The Silk Roads

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

• excellent condition of roads in Africa and Asia

• political unity of Africa and Asia

• widespread use of paper money

1.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

• The development of new transportation technologies

• The diffusion of African culture to the Middle East

• The territorial expansion of West African empires

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

• iron and copper mining techniques

• the flying shuttle and spinning jenny

• the science of optics and lens design

• numerals and the decimal system

What some specific examples of the technological causes of increased trade along the silk road?

• caravenserai, flying cash and banking houses

• lateen sails, maps, compass and astrolabe

• compass, astrolabe, maps and camel saddles

• dhow ships, maps and compass

What significant commercial inovations occured as a response to increased trade in the Silk Road?

• Banking houses, caravanserai and flying cash

• Monsoons, the compass and increased litteracy

• the spread of Buddhism and Islam

• all of the above

The following was an effect of increased trade along the Silk Road

• rise of cities like Great Zimbawe

• The rise of cities from oasis like Samarkand

• rise in population in China

• lowering of population in Europe

What were the major items traded along the Silk Road?

• gold, slaves and porcelain

• silk, porcelain, paper and gunpowder

• gold, slaves and spices

• gold, salt, slaves and ivory

Silk was considered so valuable that if someone told the secret of how to make it, they would...

• be given an award

• be exiled to Korea

• be sentenced to hard labor

• be sentenced to death

This Chinese city was the largest in the world from 1180-1378 with a population of 1 million

• Beijing

• Shanghai

• Hangzhou

• Hong Kong

Which disease struck Europe by spreading along trade routes from Asia?

• Black/Bubonic Plague

• Typhus

• Smallpox

• the Spanish Flu