1. Which three regions are linked by the 'Siberian Road'?

2. Fill in the blanks.The Maritime Silk Road, opened under the rule of Emperor Han Wudi, connected China to the ________________ via India.

3. Which of the following statements does NOT describe Sogdiana?

4. The 'Church of the East' is a Christian church, part of the Syrian tradition of Eastern Christianity.Very early on, it spread widely through Asia, and in the 9th-14th centuries it was the world's largest Christian church in the world.What other name is used for this church?

5. When was the Dutch East India Company founded?

6. Akbar (1542-1605)—emperor of the Mughal Empire—developed a new religion he called Din-I Ilahi, or 'The Religion of God,' which he hoped would synthesize the world's religions into a single religion.What was the main religious influence of Akbar's new religion?

7. Who was Zhang Qian?

8. In 711, Arab military forces conquered the Indus Delta region in Sindh and established an Indo-Muslim state there.What role did the Sindh play in the trading world?

9. Who gave the Silk Road its name?

10. Fill in the blank. Under Mongol rule, merchants had a higher status than they had in traditional China.During their travels, merchants could rest and secure supplies through a ________________ system that the Mongols had established.

11. Which of the following is NOT considered a direct cause of the 1857 Sepoy mutiny?

12. For how long did the British East India Company rule India?

13. In Chinese tradition, jade has always been empowered with magical properties.Which moniker is used to describe this imperial stone?

14. During the Mongol rule of China, Nestorianism and Roman Catholicism enjoyed a period of toleration, and Lamaism (Tibetan Buddhism) flourished.What was the Mongols' view on Taoism?

15. Fill in the blank. The Göktürks were a Turkic people of ancient Central Asia.The Göktürks succeeded the _________________ as the main Turkic power in the region and took hold of the lucrative Silk Road trade during the 6th century.

16. Consider the following statements, and then answer the question.Early Chinese historian Sima Qian (145-90BCE) described the Xiongnu as pastoral nomadic people who did not engage in agriculture.He also states that the Xiongnu men were formidable warriors, trained from an early age to hunt on horseback with bow and arrow.Thus, which of the following empires did the Xiongnu most likely serve as a prototype for?

17. Who were the Mamluks?

18. Which route of the Silk Road began at the Yang-kuan Gate outside of Dunhuang, continued to oases on the southern rim of the Takla Makan desert, and followed to the Kun-lun mountains to Khotan and Kashgar?

19. The city of Dunhuang is home to incredible caves that contain a treasure trove of Buddhist art.What is another common name used to refer to these grottoes?

20. What was the Mongols' view on foreigners?

21. Little is known about India's relationships with its Eastern neighbors during the early half of the classical period, but clearly there was contact.Our word 'China' derives from the Sanskrit-Indo-Aryan language, cina or mahacina, which derives from what Chinese word?

22. Fill the blanks.The Silk Road is usually divided into______________ and ________________ routes.

23. Generally in the Silk Road, how were goods moved?

24. Who was Genghis Khan (ca.1162-1227)?

25. Fill in the blank. In late antiquity, the Silk Road was characterized by religious diversity; however, Manichaeism, one of major Iranian Gnostic religions originating in Sassanid Persia, posed such a serious threat to its religious competitors (the Buddhists) that in 732 the Tang emperor issued an edict that did which of the following?