Unit 2 Test Review (7th)

_____________ is a group that traveled the Silk Road together and ensured safety of travelers.

• Voyagers

• Caravans

• Explorers

• Chinese

The _________________ along the Silk Road is was considered to be "The Crossroads of the World"

• China

• Europe

• Middle East

• Spice Islands

__________ was the explorer that replaced Columbus and tried to claim the entire Pacific Ocean for Spain.

• Christopher Columbus

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Jacques Cartier

What colonies did Columbus discover for Spain and would be used as "home bases"?

• Hispaniola

• Bahamas

• Jamaica

• Cuba

What are the two most important inventions from the Renaissance?

• Magnetic compass

• Printing Press

• Movable Type

• Astrolabe

What are two reasons why China was isolated from the rest of the world?

• Physical barriers such as mountain ranges.

• China is an island nation

• Long distances away from the rest of the world

• It closed its borders to the rest of the world.

What region was Christopher Columbus was attempting to find?

• Asia

• England

• Portugal

• Spain

Christopher Columbus sailed for which nation?

• France

• Portugal

• England

• Spain

Which region did slavery emerge from?

• Persia

• The Mediterranean

• West Africa

• Spice Islands

________________ was the king of the Kingdom of Mali. He was considered the richest leader due to Mali's gold exports.

• Zheng He

• Henry the Navigator

• Mansa Musa

• Christopher Columbus