AP World History Chapter 7 Reading Quiz Questions

1. Which of the following statements about those who traveled along the Silk Road is NOT true?

They were well respected by the townspeople

2. Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty China sent out an expedition headed by General Zhang Jain in 128 B.C.E. to...

Further Chinese economic interests

3. What did the Chinese want import?

Variety of Western goods, especially horses.

4. Which of the following was NOT one of the technologies that originated in Central Asia?

The camel saddle

5. The Monsoon winds that facilitate sailing across the Indian Ocean were said to be discovered by....

Hippalus

6. The Island of Madagascar was settled by...

Africans and Asians

7. Evidence for the South-to-North adoption of camel use comes from?

Studies of camel saddle design

8. By the year 1 C.E. sub-Saharan Africa had become a distinct cultural region....

The region's geographic isolation from the rest of the world resulted in its major cultural and technological developments coming from within the region itself

9. When did outsiders gain control of the African continent and establish an "elite" culture?

Europeans in the 19th century CE

10. Which of the following can probably be attributed to the desiccation of the Sahara?

11. Which of the following is NOT a valid theory about the use of Iron in sub-Sahara Africa?

12. What evidence did pilgrims encounter that attested to the long history of Buddhist preaching and conversion along the Silk Road?

The proliferation of Buddhist communities and monasteries in caravan cities

13. Which of the following is an accurate description of the spread of religions in Eurasia before 600C.E.

Religions spread most commonly along the trade routes of the day, such as the Silk Road and Roman road system.