Chapter 12 and 13 Test

Question 1

What is East Africa’s trade language?

Answer 1

Swahili

Question 2

What are the top 2 commodities the Western African Empires traded?

Answer 2

Gold and salt

Question 3

Who was the great leader of the Mali kingdom, known for his wealth generosity, and encouragement of education?

Answer 3

Mansa Musa

Question 4

What is the kingdom in the African interior known for its Bronze sculptures?

Answer 4

Forest Kingdom/ Benin

Question 5

What were the 2 religions which fight for control of North India?

Answer 5

Muslim v. Hindu

Question 6

Who was the leader of the Mongol empire, the “Universal Ruler”?

Answer 6

Genghis Khan

Question 7

Who was the leader of the Yuan Dynasty in China?

Answer 7

Kublai Khan

Question 8

What was the name of the Mongols in Russia?

Answer 8

Golden Horde

Question 9

Who was the harsh Islamic ruler who attempted to rebuild the Mongol empire in the 1300’s?

Answer 9

Tamerlane

Question 10

Who was the founder of the Mughal empire in India?

Answer 10

Babur

Question 11

What did Shah Jahan build, the height of Mughal architecture?

Answer 11

Taj Mahal

Question 12

What European country took over India in the 1800’a?

Answer 12

Britain

Question 13

What was the name of the Hindu cult, which emphasizes truthfulness, self-control, purity, and faithfulness?

Answer 13

Sikhism

Question 14

Who replaces the Yuan Dynasty/Mongols in China?

Answer 14

Ming Dynasty

Question 15

Who was the great admiral during the Ming Dynasty who established Chinese trade around the Indian Ocean?

Answer 15

Zheng He

Question 16

What was the most important export of the Ming Dynasty?

Answer 16

Porcelain

Question 17

What was the purpose of the astrolabe quadrant, and cross-staff?

Answer 17

To find latitude

Question 18

What was the name of the ships of the Age of Exploration which used rectangle and triangle sails?

Answer 18

Caravel

Question 19

Which country was the first European to be involved in oceanic exploration?

Answer 19

Portugal

Question 20

Who built an explorers school to encourage exploration in his nation?

Answer 20

Prince Henry the navigator

Question 21

Who was the first explorer to make it from Europe to India by going around Africa?

Answer 21

Vasco de Garma

Question 22

What year did Columbus make it to the West Indies?

Answer 22

1492

Question 23

What was the name of the pope’s division of the world between spain and Portugal for exploration and colonizing?

Answer 23

Line of Demarcation

Question 24

Who was given credit for circumnavigating the globe?

Answer 24

Magellan

Question 25

What was the term for Spanish conquerors?

Answer 25

Conquistadors

Question 26

Who was the Spaniard who defeated the Aztecs?

Answer 26

Cortes

Question 27

Who was the Spaniard who defeated the Incas?

Answer 27

Piazzaro

Question 28

Who was the Spaniard who tried to help the natives and fought to end slavery and forced conversions?

Answer 28

Las Casas

Question 29

What was the name of the Pope's document that justified slavery and forced conversions of the natives in the New World?

Answer 29

The Requiermento

Question 30

What did de Soto and de Coronado conclude about the southern US?

Answer 30

No Gold, No Good

Question 31

Who founded the city of Montreal?

Answer 31

Cartier

Question 32

Who founded the city of Quebec, known as the "Father of New France"?

Answer 32

Champlain

Question 33

Who was the explorer who claimed NY for the Dutch?

Answer 33

Hudson

Question 34

Who claimed North America for the English in 1497?

Answer 34

Cabot

Question 35

When was the first permanent English colony established in North America?

Answer 35

1607

Question 36

What word means the economic philosophy that believes colonies exist for the benefit of the mother country, as a source of raw materials and markets?

Answer 36

mercantilism

Question 37

What word means the economic philosophy where the goal is to advance wealth, through investments, not just take wealth?

Answer 37

Capitalism

Question 38

What was the West African kingdom of Mali known for?

Answer 38

Great wealth and scholars

Question 39

How did the Songhai empire end?

Answer 39

ended by Moroccan forces with muzzle-loading guns

Question 40

How did the slave trade of the 1500s to 1800s devastate the interior of Africa?

Answer 40

The interior of Africa lost all of the strong men and women

Question 41

Why are the Muslims and Hindus at odds with one another in India even today?

Answer 41

Monotheism vs Polytheism Equality of men vs. Caste system Jihad vs. massacres

Question 42

What enabled the Mongols to create the largest land empire in history?

Answer 42

Used great speed and terror, destroying whole cities to teach others to surrender

Question 43

What were a couple of positives of Genghis Khan as a leader?

Answer 43

Established a law code, which allowed missionaries to travel through the empire

Question 44

How did Kublai Khan, as Genghis Khan's grandson, also help the Chinese?

Answer 44

built highways and invited foreigners from around the world

Question 45

What is Tamerlane's legacy?

Answer 45

harsh and destructive in the name of Islam

Question 46

How did the Ming Dynasty treat foreigners?

Answer 46

kicked out all foreigners, only had 1 or 2 trading ports open for limited trade

Question 47

What are a few cultural achievements of the Ming Dynasty?

Answer 47

porcelain, landscape paintings, literature in the vernacular, and the Great Wall rebuilt, made the Forbidden City

Question 48

What motivated the explorers of the 1400s and 1500s?

Answer 48

God-convert the heathens, Gold-search for new trade routes, Glory-adventure/fame, competition among countries

Question 49

What were the weaknesses of the Portuguese and Spanish as colonizers? What country succeeded in the long run at being the greatest colonizer? What did they do differently?

Answer 49

Portugal's weaknesses- spread out, not enough manpower, the cruelty of traders Spain's Weaknesses-slavery of Natives, unsubmissive Indians France, and England succeeded instead of just being in the country to trade the started cities and became friends with the natives