APWH Unit II - Multiple Choice Practice

Ibn Battuta traveled widely across the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Africa in the fourteenth century. His travels serve as evidence for the

unifying influence of Islam

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

was highly fortified against outside attacks

Angkor Wat in Southeast Asia built circa 1 100 C.E., shown above, reflects which of the following world historical processes?

Increased cross-cultural interactions in the Indian Ocean region

The second passage does not support the first passage because the second passage

presents an incident in which a military order supported a Muslim traveler

Which of the following is true of commerce in the Indian Ocean during the time period 1000-1450?

Indian Ocean commerce flourished and was conducted by a mixture of Asian, Middle Eastern, and East African merchants.

Trade spurred the introduction of both Islam and Hinduism to what is now called

Indonesia

The changes in the distribution of cities in the period 1200 to 1400 C.E. best support which of the following conclusions?

The Mongol conquests had a more disruptive impact on the Middle East and Central Asia than they had on East Asia.

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

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

A significant example of the interaction among Indian, Arab, and European societies by 1200 C.E. was the transfer of knowledge of

numerals and the decimal system

The illustration above shows which of the following about the fifteenth century?

The relative size of the European caravel and the Ming treasure ship

Which of the following was a major cause for the growth of cities throughout Afro-Eurasia from 800 C.E. to 1350 C.E.?

The rise of interregional commerce

In the fourteenth century, merchants from China, Arabia, Persia, and Egypt were drawn to Calicut, India, primarily to purchase

pepper

A historian researching the timeline of the spread of iron metallurgy in sub-Saharan Africa would find which of the following sources most useful?

Archaeological evidence of early forges and smelting operations

The Little Ice Age, which lasted from 1300 to 1850 C.E., likely had the strongest effect on which of the following?

The severity of the Black Death

Which of the following societies engaged in extensive maritime trade well beyond their borders in the fifteenth century?

Chinese in the Indian Ocean

The lines on the map above illustrate which of the following?

Extent of trade routes

Which of the following contributed to the Chinese government's decision to stop voyages of exploration in the Indian Ocean in the early fifteenth century?

Government concern with domestic problems and frontier security

Which of the following is true of the expeditions of Chinese Admiral Zheng He in the early 1400's?

He sailed to ports on the Indian Ocean coastline, including those in East Africa.

Which of the following most encouraged the development of new cities such as Cahokia along the Mississippi River, Swahili city-states on the East African Coast, Venice on the Mediterranean coast, and Hangzhou on China's coast during the period 600 C.E. to 1450 C.E.?

Intensification of regional trade

Which of the following did the Mongol armies fail to conquer, and why?

Japan, because severe storms aided the experienced Japanese naval forces

A historian researching the effects of the Crusades on the diffusion of technology would probably find which of the following sources most useful?

Monks' translations of Arabic mathematics texts brought from conquered territories

Which of the following characterized the trans-Saharan trade by 1250 C.E.?

Muslim merchants dominated the trade

Developments such as the one depicted in the painting most directly contributed to which of the following in Afro-Eurasia in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries?

Peasant revolts against taxation and coercive labor systems

English nobles resisted peasant demands such as those described in the passage because agricultural labor in many parts of fourteenth-century Afro-Eurasia had become scarce as a result of which of the following developments?

Significant increase in mortality due to the spread of epidemic diseases

Commerce was a key mode of exchange between which of the following pairs of political entities?

The Crusader states and the Fatimid caliphate

The photograph above of a mosque (first erected in the fourteenth century) in the modern-day West African country of Mali best exemplifies which of the following historical processes?

Spread of religion along trade routes

Before 1450 C.E which of the following is true of sub-Saharan Africa's commercial economy?

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

The expansion of communication and trade networks in Afro-Eurasia from 600 C.E. to 1450 C.E. resulted in the spread of which of the following from South Asia?

Technological and scientific concepts, such as the decimal and zero

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.?

The activities of Muslim traders and Sufi missionaries

Which of the following best describes Middle Eastern trade in the period 1000 to 1450 ?

The area was engaged in regular trade with China, India, and sub-Saharan Africa.

Which of the following factors helps explain the rise of urban centers and the increase in trade in Afro-Eurasia during the second half of the thirteenth century?

The availability of safe and reliable transport along land-based trade routes

Developments such as the one depicted in the painting most directly contributed to which of the following?

The decline of many urban areas

Which of the following resulted from the fragmentation of the Mongol Empire following the death of Genghis Khan?

The development of khanates in Central Asia

Malian Emperor Mansa Musa's pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324 can best be understood in the context of which of the following?

The expansion of Islam throughout Afro-Eurasia

"If it were asked, why do we accept the theory of contagion, when already the divine law has refuted the notion of contagion, we will answer: The existence of contagion has been proved by experience, deduction, the senses, observation, and by unanimous reports. And it is not a secret to whoever has looked into this matter or has come to be aware of it that those who come into contact with plague patients mostly die, while those who do not come into contact survive. And amidst the horrible afflictions that the plague has imposed upon the people, God has afflicted the people with some learned religious scholars who issue fatwas* against fleeing the plague, so that the quills with which the scholars wrote these fatwas were like swords upon which the Muslims died. In conclusion, to ignore the proofs of plague contagion is an indecency and an affront to God and holds cheap the lives of Muslims." *rulings on Islamic law Lisan al-Din In al-Khatib, A Very Useful Inquiry into the Horrible Sickness, Granada, Spain, 1349-1352 Q: The passage by al-Khatib is best understood in the context of which of the following?

The spread of the Black Death in the aftermath of the Mongol conquests

Marco Polo described which of the following at Kublai Khan's court that he had not encountered in Europe?

The use of paper money and coal and the practice of frequent bathing

Historians who argue that there was substantial global integration by the end of the thirteenth century would most likely cite which of the following as evidence to support their claims?

The widening and deepening of exchange networks linking Afro-Eurasia after the Mongol conquests

The particular routes and timings of the voyages depicted on the maps best reflect which of the following characteristics of Omani merchants?

Their advanced knowledge of Indian Ocean currents and monsoon wind patterns

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?

They generally introduced their own cultural practices into the local cultures

Based on the maps and your knowledge of world history, which of the following could be best inferred about the South and East Asian trading cities on the map?

They had Muslim diasporic merchant communities.

The introduction by the griot is intended to serve which of the following purposes?

To establish the griot's authority by connecting him to the past

The map above demonstrates which of the following about the Indian Ocean trade?

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

During the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, territories under Mongol control benefited from which of the following?

Trade that tied several distinct regional networks together

The Mongol conquests of much of Eurasia in the thirteenth century tended to encourage trade along the Silk Roads primarily by

decreasing the risk of bandit attacks and reducing the number of local rulers collecting tribute from trade caravans

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

epidemic disease