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Example Question #2 : Science And Technology 600 Ce To 1450
Junks, were __________.
translators who used to travel with trading caravans on the Silk Road
scholar bureaucrats in the Chinese imperial system
massive ships of classical Chinese origin
walls and barricades established to protect Chinese merchants from raiders
religious dissidents in China during the Song Dynasty
massive ships of classical Chinese origin
Junks are sailing ships that were first invented in China during the classical period. Junks came to be popular during the productive years of the Song Dynasty and were used extensively for Chinese voyages in southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean.
Example Question #3 : Science And Technology 600 Ce To 1450
Moveable type and printing were both invented in __________.
Japan
The Middle East
North Africa
Central Europe
China
China
Moveable type and printing were both invented first in China. Moveable type allows for the mass production of documents and was first invented in China in the eleventh century, during the Song Dynasty.
Example Question #4 : Science And Technology 600 Ce To 1450
Gunpowder was invented in __________.
Russia
Germany
China
Italy
India
China
Gunpowder was invented in China in the ninth or tenth century. The discovery of gunpowder led to the invention of fireworks and to the invention of firearms. Eventually gunpowder would transform the military and societies of almost everywhere in the world.
Example Question #5 : Science And Technology 600 Ce To 1450
Porcelain emerged in which of these regions?
The Middle East
China
Sub-Saharan Africa
India
North Africa
China
Porcelain first emerged in China during the Han Dynasty. During the Tang Dynasty it was an extremely valuable commodity used to trade with Arab traders. By the time of the Ming Dynasty Chinese porcelain was being exported to Europe where it was extremely valuable.
Example Question #281 : Ap World History
What is a dhow?
A caravan used to transport goods across land.
A defensive fortification used by the Persians
An incendiary weapon that predates the invention of gunpowder
A sailing ship that uses lateen sails
A military formation used by the Seljuk Turks
A sailing ship that uses lateen sails
A dhow is a traditional sailing vessel which employs lanteen sails. Dhows were (and are) common trading vessels used by Arab and Indian traders in the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean.
Example Question #282 : Ap World History
In what century was gunpowder first introduced to Europe?
Fourteenth
Seventeenth
Sixteenth
Thirteenth
Fifteenth
Thirteenth
Gunpowder was invented in China in the ninth or tenth centuries, during the Song Dynasty, and was first introduced to Europe by the thirteenth century. Most historians believe that gunpowder was introduced to the Europeans by the forces of the Mongol empire at some point in the mid-thirteenth century. Gunpowder, and the introduction of firearm technology, would transform European society.
Example Question #283 : Ap World History
Muhammad al-Khwarizmi is most notable for __________.
developing the silk industry in the Middle East
his contributions to chemistry and alchemy
leading the Moor conquest of the Iberian peninsula
his contributions to the development of algebra
his extensive travels around the Islamic world
his contributions to the development of algebra
Muhammad al-Khwarizmi is most notable for his contributions to the development of algebra. He lived in the eighth and ninth centuries, during the Islamic Golden Age of the Abbasid Caliphate. Along with the ancient Greek, Diophantus, he is often credited as “the founder of algebra.”
Example Question #291 : Ap World History
Ibn Sina is most notable for __________.
his contributions to political theory
his contributions to medicine and philosophy
his contributions to algebra and engineering
establishing the Islamic territory of Al-Andalus in Spain
conquering the Mamluk Sultanate on behalf of the Ottoman Empire
his contributions to medicine and philosophy
Ibn Sina, sometimes also called Avicenna, lived during the Islamic Golden Age of the tenth and eleventh centuries. He is most notable for his contributions to medicine and philosophy, particularly for authoring The Book of Healing and The Canon of Medicine, which were widely influential in Arab and European society for several centuries.
Example Question #292 : Ap World History
When did universities first appear in European society?
during the High Middle Ages
during the Renaissance
during the Industrial Revolution
during the Scientific Revolution
during the Early Middle Ages
during the High Middle Ages
The first universities appeared in European society in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, during the High Middle Ages. The universities of Bologna, Paris, and Oxford are three of the earliest known universities in European history.
Example Question #293 : Ap World History
What are madrasas?
stadiums and amphitheaters
barracks and armories
universities and colleges
harbors and dockyards
prisons
universities and colleges
A Madrasa is a university, college, or other educational institution in the Islamic world. Often times Madrasas might involve solely religious education, other times they might involve a varied and secular curriculum. Madrasas were established throughout the Middle East and North Africa during the height of Islamic power and cultural influence in the ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth centuries.
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