Lesson test: What ended it

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What ended it

1.[1p]
The Ottoman capture of Constantinople in 1453 closed the trade routes to Asia.

True

The answer is: False

False

Correct

2.[3p]
Why does 1453 fail as an explanation for the end of the overland trade?

Select all that apply

Constantinople is a Mediterranean and Black Sea terminus, not a link on the route to China

Correct

The Ottomans taxed and protected the trade rather than destroying it

Correct

Venetian spice imports through the Levant recovered and continued into the later sixteenth century

Correct

The Ottomans had no interest in commercial revenue

The answer is: Constantinople is a Mediterranean and Black Sea terminus, not a link on the route to China, The Ottomans taxed and protected the trade rather than destroying it, Venetian spice imports through the Levant recovered and continued into the later sixteenth century

3.[3p]
If the Levant route still worked, why did Portugal invest in a way round Africa?

Every stage of the existing route was controlled by somebody else who took a margin

Correct

Spices had stopped arriving in Europe entirely

The answer is: Every stage of the existing route was controlled by somebody else who took a margin

Portuguese ships could not enter the Mediterranean

The answer is: Every stage of the existing route was controlled by somebody else who took a margin

The Pope forbade Portuguese trade with Muslim states

The answer is: Every stage of the existing route was controlled by somebody else who took a margin

4.[2p]
In which year did Russia and Qing China sign the treaty that established the border trade at Kiakhta?

CorrectNot quite: 1727

5.[2p]
Which border town handled the Russian caravan tea trade with China? One word.

CorrectNot quite: Kiakhta

6.[3p]
Suez cut the London to Bombay voyage from about 10,670 to about 6,330 nautical miles. What percentage saving is that?

CorrectNot quite: 41

7.[3p]
The Kiakhta caravans covered about 11,000 km in roughly sixteen months. What does that show?

The overland trade never became technically obsolete; it was undercut on cost rather than blocked

Correct

Caravans had become much faster by the nineteenth century

The answer is: The overland trade never became technically obsolete; it was undercut on cost rather than blocked

Tea could not be carried by sea at all

The answer is: The overland trade never became technically obsolete; it was undercut on cost rather than blocked

Russian camels outperformed Central Asian ones

The answer is: The overland trade never became technically obsolete; it was undercut on cost rather than blocked

8.[3p]
Put these developments in chronological order.

The Ilkhanate dissolves and Mongol unity ends
The Suez Canal opens
The Kiakhta treaty establishes the Russia to Qing border trade
Russia takes Tashkent

Show the answer

b, c, d, a

9.[3p]
What is the best short answer to "when did the Silk Road end"?

It faded rather than ended, and the 1860s to 1900s have a far better claim than 1453

Correct

1453, when the Ottomans took Constantinople

The answer is: It faded rather than ended, and the 1860s to 1900s have a far better claim than 1453

1498, when Vasco da Gama reached Calicut

The answer is: It faded rather than ended, and the 1860s to 1900s have a far better claim than 1453

1368, when the Ming expelled the Yuan

The answer is: It faded rather than ended, and the 1860s to 1900s have a far better claim than 1453

1.[1p] The Ottoman capture of Constantinople in 1453 closed the trade routes to Asia.

2.[3p] Why does 1453 fail as an explanation for the end of the overland trade?

3.[3p] If the Levant route still worked, why did Portugal invest in a way round Africa?

4.[2p] In which year did Russia and Qing China sign the treaty that established the border trade at Kiakhta?

5.[2p] Which border town handled the Russian caravan tea trade with China? One word.

6.[3p] Suez cut the London to Bombay voyage from about 10,670 to about 6,330 nautical miles. What percentage saving is that?

7.[3p] The Kiakhta caravans covered about 11,000 km in roughly sixteen months. What does that show?

8.[3p] Put these developments in chronological order.

9.[3p] What is the best short answer to "when did the Silk Road end"?

1.[1p]
The Ottoman capture of Constantinople in 1453 closed the trade routes to Asia.

2.[3p]
Why does 1453 fail as an explanation for the end of the overland trade?

3.[3p]
If the Levant route still worked, why did Portugal invest in a way round Africa?

4.[2p]
In which year did Russia and Qing China sign the treaty that established the border trade at Kiakhta?

5.[2p]
Which border town handled the Russian caravan tea trade with China? One word.

6.[3p]
Suez cut the London to Bombay voyage from about 10,670 to about 6,330 nautical miles. What percentage saving is that?

7.[3p]
The Kiakhta caravans covered about 11,000 km in roughly sixteen months. What does that show?

8.[3p]
Put these developments in chronological order.

9.[3p]
What is the best short answer to "when did the Silk Road end"?