IGH Reading Quiz 1

Who were the world’s first true maritime explorers (2 answers)?

• The Vikings
• The Chinese

• The Portuguese

• The Polynesians

The Portuguese, from their voyages along the African coast, were able to (2 answers):

• Establish colonies in Africa

• Trade for slaves and gold

• Enrich the Portuguese king’s treasury

• Reach the tip of Africa and round the Cape of Good Hope into the Indian Ocean

What did the Vikings call North America?

After 1433 and the death of explorer Zheng He, the Chinese ceased to be a naval power. Sea expeditions were abandoned because (3 answers):

• The Chinese government had to face the threat of invasions

• The Chinese government had to allocate its resources to deal with natural disasters and famines

• Large ships were destroyed and outlawed

• Chinese people were no longer interested in foreign goods

• It became too cumbersome to keep records of voyages

The Mongols played an important role in ensuring trade across the Eurasian continent because:

• They used warfare to create the largest empire the world had ever seen.

• They encouraged trade across their empire by ensuring peace.

• They held back the Ottoman menace.

• They heavily taxed merchants and trade.

True or false: The Mongol Empire stretched from Japan to Europe in the 13^th century.

• True

• False

Long-distance trade in the Middle Ages included the following goods (3 answers):

• Textiles from Europe

• Slaves from Africa

•  Slaves from the Black Sea

• Spices and silks from Asia

• Sugar from America

What is the name given to a set of many interlinked trade routes between Asia and Europe?

Exchanges between East and West first began as the Chinese expanded west and became in contact with:

• The Greeks

• The Romans

• The Arabs

• The Italians

True or false: The long-distance international trade led to important trading interactions between Muslim, Jewish, Orthodox and Catholic Christian merchants, regardless of their religious affiliation.

• True

• False