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Chapter 11: Expanding Trade Networks in Africa and India, 1000 – 1500: Open Book QuizAfter completing the map activity and taking notes over the PowerPoint on my website, take the following Quiz over Chapter 11. (40 points)Multiple Choice: (2 points each)Questions 1–3 refer to the following passage.The pilots of Oman pass by the channel of Berbera to reach the island of Kanbalu, which is in the Zanj sea. It has a mixed population of Muslims and Zanj idolaters. . . . The aforesaid Kanabalu is the farthest point of their voyages on the Zanj sea, and the land of Sofala. . . . The people of Siraf (a Persian port) also make this voyage. . . . The land of Zanj produces wild leopard skins. The people wear them as clothes, or export them to Muslim countries. . . . The sea of Zanj and that of Abyssinia (Ethiopia) lie on the right of the sea of India, and join up. They also export tortoise-shell for making combs, for which ivory is likewise used. . . . They have settled in that area, which stretches as far as Sofala, which is the farthest limit of land and the end of the voyages made from Oman and Siraf on the sea of Zanj.—Meadows of Gold, Abu’l-hasan Ali al-Mas’udi, a Muslim writer, 943 c.e. Which of the following can be justified from the passage above?East Africa remained relatively isolated well into the tenth century.Islam was present in East Africa by at least the tenth century.Life in the Swahili states continued to center around traditional, regional religions.The city-states of East Africa were highly centralized.The author’s knowledge of East Africa was most likely the result ofclassical Greek and Roman texts.trade on the Silk Routes.East Africa participating in the Indian Ocean trade.contacts made by the trans-Saharan trade in West Africa.The interactions mentioned in the passage were caused by which of the following?The expansion of trading networks in the Postclassical eraThe increase in the frequency and intensity of warfare in the regionThe spread of pathogens across multiple regionsThe limited interaction of regional trade circuitsQuestions 4–7 refer to the following map.Which of the following statements is supported by the map?Africa remained an isolated continent up to 1500 c.e. North Africa had significant commercial activity while East Africa remained isolated.Africa had significant interactions in several trade networks.West Africa was more prosperous than East Africa.Which of the following inferences can be made using the map?Christianity dominated Africa in the Postclassical era.There were significant Chinese migrations to East Africa.The adoption of Arabic words by Bantu speakers created a new language.European slaves were imported to North African kingdoms.Which region played a limited or supporting role in interregional trade in Africa?Central AfricaEast AfricaWest AfricaNorth AfricaThe West African kingdoms of Mali and Songhai relied on which of the following commodities?Silk and silverSugar and nutmegGold and saltFurs and textilesQuestions 8–10 refer to the following passage.The entire population of the city joined in the exodus, male and female, small and large; the Jews went out with their book of the Law and the Christians with their Gospel, their women and children with them . . . the whole concourse of them in tears and humble supplications, imploring the favour of God through His Books and His Prophets.—Ibn Battuta, The Travels of Ibn Battuta, Damascus, 1348 The passage above most directly reflects which of the following characteristics of the Postclassical era?There was continued diffusion of crops and pathogens, including epidemic diseases like the bubonic plague, throughout the Eastern Hemisphere along the trade routes.Increased cross-cultural interactions resulted in the diffusion of literary, artistic, and cultural traditions, as well as scientific and technological innovations.Some migrations and commercial contacts led to the diffusion of languages throughout a new region.The expansion and intensification of long-distance trade routes often depended on environmental knowledge and technological adaptations to it.The passage above reveals that by 1348the city of Damascus had been completely converted to Islam.Christianity remained the dominant religion in Syria.public displays of religion were forbidden.Damascus still had a religiously diverse population.Which of the following is a valid inference based on this passage?Islam forced conversions in regions and cities it conquered.The crusaders kept the population of Damascus completely Christian.Islam was tolerant of other religions.Judaism remained the dominant religion in the eastern Mediterranean region.Short Answer Question: (20 points)Each of them is inside a costume made of feathers resembling the green woodpecker on which is a wooden head with a red beak. . . . They stand before the Sultan in this laughable get-up and recite their poems. . . . They say to the Sultan: “This platform, formerly such and such a king sat on it and performed noble actions, and so and so did such and such; do you do noble acts which will be recounted after you?”—Ibn Battuta, Muslim traveler and scholar, on the Kingdom of Mali Use the passage above to answer parts A, B, and C.What is the tone of the author in this passage, and what might account for it?Briefly explain ONE example, not described in the passage above, of diversity in the Islamic world.Briefly explain the circumstances that led to the spread of Islam in West Africa._____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Due: Tuesday, October 31st (A-Day) & Wednesday, November 1st (B-Day) ................
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