indigenous culture.

a. ______

b. ______

c. ______

13. Name three interregional travelers that illustrate the extent and limitations of intercultural knowledge;

And where they traveled.

a. ______

b. ______

c. ______

14. Name three examples of diffusion of literary, artistic and cultural traditions due to increased cross-cultural interaction.

a. ______

b. ______

c. ______

15. Name three examples of the diffusion of scientific and technological traditions made because of cross-cultural interactions.

a. ______

b. ______

c. ______

16. Which epidemic disease will spread through established paths of trade? ______

17. Name two new foods or agricultural techniques that spread across trade routes.

a. ______

b. ______

18. Name two empires that emerged after the collapse of another empire that will combine traditional sources of power and legitimacy with innovations.

a. ______b. ______What was one of their of innovations to help them rule? ______

19. Name two new Islamic states that emerged: a. ______b. ______

20. Give specific examples of new city states that emerged:

a. ______(region) such as ______& ______

b. ______(region) such as ______& ______

c. ______(region) such as ______& ______

21. Give two examples of synthesized local and borrowed traditions:

a. ______

b. ______

22. Which two new imperial systems were created in Latin America during this period?

a. ______b. ______

23. Look up in your notes or the books specific examples of technological & cultural transfer from the following regions:

a. Between Tang China & the Abbasids ______

b. Across the Mongol Empires ______

c. During the Crusades – Western Europe ______

24. Name three technological innovations that will increase agricultural production significantly.

a. ______

b. ______

c. ______

25. Name three examples of factors that led to the decline of urban areas in this period.

a. ______b. ______c.______

26. Name three factors that led to urban revival:

a. ______

b. ______

c. ______

27. Name four forms of labor organizationin this period – 600 C.E. to 1450 C.E.

a. ______

b. ______

c. ______

d. ______

28. Name three places where women exercised more power and influence.

a. ______b. ______c. ______

29. Name two new forms of coercive labor that appear during this time period:

a. ______

b. ______

30. Name two regions where free peasants revolted:

a. ______b. ______