2020-21 HCS 6th Grade 1b. Influences of Trading / Changing I

The Silk Road was important because

• it helped the Han empire control the Mediterranean region

• it linked Asian and many different cultures for more a thousand years

• it extended a thousand miles across Asia

• it connected the Han and Egyptian empires

Which of the following is an accurate statement about cultural diffusion?

• Cultural diffusion spreads ideas, knowledge, and goods.

• Cultural diffusion no longer takes place today.

• Cultural diffusion occurs only within one culture.

• Cultural diffusion happened only along the Silk Road.

Where did Buddhism originate and where did it spread?

• China. Leading faith in the Americas and Middle East.

• China. Spread to the rest of Asia

• India. Leading religion in the Americas

• India. Leading faith in Southeast Asia, Central Asia, China, Japan & Korea

____ traveled from Mali to the city of Mecca. He went for religious reasons and to bring publicity to his empire. He took hundreds of soldiers and thousands of servants, dressed in silk. Plus about a hundred camels, all carrying saddlebags of gold.

• Mansa Musa I

• Timbuktu

• The Sultan of Egypt

• Cairo

How did the growth of trade in West African kingdoms impact Islam?

• Islam lost supporters as the religion lost cultural importance.
• Islam spread as people from the Middle East refused to trade.
• Islam lost supporters as West African kingdoms conquered the Middle East.
• Islam spread as the trading networks grew.

The Old world refers to the continents of

• North and South America

• Australia

• Europe

• Antarctica

The New World refers to

• Europe and Africa

• North and South America

• Australia and Antarctica

• Asia

The Columbian Exchange was the exchange of ____________ between the Old World and the New World.

• men and ships for exploring
• money for items
• products, ideas, plants, animals and diseases
• buying goods from Africa

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Even today, the exchange between cultures continues to affect people around the world

• True
• False

When did the Columbian Exchange take place?

• The Columbian Exchange was the widespread exchange of products cultures and ideas between the Native Americans of the New world and the Europeans of the Old World.

• The Columbian Exchange was the period of time in which the Native Americans were welcomed into European countries as honored guests.

• The Columbian Exchange was when the Native Americans learned how to sail to new unexplored lands by the Europeans.

• The Columbian Exchange is when the Native Americans brought diseases to the Old World that killed many people.