Unit 1: LT2

What continents make up Afroeurasia (select all that apply)?

• Africa

• North America

• Asia

• Europe

What was the name of the major trade route that connected Afroeurasia?

• The Highway of the Americas

• The Silk Road

• The Road to Hana

• The Roman Road

Which major empires dominated Afroeurasia? (select all that apply)

• Roman Empire

• Sasanian Persian Empire

• Gupta Empire

• Austrian-Hungarian Empire

• Han Empire

What is cultural diffusion?

• When a culture is lost and disappears.

• When one culture overpowers another culture resulting in the loss of an entire civilization.

• When a person from one empire travels to another.

• The spread of a culture's traditions, beliefs, practices, and more from one to another.

Besides trading goods, what else traveled along the Silk Road?

• Silk only
• Spices only
• Gold only
• Ideas and culture

Instead of traveling across the entire Silk Road to trade, merchants would do what?

• Use wagons and chariots

• Meet at trade centers

• Mail resources to one another

• Take shortcuts

What are some things that might be shared through cultural diffusion? (select all that apply)

• Language
• Religion
• Music

• Stories

What are missionaries?

• People who travel to spread their religion

• A type of dessert
• A special mission that knights would have to go on in the Middle Ages

• A type of bird

What role did missionaries play in relation to the Silk Road?

• They helped in the construction of the Silk Road
• They were the main traders on the Silk Road
• They were responsible for the security of the Silk Road

• They spread Christianity and Buddhism throughout the trade network

How did migration influence cultural diffusion?

• Migration allowed different cultures to interact, leading to the exchange and spread of cultural elements
• Migration reduced cultural diffusion by isolating cultures
• Migration had no impact on cultural diffusion