Cartography of Asia - Quiz
A) Exclusively European maritime routes to India B) Only modern satellite imaging of the continent C) Ancient architectural blueprints of Babylonian temples D) Representations of Asia on maps or depictions of the world by Asian cartographers
A) 2nd century BCE B) High Middle Ages C) 6th century BCE D) 15th century CE
A) Roman, Persian, and Ottoman B) British, French, and Dutch C) Mongol, Ming, and Byzantine D) Babylonian, Hellenistic Greek, and Han dynasty
A) European explorers B) Han dynasty cartographers C) Babylonian scribes D) Muslim geographers
A) Western Europe, Scandinavia, and Greenland B) Antarctica, Australia, and New Zealand C) Indian Ocean, Arabian Peninsula, and East Africa D) North America, the Caribbean, and the Amazon
A) During the Hellenistic period B) During the 6th century BCE C) During the European Age of Discovery starting in the 15th century D) During the 2nd century BCE
A) Wooden blocks and silk printing B) Hand-drawn parchment and ink C) Clay tablets and stylus engraving D) Digitization, photographic surveys, and satellite imagery
A) Chang'an B) Rome C) Athens D) Babylon
A) Papyrus scroll B) Parchment sheet C) Silk cloth D) A clay tablet
A) In a seven-point star pattern B) In a concentric circle pattern C) In a linear grid pattern D) In a triangular pyramid pattern
A) Two B) Four C) Five D) Three
A) Europe and Australia B) Africa and America C) Europe and Libya D) Libya and Antarctica
A) Babylonian period B) Han dynasty C) High Middle Ages D) Hellenistic period
A) Ptolomy world map B) Fra Mauro map C) Babylonian world map D) Mahmud al-Kashgari map
A) Satellite imagery and aerial photographs B) Early navigational charts and architectural plans for construction C) Clay tablets with seven-point star patterns D) Medieval T and O maps
A) 6th century BCE B) 11th century CE C) 2nd century BCE D) 15th century CE
A) It was mapped using modern satellite imagery B) It was a region where Hellenistic Greek and Han Chinese spheres of influence overlapped C) It was discovered by European explorers William Rubruck and Marco Polo D) It was the absolute center of the Babylonian world map
A) Half B) One-third C) Three-quarters D) A quarter
A) Half B) One-fifth C) One-third D) A quarter
A) Marco Polo B) Fra Mauro C) Mahmud al-Kashgari D) William Rubruck
A) Han dynasty diplomats B) Babylonian and Hellenistic scribes C) Mahmud al-Kashgari and Ptolemy D) William Rubruck and Marco Polo
A) It forms part of the seven-point star pattern B) It connects directly to the Indian Ocean C) It is not connected to the northern ocean D) It is the largest freshwater lake in the world
A) Southeast Asia B) Scandinavia C) North America D) Western Europe
A) Fra Mauro map B) Ptolemy world map C) Mahmud al-Kashgari map D) Babylonian world map
A) 1450 B) 1500 C) 1459 D) 1400
A) Silk painting and woodblock carving B) Navigational charts and architectural plans C) Clay tablets and stylus carving D) Satellite imageries, aerial photographs, and video surveying techniques
A) Mahmud al-Kashgari B) William Rubruck and Marco Polo C) Kenneth Nebenzahl D) Harley and Woodward
A) Oxford University Press B) Penguin Books C) Cambridge University Press D) University of Chicago Press
A) Kenneth Nebenzahl B) Harley and Woodward C) Ptolemy D) Mahmud al-Kashgari
A) Turkestan and the Silk Road B) East Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and the Indian Ocean C) The Caspian Sea, Korea, and Japan D) Rivers, surrounding terrain, an encircling ocean, and outer islands |
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