Chapter 7 WHAP – Flashcards
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The absence of which of the following made long-distance trade in the Americas difficult?
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Wheeled vehicles
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What development between the sixth and eleventh centuries increased and expanded trade in the Indian Ocean basin?
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The encouragement of maritime trade by an effective and unified Chinese state
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The states that emerged in West Africa between 500 and 1600 shared which of the following characteristics?
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A reputation in the wider world for great riches
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The political structure of Swahili civilization was similar to the
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competitive and independent city-states of ancient Greece.
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The Sahara held rich deposits of which highly valued commodity?
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Salt
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What made possible the long trek across the Sahara?
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Camels
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Which of the following characterizes the networks of exchange in the Americas?
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Networks were local, with the most active links within rather than between regions.
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How did the Silk Road trade affect peasants in China?
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Peasants focused more on producing luxury goods.
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How did the sudden rise of Islam in the seventh century affect Indian Ocean commerce?
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Muslim merchants and sailors established communities of traders from East Africa to the south China coast.
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The trade conducted along the Silk Roads was largely a relay trade because
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goods were passed down the line rather than carried by one merchant along the entire route.
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The Silk Roads built upon earlier trading connections between Eurasian civilizations and
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pastoral peoples.
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Which of the following highlights an effect of the international trade in silk?
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The association of silk with the sacred in Buddhism and Christianity
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Which of the following luxury goods came to symbolize the Eurasian exchange system?
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Silk
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How did Buddhism change as it spread along the Silk Roads?
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The gods of many peoples along the Silk Roads were incorporated as bodhisattvas.
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Which statement characterizes the networks and webs of exchange that connected different parts of the world from 500 to 1500?
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Interaction among the major civilizations operated on a relatively equal basis.
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Which of the following is an example of the Indianization of Southeast Asia?
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The architectural expression of Hinduism at Angkor Wat
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Between 500 and 1500, the Afro-Eurasian world experienced a period of intensified interaction under the rule of the
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Mongols.
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Swahili civilization was most heavily influenced by which of the following cultures?
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Bantu
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In which third-wave civilization did the state largely control trade, preventing a professional merchant class from emerging?
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Inca
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Which of the following technological innovations facilitated Indian Ocean commerce?
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Junks
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Which of the following states had the greatest control over economic exchange within its borders?
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The Inca Empire
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Trade along the Silk Roads was facilitated by
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large and powerful states that provided security for merchants and travelers.
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The Sand Roads linked North Africa and the Mediterranean world to the land and peoples of
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interior West Africa.
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In contrast to the Silk Roads, the Sea Roads of the Indian Ocean
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carried more products for a mass market.
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Indian cultural influence in Southeast Asia
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was a matter of voluntary adoption and adaptation of Indian ideas by independent societies.
