Networks of Communication and Exchange, 300 B.C.E.-1100 C.E.
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| 492067004 | The Seleucid kings focused their energies on Mesopotamia and Syria, allowing the ________ to establish a kingdom in northeastern Iran. | Parthians | 0 | |
| 492067005 | ________ made the Silk Road possible by providing animals, animal handlers, and protection. | Pastoral nomads | 1 | |
| 492067006 | Emperor Wu of the Han dynasty in China sent out an expedition headed by General Zhang Jian in 128 B.C.E. to | further Chinese economic interests | 2 | |
| 492067007 | What did the Chinese want to import from the West? | A variety of Western goods, especially horses. | 3 | |
| 492067008 | Which of the following was NOT one of the technologies that originated in Central Asia? | The camel saddle | 4 | |
| 492067009 | The Indian Ocean Maritime System was a trade network across the Indian Ocean and the: | South China Sea. | 5 | |
| 492067010 | The colonies established by the traders of the Indian Ocean differed from those of the Mediterranean in that: | they seldom retained political ties to their homeland. | 6 | |
| 492067011 | The island of Madagascar was settled by: | Africans and Asians. | 7 | |
| 492067012 | Evidence for the westward and southward adoption of camel use comes from: | studies of camel saddle design. | 8 | |
| 492067013 | What sub-Saharan desert product was in particularly great demand in the torrid regions? | Salt | 9 | |
| 492067014 | Ghana means: | the "land of gold." | 10 | |
| 492067015 | Which of the following factors do NOT explain Africa's persisting diversity? | Massive military incursions by the Egyptians divided Africa into distinct political and cultural regions. | 11 | |
| 492067016 | After 1076, Ghana fell prey to the: | Almoravids. | 12 | |
| 492067017 | Which of the following is NOT one of the ways in which scholars trace cultural similarities and migration patterns of sub-Saharan African peoples? | Written history | 13 | |
| 492067018 | ________, the Maurya ruler of India, promoted Buddhism between the third and second centuries B.C.E. | King Ashoka | 14 | |
| 492067019 | Which factor best attests to the long history of Buddhist preaching and conversion along the Silk Road? | The proliferation of Buddhist communities and temples in caravan cities. | 15 | |
| 492067020 | The ________ trade route linked the lands of the Mediterranean with China by way of Mesopotamia, Iran, and Central Asia. | Silk Road | 16 | |
| 492067021 | Christian emperors sent missionaries along the Red Sea trade route to seek converts in Yemen and ________ | Ethiopia | 17 | |
| 492067022 | In coastal areas throughout the Indian Ocean trading system, local women often married sailors and merchants and established bilingual and ________ families. | Bicultural | 18 | |
| 492067023 | The kingdom of ________ , the "land of gold," covered parts of Mali, Mauritania, and Senegal. | Ghana | 19 | |
| 492067024 | The ________ Desert stretches from the Red Sea to the Atlantic Ocean. | Sahara | 20 | |
| 492067025 | The introduction of ________ from Arabia made it much easier to travel across the Sahara. | camels | 21 | |
| 492067026 | ________ means "people" in the Niger-Congo family of languages of the same name. | bantu | 22 | |
| 492067027 | The use of ________ multiplied the effectiveness of mounted warriors. | stirrups | 23 | |
| 492067028 | The Sahel region of sub-Saharan Africa is characterized by semiarid ________ | Steppes | 24 | |
| 492067029 | General ____ brought two plants to china: alfalfa and wine grapes | Zhang | 25 | |
| 492067030 | The ____ people provide our first evidence of the stirrup | Kushan | 26 | |
| 492067031 | Migration by ____ speakers seems a likely mechanism for the southward spread or iron smelting in Africa. | Bantu | 27 | |
| 492067032 | _____ Buddhism, "The teaching of the elder" was centered in Sri lanka | Theravada | 28 |
