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Question 1
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Critical to the functioning of the Silk Road were:
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(A) pastoralists who provided animals, handlers and protection along the road.
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(B) imperial guards from various kingdoms along the way for protection of merchants.
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(C) water merchants in the central Asian desert.
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(D) Steppe agriculturalists who sold food products to travelers.
Question 2
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What military technologies did the Silk Road spread?
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(A) The field hospital, the broadsword, and the poison arrow
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(B) Chariot warfare, mounted bowmen, and the stirrup
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(C) The war elephant, hardtack, and Arabian horses
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(D) The lance, chain mail, and gunpowder
Question 3
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The mariners involved in the Indian Ocean trade were
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(A) from many lands, but all were Muslim.
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(B) almost exclusively of Indian background.
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(C) primarily Arabic and Persian.
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(D) a multilingual and multiethnic group.
Question 4
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Ships in the Indian Ocean Maritime System were better prepared for long-distance travel than the Greeks because
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(A) the Asian ships weren't nailed together and sank less often.
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(B) the Greeks were not interested in long-distance trade.
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(C) the Greeks had to cover a larger amount of territory for colonies to support their homeland.
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(D) they could take advantage of monsoon winds to drive their ships using triangular lateen sails.
Question 5
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The importance of trans-Saharan trade, though slow to begin and supplemented by Indian Ocean trade, was that it
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(A) allowed expansion of the Mediterranean trade market for African gold.
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(B) spread Islam as a unifying force.
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(C) was conducted by people speaking derivatives of Berber.
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(D) connected North and South Africa.
Question 6
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The most important African network of cultural exchange from 300 b.c.e. to 1100 c.e. can be described as
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(A) the Indian Ocean network.
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(B) mainly internal folk migrations within Sub-Saharan Africa.
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(C) the link with Islamic Arabia.
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(D) the trade across the Sahara.
Question 7
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Why was maritime trade better in Southeast Asia than in Western Asia
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(A) Ports had better access to fresh water and could sustain a permanent settlement.
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(B) There were more monsoons in the western part of Asia.
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(C) There were more mountains in western Asia and fewer ports.
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(D) Religious differences did not allow trade between cultures.
Question 8
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Which of the following is not an example of a broad common element underlying African life and culture?
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(A) Distinctive musical characteristics
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(B) Fixed social categories
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(C) A common language
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(D) Concepts of kingship
Question 9
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According to a theory for explaining significant migration patterns and cultural unity in the sub-Saharan areas, populations moved into the Sahel because of
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(A) religious persecution.
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(B) better natural resources.
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(C) war.
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(D) climate change in the Sahara.
Question 10
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The trade conducted along the Silk Roads was largely a "relay trade" because
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(A) it linked the entire world into a single trade network.
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(B) it linked the large civilizations on the outer rim of the Eurasian continent but bypassed the pastoral peoples of the interior.
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(C) goods were passed down the line rather than carried by one merchant along the entire route.
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(D) its purpose was to carry goods for the long-distance trade in the Americas.
Question 11
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In contrast to the Silk Roads, the Sea Roads of the Indian Ocean
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(A) carried more products for a mass market.
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(B) did not transport any luxury goods.
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(C) had much higher transportation costs.
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(D) were centered on the ports of East Africa.
Question 12
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The political structure of Swahili civilization was similar to the
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(A) stateless cities of the Niger River Valley.
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(B) large empires of ancient Rome and China.
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(C) complex societies of the Eastern Woodlands in North America.
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(D) competitive and independent city-states of ancient Greece.
Question 13
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The Sahel refers to the
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(A) grassland belt at the southern edge of the Sahara that served as a point of exchange between the forests of the south and north Africa.
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(B) series of trading ports that rapidly developed along the Atlantic coast to support the trade in African slaves.
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(C) forest zone of central Africa that remained free of Islamic influence largely because of the inability of the camel to withstand the climate of the region.
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(D) East African coastline that became the primary point of contact for Muslim merchants from India and southeast Asia and African traders.
Question 14
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Which of the following describes a major effect of the Bantu migrations?
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(A) The spread of Islam across sub-Saharan Africa
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(B) The success of hunter-foraging in sub-Saharan Africa
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(C) The introduction of banana cultivation in East Africa
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(D) The diffusion of iron metallurgy in sub-Saharan Africa
Question 15
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Which of the following factors do not explain Africa's persisting diversity?
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(A) No eternal conqueror was able to penetrate the region's natural barriers to impose a thin veneer of culture on tribal peoples.
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(B) Low population density allowed substantial spatial separation between groups, discouraging rigid cultural uniformity.
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(C) Massive military incursions by the Egyptian divided Africa into distinct political and cultural regions.
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(D) Sub-Saharan Africa covered a huge area with tremendous diversity of climate, terrain, and vegetation.
Question 16
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One reason the ancient kingdoms in western Africa prospered was that they
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(A) developed extensive trade in gold, ivory, and salt
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(B) followed the Hindu beliefs of their rulers
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(C) had no contact with the rest of the world
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(D) were located along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
Question 17
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The principal agent(s) for the spread of Buddhism over the silk roads was/were
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(A) missionaries of the emperor Ashoka.
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(B) the Buddha himself.
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(C) merchants.
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(D) Indian monks.
Question 18
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One similarity between the Ancient African kingdoms of Egypt, Ghana, Mali, and Songhai is that all of these kingdoms were located
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(A) in coastal areas
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(B) in rain forest area
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(C) on major trading routes
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(D) in mountainous terrain
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