Question 1

Which BEST describes the Silk Road?

Accepted Answer

network of land and sea routes for trading

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route to get cloth

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trade route over mountains

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trade route over seas and rivers

Question 2

What places did the Silk Road connect?

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China and other lands

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Italy and India

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Canada and USA

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Just China and Africa

Question 3

Why did Marco Polo go to China?

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bring back trade good from China

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travel the Silk Road

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visit the Emperor

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have Chinese food

Question 4

Why did Zhen He's fleet try to reach many new places?

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To expand trade and show their power

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To conquer other lands

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To discover new sources of silkworms

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To be better sailors

Question 5

What was one result of Zheng He's voyages?

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Chinese trade goods demand grew

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Chinese naval fleet got smaller

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Chinese discovered many land routes

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Chinese learned more languages

Question 6

What effect did Marco Polo's journey have on others?

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People in Europe and Asia wanted to learn more about the other

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Made people happy since spices from China made food taste yummy

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Europeans learned to make their own silk

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Made traders rich

Question 7

Which became the trading center known as "land of gold"?

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Ghana

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Moscow

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Italy

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China

Question 8

Which BEST describes the route of many early trade caravans in Africa?

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South across the Sahara

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East across the Atlantic

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North across the Sahara

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West across the Pacific

Question 9

What is NOT an effect of trade on people?

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Self-sufficient and self-centered

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Interested in others

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Learned about other cultures

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Shared goods and ideas with other continents

Question 10

What did the Europeans bring to trade n North Africa?

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cloth and horses

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tea and coffee

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salt and hide

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silk and gold

Question 11

What type of trade was often made in Ghana?

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gold for salt

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silk for gold

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tea for coffee

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spices for silk

Question 12

Which African kingdoms became wealthy from trade after Ghana?

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Mali and Songhai

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Timbuktu and Eygypt

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Mecca and Cairo

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Mali and Mecca

Question 13

Which was an effect of Mansa Musa's pilgrimage to Mecca?

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stronger trade ties

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weaker trade ties

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control over all Muslims

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control over slaves

Question 14

What major event took place under Mansa Musa's rule?

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Mali was at peak as an empire

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Mali lost wealth

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Ghana lost gold

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Salt became more expensive than gold

Question 15

Why did the Vikings leave Newfoundland?

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Conflicts with the American Indians living there.

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Didn't find many grapes and other food.

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Homesick

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Land was cold and scary

Question 16

How did the Portuguese profit from exploring the coast of Africa?

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Brought home gold and slaves

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Charged lots of money for the merchandise

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Built magnetic compass

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Navigation instruments guided sailors

Question 17

What effect did European ocean trade routes have?

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Lasting contact between the eastern and Western Hemisspheres

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Isolated Asia and Africa

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Isolated Europe and Asia

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less trade

Question 18

What was the Renaissance?

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Rebirth of arts and sciences

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Beginning of poetry and writing

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Period of math and engineering

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A medieval festival

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