Lesson test: What actually moved

1.[3p]
What do the silk fragments excavated from the tower tombs of Palmyra show?

Han Chinese weave structures in Syria, and Chinese thread rewoven locally

Correct

That Palmyra produced its own silk from imported worms

The answer is: Han Chinese weave structures in Syria, and Chinese thread rewoven locally

That Roman writers invented the trade in Chinese silk

The answer is: Han Chinese weave structures in Syria, and Chinese thread rewoven locally

That silk reached Syria only after the third century CE

The answer is: Han Chinese weave structures in Syria, and Chinese thread rewoven locally

2.[1p]
Roman coins are found in large numbers in the Tarim Basin.

True

The answer is: False

False

Correct

3.[3p]
Why are Roman coin hoards common in southern India but not in Central Asia?

India traded directly with Rome and ran a surplus settled in coin, while the overland route was a relay settled locally at each leg

Correct

Central Asian rulers melted all foreign coin by law

The answer is: India traded directly with Rome and ran a surplus settled in coin, while the overland route was a relay settled locally at each leg

Roman merchants never carried coin overland

The answer is: India traded directly with Rome and ran a surplus settled in coin, while the overland route was a relay settled locally at each leg

The Tarim climate destroys metal

The answer is: India traded directly with Rome and ran a surplus settled in coin, while the overland route was a relay settled locally at each leg

4.[2p]
In 773 the Uighurs delivered 10,000 horses at 40 bolts of silk each. How many bolts is that?

CorrectNot quite: 400000

5.[3p]
At 0.35 kg a bolt and 150 kg to a camel-load, how many camel-loads is that payment?

CorrectNot quite: 933

6.[2p]
Which historian argued that most recorded Silk Road trade was local and small? Surname only.

CorrectNot quite: Hansen

7.[3p]
What does the Turfan market price list of 743 show?

Select all that apply

A market administered closely enough for a government to fix prices

Correct

A price list dominated by ordinary local goods rather than exotica

Correct

Most commodities graded into three qualities

Correct

Detailed customs receipts for goods arriving from the Mediterranean

The answer is: A market administered closely enough for a government to fix prices, A price list dominated by ordinary local goods rather than exotica, Most commodities graded into three qualities

8.[2p]
What does a single Roman glass bowl in a fifth century Chinese tomb establish?

That the object moved, which is consistent with trade, gift, loot, migration or inheritance

Correct

That a regular commercial route ran between Rome and China

The answer is: That the object moved, which is consistent with trade, gift, loot, migration or inheritance

That Chinese glassmakers had learned Roman techniques

The answer is: That the object moved, which is consistent with trade, gift, loot, migration or inheritance

That the tomb's occupant had travelled to the Mediterranean

The answer is: That the object moved, which is consistent with trade, gift, loot, migration or inheritance

9.[2p]
Turkic slaves bought by Islamic states as soldiers eventually did what?

Commanded the armies and in several states became the rulers

Correct

Were freed by law within a generation of purchase

The answer is: Commanded the armies and in several states became the rulers

Were used only as household servants

The answer is: Commanded the armies and in several states became the rulers

Refused to fight and were replaced by Persian troops

The answer is: Commanded the armies and in several states became the rulers

1.[3p] What do the silk fragments excavated from the tower tombs of Palmyra show?

2.[1p] Roman coins are found in large numbers in the Tarim Basin.

3.[3p] Why are Roman coin hoards common in southern India but not in Central Asia?

4.[2p] In 773 the Uighurs delivered 10,000 horses at 40 bolts of silk each. How many bolts is that?

5.[3p] At 0.35 kg a bolt and 150 kg to a camel-load, how many camel-loads is that payment?

6.[2p] Which historian argued that most recorded Silk Road trade was local and small? Surname only.

7.[3p] What does the Turfan market price list of 743 show?

8.[2p] What does a single Roman glass bowl in a fifth century Chinese tomb establish?

9.[2p] Turkic slaves bought by Islamic states as soldiers eventually did what?

1.[3p]
What do the silk fragments excavated from the tower tombs of Palmyra show?

2.[1p]
Roman coins are found in large numbers in the Tarim Basin.

3.[3p]
Why are Roman coin hoards common in southern India but not in Central Asia?

4.[2p]
In 773 the Uighurs delivered 10,000 horses at 40 bolts of silk each. How many bolts is that?

5.[3p]
At 0.35 kg a bolt and 150 kg to a camel-load, how many camel-loads is that payment?

6.[2p]
Which historian argued that most recorded Silk Road trade was local and small? Surname only.

7.[3p]
What does the Turfan market price list of 743 show?

8.[2p]
What does a single Roman glass bowl in a fifth century Chinese tomb establish?

9.[2p]
Turkic slaves bought by Islamic states as soldiers eventually did what?