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| 5185501714 | Long-distance trade generated change between 500 and 1500 c.e. because a. it motivated the creation of states in various regions of the world. b. it affected the day-to-day working lives of many people. c. it became the vehicle for the spread of ideas and diseases. d. all of the above. | d | 0 | |
| 5185501715 | Which of the following is TRUE of the Silk Roads? a. The Silk Roads linked the entire world into a single trade network. b. The Silk Roads linked the large civilizations on the outer rim of the Eurasian continent but bypassed the pastoral peoples of the interior. c. The Silk Roads were largely a relay trade route, in which goods were passed down the line rather than carried by one merchant along the entire route. d. Although important, the Silk Roads never carried as large a volume of long-distance trade as the American network. | c | 1 | |
| 5185501716 | Silk a. became such a common fabric along the Silk Roads that wearing it no longer conferred high status. b. was used as currency and a means of accumulating wealth in Central Asia. c. was only produced in China until 1500 c.e. d. was rejected as unholy by Buddhist monks. | b | 2 | |
| 5185501717 | Which of the following was NOT a factor that facilitated the spread of Buddhism along the Silk Roads? a. Followers of the Zoroastrian faith embraced Buddhism in large numbers. b. Buddhist monks traveled along the Silk Roads spread their religion. c. Wealthy Buddhist merchants built monasteries in Silk Road towns in order to earn religious merit. d. Foreign merchants introduced Buddhism to northern China. | a | 3 | |
| 5185501718 | As it spread along the Silk Roads, Buddhism had its earliest impact through large-scale conversion of the local population a. in China. b. among the pastoral peoples of Central Asia. c. in Persia. d. in the oasis towns of Central Asia. | b | 4 | |
| 5185501719 | In regard to the spread of Buddhism along the Silk Roads a. the monasteries founded in Central Asian oasis towns shunned all secular affairs. b. the followers of the Buddha along the Silk Roads rejected the Mahayana form of Buddhism, instead embracing the more austere psychological teachings of the original Buddha. c. the gods of many local peoples along the Silk Roads were incorporated into Buddhist practice. d. Buddhist monks along the Silk Roads, unlike their counterparts in India, maintained strict vows of poverty. | c | 5 | |
| 5185501720 | The exchange of diseases along the Silk Roads a. while at times deadly to both agricultural and pastoral peoples, did not alter the balance between these two peoples in Eurasia. b. dramatically weakened the Christian church in the Byzantine Empire as followers abandoned what they perceived as an uncaring God. c. ultimately gave Western Europeans an advantage when they confronted peoples of the Western hemisphere after 1500 who had not been exposed to the diseases of the Silk Roads. d. all of the above. | c | 6 | |
| 5185501721 | Which of the following was NOT an important Eurasian trade route before 1450? a. The Sand Roads across the Sahara Desert b. The Sea Roads across the Indian Ocean c. The Silk Roads across central Asia d. The Atlantic Ocean Roads across the eastern Atlantic between Europe and equatorial West Africa | d | 7 | |
| 5185501722 | In contrast to the Silk Roads, the Sea Roads of the Indian Ocean a. carried more products for a mass market rather than just luxury goods. b. had much higher transportation costs because ships cost so much more than camels. c. did not include China in the network. d. were centered on the ports of East Africa. | a | 8 | |
| 5185501723 | During the first centuries c.e. a. Indian Ocean trade picked up as mariners learned how to ride the monsoon winds. b. Christianity traveled along the Indian Ocean trade routes to Kerala in southern India. c. Chinese merchants started to trade directly in India. d. all of the above. | d | 9 | |
| 5185501724 | China contributed to the growth of trade in the Indian Ocean between 500 and 1500 c.e. in all EXCEPT which of the following ways? a. The Chinese state under the Tang and Song dynasties actively encouraged maritime trade. b. The invention of the magnetic compass in China improved navigation. c. China provided a vast and attractive market for Indian and Southeast Asian goods. d. The Chinese state under the Tang and Song dynasties prohibited Chinese merchants from traveling along the Silk Road, effectively forcing them to trade along the Indian Ocean trade routes. | d | 10 | |
| 5185501725 | The sudden rise of Islam in the seventh century c.e. had an impact on Indian Ocean commerce because a. Islamic rulers were suspicious of merchants and sought to curtail their activities. b. Muslim merchants and sailors established communities of traders from East Africa to the south China coast. c. early rulers of the Arab Empire sought to promote trade within the empire by prohibiting trade by Muslim merchants beyond its borders. d. both a and c. | b | 11 | |
| 5185501726 | Indian cultural influence in Southeast Asia a. resulted from the political conquest of the region by Emperor Ashoka. b. was a matter of voluntary adoption and adaptation of Indian religious, philosophical, and political ideas by independent societies that found them useful. c. began with the travels of the Buddha to this region toward the end of his life. d. resulted in the region rejecting the influence of Islam. | b | 12 | |
| 5185501727 | Swahili civilization emerged a. as an empire ruled by a single powerful king. b. to control a choke point in the Indian Ocean trading network. c. as a stateless state, making it unique among "third wave" civilizations. d. as a number of rival independent city states. | d | 13 | |
| 5185501728 | All of the states that emerged in West Africa after 500 c.e. a. were organized as stateless states. b. drew upon the wealth of the trans-Saharan trade. c. adopted and adapted either the Hindu or Buddhist faiths. d. outlawed slavery. | b | 14 | |
| 5185501729 | Mesoamerica and the Andes a. ran similar regional economies controlled by the state, which tried to suppress all private merchant activity. b. were in close contact, creating by far the largest and most important long-distance trade network in the Americas. c. had little to trade with each other, because both regions grew the same crops and had the same resources. d. seem to have had little direct contact with each other. | d | 15 | |
| 5185501730 | In which "third wave" civilization did the state largely control trade, not allowing a professional merchant class to emerge? a. China b. Inca c. Aztec d. Great Zimbabwe | b | 16 | |
| 5185501731 | At its height, the Maya civilization traded along which of the following networks? a. An important seaborne trade network with South American Andean civilizations that distributed exotic luxury goods that served to uphold the position and privileges of nobles and rulers b. A land-based trade with the great city state of Teotihuacan in central Mexico c. A land-based trade network with the Aztecs d. Both a and b | b | 17 | |
| 5185501732 | Despite other difficulties, long-distance trade in the Americas was facilitated by a. wheeled vehicles. b. oceanic vessels. c. the isthmus of Panama. d. none of the above. | d | 18 | |
| 5185501733 | The emergence of the Silk Roads was facilitated by a. the collapse of the Indian Ocean trade network. b. the expansion of China into Central Asia during the Han dynasty in an effort to control the nomadic Xiongnu. c. the emergence of the Swahili civilization, which provided security for merchants and travelers along the eastern stretches of the Silk Roads. d. all of the above. | b | 19 |
