From the Silk Road to the Great Game: China, Russia, and Central Eurasia

Exams

Review Items for Midterm Geography Quiz (PDF)

Midterm Exam

Second session of Lecture 9

1. A. Enter on the map the following places: [ca. 15 minutes]

   Amu Darya
   Bactria
   Bamiyan
   Herat
   Ili Valley
   Karakorum
   Kashgar
   Kazakhstan
   Samarkand
   Syr Darya
   Taklamakan Desert
   Tarim Basin
   Turfan
   Urumqi
   Xi’an

   B. Draw the approximate location of two of the main Silk Routes.

    

2. Describe the significance for Central Eurasia of five of the following in three to five sentences each: [ca. 30 minutes]

   Scythians
   Sogdians
   Manichaeans
   Nestorians
   Uighurs
   Tang
   Han Wudi
   An Lushan [Rokhshan]
   Li Shimin [Tang Taizong]
   Peter the Great

    

3. Essay: This course looks primarily at connections between different peoples, places, and cultures. Choose one of the religions and one of the commodities below and describe how and why they moved across Eurasia. Discuss their origin, the routes they moved along, the kinds of peoples that used them, and the periods during which trade or religious belief flourished the most. Be as specific as possible, giving times, places, and causes of movement. (You need not connect the commodities and religions together, but you get extra credit if you can!)[ca. 45 minutes]

   Commodities

   Fur
   Horses
   Silk
   Silver and Gold
   Sheep and Wool

   Religions

   Buddhism
   Christianity
   Confucianism
   Daoism
   Islam
   Manichaeanism
   Shamanism