unit 2 quiz

Question 1

-crusades
-mongols
-technological improvements

Answer 1

what caused the growth of exchange networks between 1200 and 1450?

Question 2

-growth of cities/oases
-commercial innovations (flying cash/banking houses)
-increase in demand for luxury goods

Answer 2

growth of exchange networks effects on the world

Question 3

-crusaders brought back fabrics/spices from the middle east
-new goods/products increased demand for foreign goods in european markets

Answer 3

growth of exchange networks: crusades

Question 4

-had the most significant impact
-most of silk road was under authority that respected merchants/enforced laws
-conquered abbasid caliphate
-made roads safer/more efficient (improved roads and punished bandits)
-merchants were widely respected

Answer 4

growth of exchange networks: mongols

Question 5

safer to travel with others than alone

Answer 5

caravan impact

Question 6

increased the weight of the load that could be carried

Answer 6

camel saddle impact

Question 7

improved rudder and junk boat

Answer 7

magnetic compass impact

Question 8

allowed for the establishment of banking houses where merchants could make deposits and got bills of exchange; became the basis of modern banking

Answer 8

chinese paper money and flying cash impact

Question 9

protected merchants from northern europe

Answer 9

hanseatic league impact

Question 10

-increased trade increased the demand from afro-eurasia, china, persia, and india
-craft workers increased their production of goods

Answer 10

luxury goods

Question 11

refuges along trade routes that acted as trading centers; were made because the silk road passed through inhospitable terrain; ex: kashgar and samarkand

Answer 11

oases/cities

Question 12

inns set 100 miles apart or the distance a camel could walk before needing water

Answer 12

caravanserai

Question 13

nomadic people from central asia that highly valued courage, horsemanship, and hunting; were multiple clans of pastoral nomads

Answer 13

who were the mongols?

Question 14

“temujin”, rose to become leader of the mongolian kingdom (tribal alliance known as khanate), people were loyal to him, was ruthless but practiced tolerance/liberal social policies

Answer 14

genghis khan

Question 15

set up three of his grandsons with thier own khanates, this further expanded the mongolian empire into asis/europe, they easily absorbed people/trade routes into their society/economy

Answer 15

after genghis khan died

Question 16

-was the largest land empire in history
-unified trade, had religious tolerance, liberal social practices, and blending of cultures under the pax mongolica
-were responsible for creating many connections across europe, asia, and africa
increased cultural trade/exchange
-mongol conquest helped spread the bubonic plague

Answer 16

mongolian kingdom

Question 17

-mongols were required to have military service/military officials who were chosen based on skill/loyalty
-loyalty only to the khan
-skilled horse riders, deadly with the bow (nomadic)
-incorporated military strategy (theirs and other people’s) and weapons

Answer 17

mongols strategy

Question 18

conquered modern russia, the russians realized they needed a strong/united government

Answer 18

batu and the golden horde

Question 19

marched troops into baghdad and abbasid territories

Answer 19

hulgeu and the il-khanate

Question 20

defeated the song dynasty (1235) and ruled in china for about 40 years

Answer 20

kublai khan and the yuan dynasty

Question 21

understanding of centralized power, incorporated conquered people’s culture/warfare/inventions, used a single international law

Answer 21

what led to the mongol’s success?

Question 22

-persians were allowed to serve in government positions
-initially tolerated all religions
-once il-khanate converted to islam, they supported massacres of jews/christians

Answer 22

mongol politics - persia

Question 23

-anti chinese policies were put in place
-outlawed marriage between chinese/mongols
-attempted to rid empire of chinese influence
-no chinese could serve in government
-ended confucian education system/civil service exam
-chinese wanted to overthrow them

Answer 23

mongol politics - china

Question 24

-needed to trade for militaries, offered protection along trade routes (silk road)
-merchants had a higher social status in mongol empire
-offered tax exemption to merchants and low interest rate to borrowers
-created merchants organizations (or togh)

Answer 24

mongols and trade

Question 25

-no formal transition of power after genghis khan
-successors fought
-rulers has extensive spending
-territories were eventually reconquered

Answer 25

mongol decline

Question 26

-spread of islam (unified multiple regions
-increase demand for new/specialized products
-slave trade in indian ocean
-environmental knowledge (monsoons winds = faster travel)
-advances in maritime technology (ex: lateen sails)
-growth of states
-state support

Answer 26

causes of expanded indian ocean trade

Question 27

indonesia/malaysia

Answer 27

spice islands (traded spices)

Question 28

-diasporic communities
-response to increased demand
-more efficient trade practices
-swahili city states (east coast of africa)
-significant cultural transfers

Answer 28

effects of expanded indian ocean trade

Question 29

group migration of a group that has moved from their homeland, merchants interacting, marriage between merchants/locals creates new communities and helps blend cultures

Answer 29

diasporic communities

Question 30

seven voyages, represented the ming dynasty in the indian ocean, was a display of wealth and power, fleet of 300 ships (28,000 people), came to an end because zhu gaozhi discouraged (voyages contradicted confucianism)

Answer 30

zheng he’s voyages

Question 31

porcelain/fine china and silk

Answer 31

china’s goods

Question 32

-new states promoted trade (muslim rule connected trade routes)
-camels were adapted to desert climate
-camel saddles made riding on long trips easier
-trade caravans made trade safer/more goods could be moved
-more travelers began to move along routes/spread knowledge

Answer 32

causes of expanded sub saharan trade routes

Question 33

-rise of mali (one of the most prosperous kingdoms in african history); timbuktu
-mansa musa built mosques/schools: spread islam and education
-once currency to establish a widely understood value
-gold most prestigious commodity trend
-west african empire expansion: mali/timbuktu
-expanding role of states: trade and wealth were expanding so someone needed to administer/maintain it

Answer 33

effects of expanded sub-saharan trade

Question 34

-richest man in all of history
-converted to islam
-lead a mass pilgrimage to mecca
-displayed wealth and power
-built mosques/schools in mali and beyond
-spread islam and education

Answer 34

mansa musa