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