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Chapter 12-Cross
Question | Answer |
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What is the Monsoon System? | Mariners calculated the winds for sailing and shipping in the Indian Ocean. They had knowledge of the winds. |
What goods were traded over the Silk Roads? | Silk and spices travled west. Ginger came from China. Cinnamon from China and Asia. Pepper from India. Sesame oil from India. |
How did merchants handle long-distance trade? | They stayed in their boundaries and reserve it for their subjects and took advantage of their power and geographic position to control overland trade. |
How did Buddhism become well known in the third century B.C.E? | Ashoka had it spread to Bactria and Ceylon. It also became well established in northern India. It was successful. |
Who was against the spread of Christianity? | Romans |
Why did the Han dynasty collapse? | Internal problems that its rulers could not solve. But a problem was the development of factions within the ranks of the ruling elites. |
What theories did people think of the reason why the Roman Empire fall? | Lead poisoning, radiation given off by bricks, immorality, or the rise of Christianity. |
What did Diocletian's economic measures turn out to do? | Helped stabilize an economy ravaged by half a century of civil unrest. |