Chapter 7: Commerce and Culture learning curve Flashcards
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Which of the following was a sought-after item produced in sub-Saharan West Africa?
Gold
Which state’s effort to control trade between China and Southeast Asia led to warfare with its commercial rivals?
Champa
Who among the survivors in Europe benefited from the Black Plague that struck the region between 1346 and 1350?
Peasants
States in West Africa used slaves for which of the following tasks?
To serve as state officials
Which of the following was the only clearly demonstrated connection between the Americas and the Afro-Eurasian world in the thousand years before Columbus’s voyage in 1492 C.E.?
Vikings made several voyages to the Americas around 1000 C.E.
Unlike most early Indian Ocean trading peoples, members of this culture traveled thousands of miles over open ocean to trade and settle.
Malays
What percentage of the European population perished between 1346 and 1350 C.E.?
About 33 percent
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?
Southeast Asia
Which European city emerged by 1000 C.E. as a major center for commerce, generating much of its wealth by transshipment of Asian goods?
Venice
By 1200 C.E. which of the following was an important development in terms of gender hierarchy in West African empires?
People increasingly traced their descent through their fathers rather than their mothers.
What was Jenne-jeno’s role in West African long-distance trade in the first millennium B.C.E.?
It served as a transshipment point where goods were shifted from the Niger River to donkey caravans and vice versa.
What best describes the political culture of Srivijaya?
It adopted many Indian elements, while retaining the local tradition that rulers in the region possessed magical powers.
Which statement is true of the Silk Roads during the third-wave era?
The term refers to a network of roads, along which goods changed hands many times before reaching their final destination.
In comparison to the civilizations and cultures of the Afro-Eurasian region, those of the Americas were
less closely connected through long-distance trade networks.
Which of the following is a true statement concerning contact between the Americas and the Afro-Eurasian region in the thousand years before Columbus’s voyage in 1492 C.E.?
No sustained interaction between the peoples of the two regions occurred before 1492 C.E.
Which of the following was an important similarity between East and West Africa during the period between 500 and 1500 C.E.?
Islam accompanied trade into both regions.
Why was Srivijaya important to world history?
It dominated the critical choke point of Indian Ocean trade for over three centuries.
What distinguished trade in the Inca from the Aztec Empire?
The Inca state controlled trade except at the local level and at fairs along the border of the empire.
Which of the following statements best describes interaction between the Aztecs and Incas in the fifteenth century?
They had little if any direct contact with each other.
Which of the following was a West African manufactured product that was traded over long distances around 1000 C.E.?
cotton textiles
How did Islam first make its way into West Africa?
Traders carried information about the faith across the Sahara.
Which of the following is true of silk as a trade item on the Silk Roads?
It was used as a form of currency.
This new kind of ship, which included sternpost rudders and keels for greater stability, emerged to sail the monsoon winds of the Indian Ocean during the early centuries C.E.
Junk
Which of the following was an important long-term outcome of the Silk Road trade for the societies that participated along the routes during the third-wave era?
Elite groups in society were able to distinguish themselves from commoners by acquiring prestigious goods from a distance.
