1. This region imported scarce salt in return for gold from
its mines.
a. China
b. Western Europe
c. West Africa
d. Arabia
The answer is c. West African trade was dominated by its
inhabitants’ need for salt from the Sahara, for which they traded the gold of
their region.
2. How did Islam make its way into West Africa?
a. Missionaries
brought the religion to the region.
b. West Africans,
seeking greater integration into world trade systems, sent emissaries to make
inquiries about Islam in Islamic lands.
c. Muslim conquerors
from North Africa brought the faith with them.
d. Traders carried
information about the faith across the Sahara.
The answer is d. As in other regions, Islam traveled to West
Africa with merchants.
3. Which statement is true of the Silk Roads?
a. There were two
roads, one northern and one southern, that were carefully maintained by the
rulers of Central Asia to encourage trade.
b. The term refers to
a network of roads, along which goods changed hands many times before reaching
their final destination.
c. The term refers to
what was mostly trade by sea, but also included some transport overland.
d. The term refers to
a network of roads, dominated by long-distance traders who carried goods on
long journeys between the continents.
The answer is b. The term “Silk Roads” is a convenient
shorthand expression for what was, in reality, a network of trade routes along
which a “relay trade” was practiced.
4. What are the steppes?
a. The plateaus of
the Indus River Valley
b. The frozen tundra
of Siberia
c. A vast region of
semi-arid northern grasslands in Eurasia
d. The foothills of
the Himalayas
The answer is c. The great northern grasslands, known as the
steppes, supported pastoral peoples for thousands of years.
5. Which of the following is a reason why the Silk Road
trade networks flourished in the Second-Wave era?
a. The civilizations
at both ends of the Silk Roads invented coinage, greatly simplifying the
exchange of trade goods.
b. The domestication
of the camel eased transport of goods.
c. Weather conditions
favored long-distance trade.
d. The large states
on both ends of the Silk Roads provided security for merchants.
The answer is d. The large Roman and Chinese Empires helped
the Silk Road trade flourish by providing security for merchants.
6. Which state was the sole source of silk for many
centuries?
a. The Byzantine
Empire
b. China
c. India
d. Korea
The answer is b. Silk production began in China in the
fourth millennium B.C.E., and the Chinese civilization long held a monopoly on
silk production.
7. In what manner did Buddhism spread to the oasis cities of
Central Asia?
a. It was voluntary,
reaching these locations through trade.
b. Buddhist traders
created the first cities in this region, naturally bringing their religion with
them.
c. Rulers, eager to
trade with Buddhists, forced their subjects to adopt the new religion.
d. Buddhist
missionaries carried their religion to the region.
The answer is a. Traders brought Buddhism to the oasis
cities of Central Asia, where many people adopted it voluntarily.
8. Which of the following statements is true of Buddhism in
China during the Third-Wave era?
a. Although it soon
won popularity among common people, it took centuries for Buddhism to gain a
foothold among China’s elites.
b. Chinese rulers
imposed Buddhism on their subjects.
c. Buddhism was
native to China and was practiced side by side with Confucianism.
d. It remained the
religion of foreign merchants and foreign rulers for many centuries, only
gradually winning popularity among the Chinese themselves.
The answer is d. Buddhism did not win a significant popular
following in China for many centuries.
9. How was Buddhism changed as it spread from India to other
regions?
a. The practice of
the faith became less compassionate and more focused on abstract theological
issues.
b. Buddhist
monasticism became wealthy and deeply involved in secular affairs.
c. Buddhist monks
began to beg for a living in a conscious rejection of the wealthy trade world
around them.
d. It changed very
little, as Buddhist monks worked consciously to preserve their cultural
heritage.
The answer is b. Buddhist monks soon gave up the austerity
of the original faith, gaining considerable wealth and secular influence.
10. Which diseases, spread along trade routes, contributed
to the fall of both the Roman Empire and Han dynasty China?
a. Influenza and
measles
b. Smallpox and
typhoid
c. Smallpox and
measles
d. Typhoid and
bubonic plague
The answer is c. Smallpox and measles devastated the
populations of both empires and contributed to their political collapse.
11. Which European city emerged by 1000 C.E. as a major
center for commerce, generating much of its wealth by transshipment of Asian
goods?
a. Paris
b. Alexandria
c. Constantinople
d. Venice
The answer is d. The Italian city of Venice became a major
trade center, deriving much of its wealth by buying and selling imported goods
from Asia.
12. Before about 1500 C.E., which sea-based system of
exchange was the largest in the world?
a. The Mediterranean
Sea
b. The Indian Ocean
c. The South China
Sea
d. The North Sea
The answer is b. The Indian Ocean trade system was the
world’s largest until a full global system of oceanic trade developed after
1500 C.E.
13. What is a monsoon?
a. An alternating
wind current
b. A hurricane
c. A tidal wave
caused by an earthquake under the ocean
d. A tornado
The answer is a. Monsoons, alternating wind currents that
blow predictably in different directions at different times of the year, made
large-scale Indian Ocean commerce possible.
14. Unlike most early Indian Ocean trading peoples, members
of this culture traveled thousands of miles over the open ocean to trade and
settle.
a. The Egyptians
b. The Phoenicians
c. The Arabs
d. The Malays
The answer is d. Unlike other trading peoples of the Indian
Ocean system, Malay sailors took their double-outrigger canoes across thousands
of miles of open ocean to Madagascar in the first millennium B.C.E.
15. What is classical Islam’s attitude toward trade?
a. Islam was friendly
to commercial life and trade.
b. Islam was
suspicious of trade, but gradually allowed an element of trade to take place
among its believers.
c. Islam was
completely negative about trade, rejecting it as the work of the devil and
destructive of human communities.
d. From the
beginning, the Islamic state was eager to harness trade both to generate wealth
and to spread the new religion.
The answer is a. The prophet Muhammad was a trader, and
early Islam grew up in a highly commercial world, making it very friendly to
commercial life.
16. What caused the massive slave revolt that, in the later
ninth century, badly disrupted the Abbasid Empire?
a. New legal
restrictions placed upon slaves
b. A vast increase in
debt slavery, driving many newly enslaved peasants to despair
c. A religious movement
that preached social equality among the slaves
d. The horrible
conditions of the thousands of African slaves on plantations and in salt mines
The answer is d. In the ninth century, Muslims imported
thousands of African slaves to work in southern Iraq on plantations and in salt
mines; the horrendous conditions there sparked a massive slave rebellion.
17. Which statement best describes the cities and states of
Southeast Asia in the period 500–1500 C.E.?
a. These cities and
states were very ancient, first appearing among the First Civilizations but
growing in importance thanks to the trade of the Third Wave.
b. These cities and
states emerged during the Second-Wave era.
c. These cities and
states first emerged during the Third-Wave era.
d. These cities and
states grew up in both the Second- and Third-Wave eras, growing organically in
response to the needs of local, rather than international, trade.
The answer is c. On both the mainland and the islands of
Southeast Asia, new civilizations emerged during the Third-Wave era, many of
them stimulated by trade.
18. What was Srivijaya important to world history?
a. It dominated the
critical choke point of Indian Ocean trade for over three centuries.
b. As the main
Malaysian settlement on Madagascar, it created a great cultural exchange network
between Africa and Southeast Asia.
c. As an important
port on the Persian Gulf, it dominated trade between Mesopotamia and Asia.
d. It was the
greatest Buddhist temple complex in Southeast Asia.
The answer is a. The Malay kingdom of Srivijaya dominated
the Straits of Malacca, the critical choke point of Indian Ocean trade, in the
period 670–1025.
19. Which of the following regions adopted many elements of
Indian culture, including a writing system, art, and god-kings, thanks to the
Indian influence that came with trade?
a. Japan
b. Madagascar
c. Arabian Peninsula
d. Southeast Asia
The answer is d. Southeast Asians freely adopted many
elements of Indian culture, including those listed.
20. What is Borobudur?
a. A great Hindu
temple in the Angkor Kingdom
b. A great trade
center in Indonesia that controlled a regional commerce network for centuries
c. The largest
Buddhist monument in the world, built in Java
d. A great Hindu
monument in the Champa Kingdom
21. Which of the following statements was true of women in
Southeast Asia in the Third-Wave era?
a. Women had fewer
restrictions and a greater role in public life than in East or South Asia.
b. Women were held in
great esteem, but had no legal rights.
c. Women were
subjected by a patriarchy even stricter than that of China.
d. Women enjoyed
relative equality with men.
The answer is a. Most Southeast Asian societies placed fewer
restrictions on women, allowing them to own property, enter some professions,
and even initiate divorce.
22. Where was the Swahili civilization located?
a. In the Persian
Gulf
b. West Africa
c. Along the coast of
East Africa
d. Madagascar
The answer is c. Swahili civilization in East Africa was a
blend of African, Arabian, and Indian influences.
23. Which of the following statements best describes
political organization in Swahili civilization?
a. Swahili
civilization had a number of independent cities, each ruled by a merchant
oligarchy.
b. Swahili
civilization had a number of independent cities, each ruled by a king.
c. Swahili
civilization gradually came together into a single empire.
d. Swahili
civilization was a stateless society.
The answer is b. Swahili civilization did not develop large
territorial states, but rather a number of independent cities, each governed by
its own king.
24. Which of the following became the principal religion of
Swahili cities?
a. Christianity
b. Hinduism
c. Native animism
d. Islam
The answer is d. By c. 1300 C.E., Swahili cities were
thoroughly Muslim.
25. Which African state constructed huge stone enclosures
without mortar, leading scholars to believe that it had great wealth and many
resources?
a. Angkor
b. Kilwa
c. Great Zimbabwe
d. Timbuktu
The answer is c. Great Zimbabwe, which flourished in the
period 1250–1350 C.E., is best known for its huge stone enclosures, suggesting
a very powerful and wealthy state.
26. Which of the following is a product of the Sahara?
a. Salt
b. Gold
c. Ivory
d. Kola nuts
The answer is a. Salt is a very important product of the
Sahara, traded in historical times with West Africa.
27. When was the domesticated camel introduced to North
Africa and the Sahara, transforming trade?
a. In the early first
millennium B.C.E.
b. In about 1000 C.E.
c. In about 500
B.C.E.
d. In the early
centuries of the Common Era
The answer is d. The introduction of the camel to North
Africa and the Sahara in the early centuries of the Common Era transformed
trade, because camels can go for ten days without water.
28. What was the main political system that emerged in West
African states in the period 500–1600 C.E.?
a. A mix of
monarchies and republics
b. Monarchies
c. Republics
d. Direct democracies
The answer is b. The series of states and city-states that
developed in West Africa were all monarchies.
29. Which of the following statements best describes West
African slavery in the period 600–1500 C.E.?
a. West African
slaves were only used domestically, rather than being exported to other
countries for sale.
b. West African
slaves were natives, enslaved for debt.
c. West Africa had
little slavery but sold large numbers of slaves to North Africans.
d. At first most
slaves were women, but male slaves were increasingly employed for heavy labor.
The answer is d. As in many societies, at first West Africa
took mostly female slaves but over time began to use male slaves as well.
30. Which of the following statements is true of trade in
the Americas before 1500 C.E.?
a. Long-distance
trade never developed, although local and regional commerce flourished.
b. There was some
long-distance trade, but it operated on a small scale because of the
difficulties of travel in the Americas.
c. A large-scale
system of long-distance trade developed, catering especially to the needs of
Mesoamerican civilizations.
d. There was very
little trade beyond the strictly local level, as the civilizations of the
Americas encouraged self-sufficiency.
The answer is a. In large part because Panama formed a
bottleneck and because the north/south orientation of the Americas made it
difficult to move across large territories, the Americas never developed a
long-distance trade system.
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