Quiz 17 Flashcards
What did the imperial government of China order to be stopped in 1433?
Trade and the building of ships
What 2 strategies did Westerners pursue after trade routes were threatened by the Ottoman Empire?
A. Warefare B. All-Water routes around
In Mali and other African states, what was the language of administration?
Arabic
What invention has killed the faculty of memory
writing
What does African poetry not share with a Shakespearean sonnet?
The Africans had frank and personal form of vocal music
What is the most distinctive characteristic of African music?
polyrythmic structure
For whom did the Farba show contempt
White people
What sorts of friendships is Ibn Battuta astonished to find at Iwalatan?
Between men and women
What three commodities had long made Africa a source of wealth for Muslim merchants?
A. gold B. salt C. slaves
T/F: Prior to the Christopher Columbus, there were no draft animals or wheeled vehicles in the western hemisphere?
True
name the three major empires in pre-columbian America:
A. Aztec B. Maya C. Inka
T/F: the elegant ceramic wares of the pueblo tribes were produced without a potter’s wheel?
True
What are the strategies of many Native American mythic heroes held in high regard?
deceit and cunning
What did the Meso-Americans consider to be the blood of gods?
the rain
In what way was the Mayan culture unique in having a written language?
only stone age culture to have it
