Ming Dynasty and B. Warehouses. C.
1.
Commercial cities that served as meeting points between distant cultures are called:
a.
way stations.
b.
warehouses.
c.
entrepôts.
d.
shipping centers.
e.
nodes.
2.
Cairo and Alexandria in Egypt:
a.
did not need to provide protection for merchants as most trade came by land rather than by sea.
b.
established a commercial law apart from religion so that all people could participate in trade.
c.
had Muslim and Jewish trading firms that worked as close partners in trade.
d.
established a state bank so that the royal family could earn a share of trading profits by lending out money.
e.
became successful by specializing only in the trade of silks.
3.
In the Chinese city of Quanzhou:
a.
state officials registered, examined, and taxed cargo on ships.
b.
no foreigners were allowed, and all trade had to be conducted on Chinese ships with Chinese crews.
c.
the governor was occupied with matters related to maintaining the city walls and left control of the ports to merchants.
d.
the Chinese ships were called dhows.
e.
Buddhist monasteries took control of trading to ensure fair practices.
4.
In the tropical rain forest of western and central Africa, the predominant form of social organization was:
a.
urban communities linked together through long-distance trade.
b.
small-scale societies led by local councils.
c.
pastoral communities.
d.
seminomadic hunting and gathering communities.
e.
caravan cities temporarily established for the purpose of trade.
5.
What idea did the Mande people develop that marked the centralized polities of West Africa?
a.
bureaucratic government
b.
communalism
c.
dictatorship
d.
sacred kingship
e.
democratic councils
6.
In Islamic slavery between 1000 and 1300 CE:
a.
slaves served as sailors and dockworkers and could obtain positions of high authority in the military.
b.
the work required of slaves was so physically demanding that
Commercial cities that served as meeting points between distant cultures are called:
a.
way stations.
b.
warehouses.
c.
entrepôts.
d.
shipping centers.
e.
nodes.
2.
Cairo and Alexandria in Egypt:
a.
did not need to provide protection for merchants as most trade came by land rather than by sea.
b.
established a commercial law apart from religion so that all people could participate in trade.
c.
had Muslim and Jewish trading firms that worked as close partners in trade.
d.
established a state bank so that the royal family could earn a share of trading profits by lending out money.
e.
became successful by specializing only in the trade of silks.
3.
In the Chinese city of Quanzhou:
a.
state officials registered, examined, and taxed cargo on ships.
b.
no foreigners were allowed, and all trade had to be conducted on Chinese ships with Chinese crews.
c.
the governor was occupied with matters related to maintaining the city walls and left control of the ports to merchants.
d.
the Chinese ships were called dhows.
e.
Buddhist monasteries took control of trading to ensure fair practices.
4.
In the tropical rain forest of western and central Africa, the predominant form of social organization was:
a.
urban communities linked together through long-distance trade.
b.
small-scale societies led by local councils.
c.
pastoral communities.
d.
seminomadic hunting and gathering communities.
e.
caravan cities temporarily established for the purpose of trade.
5.
What idea did the Mande people develop that marked the centralized polities of West Africa?
a.
bureaucratic government
b.
communalism
c.
dictatorship
d.
sacred kingship
e.
democratic councils
6.
In Islamic slavery between 1000 and 1300 CE:
a.
slaves served as sailors and dockworkers and could obtain positions of high authority in the military.
b.
the work required of slaves was so physically demanding that