SAT II World History : Global Developments

Study concepts, example questions & explanations for SAT II World History

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Example Questions

Example Question #2 : Trade

The Phonecian people of Europe and the Near East are best described as __________.

Possible Answers:

seafaring traders

barbarian invaders

aggressive expansionists

devoutly pious

pacifists

Correct answer:

seafaring traders

Explanation:

The Phoencian people were seafaring traders who established trading outposts all over the Mediterranean from approximatley 1200 BCE to 500 BCE. Their importance in human history is twofold: they helped connect the peoples and cultues of Mediterranean Europe, and their alphabet developed into the Greek and Latin alphabets.

 

Example Question #21 : Prehistory To 500 C.E.

The Silk Road ran __________

Possible Answers:

from China to the Mediterranean

from Rome to China

from India to Persia

from India to Rome

from Spain to China

Correct answer:

from China to the Mediterranean

Explanation:

The Silk Road is the name given to a series of trading routes that ran from Han China to the Mediterranean. First established in the second century CE, the Silk Road connected the East to the West via trade for the first time in human history. This would facilitate the spread of ideas, religions, resources, as well as disease and economic catastrophes.

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