Unit 2

Question 1

Before 1450 CE which of the following is true of sub-Saharan Africa’s economy?

Answer 1

sub-Saharan Africa exported gold to the Middle East and Europe

Question 2

Which of the following was the most important factor in the spread of Islam in Southeast Asia in the period circa 1250-1500 C.E.?

Answer 2

The activities of Muslim traders and Sufi missionaries

Question 3

(2 MAPS WITH TRADING ROUTES ON OCEAN)
Which of the following best explains the continuity in the trade routes between East Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and India as shown on the maps?

Answer 3

Trade along the routes relied on sailors’ knowledge of the monsoon winds

Question 4

(1 MAP SHOWING INDAIN OCEAN TRADE ROUTES)
The map above demonstrates which of the following about the Indian Ocean trade?

Answer 4

Trade involved most of the regions bordering the Indian Ocean as well as China.

Question 5

Trade involved most of the regions bordering the Indian Ocean as well as China.

Answer 5

the expansion of Islam throughout Afro-Eurasia

Question 6

(MAP OF TRADE ROUTES ACROSS SAHARA DESSERT)
the map indicates that

Answer 6

Mali was a major source and hub of the gold trade

Question 7

In the period 600 C.E. to 1450 C.E., merchant diaspora communities, such as those of Muslims in India, Chinese in Southeast Asia, and Jews in the Mediterranean, had which of the following in common?

Answer 7

the generally introduced their own cultural practices into the local cultures

Question 8

(DOCUMENT)
Which of the following best explains why trade along the trans-Saharan trade networks increased in the period 1200-1450?

Answer 8

Innovations in previously existing transportation technologies, such as the caravan, allowed merchants to carry larger loads and protect themselves.

Question 9

Which of the following was the most important factor in the spread of the bubonic plague in Eurasia?

Answer 9

The Mongol expansion from central Asia to China, eastern Europe, and the Middle East

Question 10

The thirteenth-century map of Constantinople shown above indicates that the city

Answer 10

was highly fortified against outside attacks

Question 11

Which of the following most directly contributed to the decline of Eurasian urban populations during the fourteenth century?

Answer 11

epidemic disease

Question 12

Which of the following was most responsible for the initial spread of Islam to West-Africa

Answer 12

Merchants on the trans-Saharan trade routes

Question 13

(MAP OF WEST AFRICA TRADE ROUTES)
The spread of which of the following religious traditions was most directly facilitated by trade along the routes shown on the map?

Answer 13

Islam