APWH Unit 2 Test
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- Q1Who was Marco Polo?The best-known long-distance traveler of Mongol timesA traveler that conquered the Mongol Empire through rebellionA traveler that was barely known aboutA traveler that sought support for an invasion of Muslim-held lands30s
- Q2Who was Rabban Sauma?A Muslim priest that sought the support of Mongols to invade Christian landsA Christian priest who sought support for an invasion of Muslim Lands in 1287A Nestorian Christian priest sent by Muslims to conquer JerusalemA traveler that was sent by the Mongols to conquer fishtopia30s
- Q3Who was Ibn Battuta?An Islamic scholar and best-known Muslim travelerAn Christian scholar and best-known Muslim travelerA Qadi and best-known Muslim scholarAn Islamic scholar and least-known Muslim traveler30s
- Q4Who was John of Montecorvino?A Mongolian Franciscan who became the first archbishop of Khanbaliq in 1307A French Franciscan who became the first archbishop of Khanbaliq in 1100An English Franciscan who became the first archbishop of Khanbaliq in 1237An Italian Franciscan who became the first archbishop of Khanbaliq in 130730s
- Q5What was the "little ice age?"A period with no decline of temperature but a ton of iceA period of about five years where temperatures declined and caused widespread famineA span of barely any years where temperatures rose in the southA period of about five hundred years where temperatures declined and caused widespread famine30s
- Q6What was the bubonic plague?A plague that only spread in Asia and killed manyA plague that erupted in the Western Hemisphere and ruined agricultural productionA sickness that caused the worst events for those in the Americas (around 900 B.C.E.)A plague that spread through the silk roads and killed about 60 to 70 percent of its victims30s
- Q7Who was Hongwu?The emperor of China in 968 who established the Qing dynastyThe president of China in 1368 who established the Ming dynastyThe emperor of China in 1368 who established the Ming dynastyThe Chinese ruler of China in 1368 who established the Sui dynasty30s
- Q8How long did the Ming dynasty last?1368 to 13691360 to 20001368 to 19321368 to 164430s
- Q9Who were the Mandarins?A special class of powerful officials who ensured local officials implemented imperial policyA special class of weak officials who ensured local officials implemented imperial policyA special class of average officials who never ensured if local officials implemented imperial policyAn ordinary class of powerful officials who ensured local officials forgot about imperial policy30s
- Q10What did the Hundred Years' War consist of?The kings of France and England continously sparringThe kings of France and Italy continously sparringThe kings of France and Russia continously sparringThe kings of Portugal and England continously sparring30s
- Q11Which explorer is known for circumnavigating the globe?Ferdinand MagellanVasco da GamaChristopher ColumbusJames Cook30s
- Q12Who was Vitus Bering?A Spanish navigator commissioned by Dutch officials to seek a western passage.An English sailor commissioned by French officials to seek a southwest passage.A Danish navigator commissioned by Russian officials to seek a northwest passage.A Italian compass commissioned by German officials to seek a Eastward passage.30s
- Q13Who led three expeditions in the Pacific and came across Polynesian people?Vitus BeringVasco da GamaFerdinand MagellanCaptain James Cook30s
- Q14What was the Columbian Exchange?The first trade encounters between Tainos and Spaniards in the CaribbeanThe exchange of goods and resources between Columbia and Venezuela at their establishmentThe local spread of plants, food, crops, animals, human populations, and disease pathogens across the AmericasThe global diffusion of plants, food, crops, animals, human populations, and disease pathogens after Columbus' initial voyage30s
- Q15What were Manila galleons?Heavily-armed French ships that carried small cargoes between the Caribbean and MexicoHeavily-armed English ships that barely carried cargoes between Spain and PeruHeavily-armed Italian ships that carried large cargoes between Florence and ColumbiaHeavily-armed Spanish ships that carried large cargoes between the Phillipines and Mexico30s