Connections Across Africa, Asia & Europe — Chapter Practice, Grade 6
Follow camel caravans and sailing ships as trade, religion, and mighty empires wove Africa, Asia, and Europe together in the postclassical and medieval world. See how those connections set the stage for the modern era.
Problem 1
Answer and explanation
No. It is a network representation requiring dated evidence for particular journeys.
No. It is a network representation requiring dated evidence for particular journeys.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 2
Answer and explanation
Seasonal wind conditions and sailing schedules could require a wait, alongside trade and political factors.
Seasonal wind conditions and sailing schedules could require a wait, alongside trade and political factors.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 3
Answer and explanation
No. Political and religious change can follow different timelines.
No. Political and religious change can follow different timelines.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 4
Answer and explanation
Yes. Effects differ by process, group and period.
Yes. Effects differ by process, group and period.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 5
Answer and explanation
Trade-linked contact may help explain access to a translated text. Continued practices and limited records do not support instant universal conversion or one-way replacement of an entire culture.
Trade-linked contact may help explain access to a translated text. Continued practices and limited records do not support instant universal conversion or one-way replacement of an entire culture.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 6
Answer and explanation
Trade-linked contact may help explain access to a translated text. Continued practices and limited records do not support instant universal conversion or one-way replacement of an entire culture. The label must identify its evidence and avoid turning a model into an authentic artifact.
Trade-linked contact may help explain access to a translated text. Continued practices and limited records do not support instant universal conversion or one-way replacement of an entire culture. The label must identify its evidence and avoid turning a model into an authentic artifact.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 7
Answer and explanation
Trade-linked contact may help explain access to a translated text. Continued practices and limited records do not support instant universal conversion or one-way replacement of an entire culture. Limit the conclusion to the named evidence; compare a different dated setting using the same categories before widening it.
Trade-linked contact may help explain access to a translated text. Continued practices and limited records do not support instant universal conversion or one-way replacement of an entire culture. Limit the conclusion to the named evidence; compare a different dated setting using the same categories before widening it.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 8
Answer and explanation
Seasonal wind conditions and sailing schedules could require a wait, alongside trade and political factors. A useful new source addresses the missing information directly. Explain its provenance, access or scale; do not assume a second source answers every question.
Seasonal wind conditions and sailing schedules could require a wait, alongside trade and political factors. A useful new source addresses the missing information directly. Explain its provenance, access or scale; do not assume a second source answers every question.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 9
Answer and explanation
Use two specifically located details from the chapter reader and distinguish period, source purpose and scale. Yes. Effects differ by process, group and period.
Use two specifically located details from the chapter reader and distinguish period, source purpose and scale. Yes. Effects differ by process, group and period.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 10
Answer and explanation
Trade-linked contact may help explain access to a translated text. Continued practices and limited records do not support instant universal conversion or one-way replacement of an entire culture. The revision note must quote or reproduce the changed claim and explain its improved accuracy.
Trade-linked contact may help explain access to a translated text. Continued practices and limited records do not support instant universal conversion or one-way replacement of an entire culture. The revision note must quote or reproduce the changed claim and explain its improved accuracy.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 11
Answer and explanation
Ibn Battuta’s journeys beginning in 1325 and Zheng He’s Ming-sponsored voyages of 1405–1433 overlap different networks and purposes. The former involved pilgrimage, scholarship and work; the latter involved imperial diplomacy and power as well as exchange. A compass concerns direction and a rudder steering. Neither supplies an exact travel time or removes political and environmental constraints. Locate stops, label the date range and distinguish a general connection from a precise itinerary.
Ibn Battuta’s journeys beginning in 1325 and Zheng He’s Ming-sponsored voyages of 1405–1433 overlap different networks and purposes. The former involved pilgrimage, scholarship and work; the latter involved imperial diplomacy and power as well as exchange. A compass concerns direction and a rudder steering. Neither supplies an exact travel time or removes political and environmental constraints. Locate stops, label the date range and distinguish a general connection from a precise itinerary.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 12
Answer and explanation
No. Use dated maps and regional context.
No. Use dated maps and regional context.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 13
Answer and explanation
Food and local production supported populations, settlements and exchange.
Food and local production supported populations, settlements and exchange.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 14
Answer and explanation
No. It is evidence of a particular ruler’s public action and connections.
No. It is evidence of a particular ruler’s public action and connections.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 15
Answer and explanation
They illuminate different experiences and help test omissions, dating and interpretation.
They illuminate different experiences and help test omissions, dating and interpretation.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 16
Answer and explanation
They address political image, economic practice and remembered legitimacy. Compare creator, date, audience and transmission; each has a distinct evidentiary role and limits.
They address political image, economic practice and remembered legitimacy. Compare creator, date, audience and transmission; each has a distinct evidentiary role and limits.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 17
Answer and explanation
They address political image, economic practice and remembered legitimacy. Compare creator, date, audience and transmission; each has a distinct evidentiary role and limits. The label must identify its evidence and avoid turning a model into an authentic artifact.
They address political image, economic practice and remembered legitimacy. Compare creator, date, audience and transmission; each has a distinct evidentiary role and limits. The label must identify its evidence and avoid turning a model into an authentic artifact.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 18
Answer and explanation
They address political image, economic practice and remembered legitimacy. Compare creator, date, audience and transmission; each has a distinct evidentiary role and limits. Limit the conclusion to the named evidence; compare a different dated setting using the same categories before widening it.
They address political image, economic practice and remembered legitimacy. Compare creator, date, audience and transmission; each has a distinct evidentiary role and limits. Limit the conclusion to the named evidence; compare a different dated setting using the same categories before widening it.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 19
Answer and explanation
Food and local production supported populations, settlements and exchange. A useful new source addresses the missing information directly. Explain its provenance, access or scale; do not assume a second source answers every question.
Food and local production supported populations, settlements and exchange. A useful new source addresses the missing information directly. Explain its provenance, access or scale; do not assume a second source answers every question.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 20
Answer and explanation
Use two specifically located details from the chapter reader and distinguish period, source purpose and scale. They illuminate different experiences and help test omissions, dating and interpretation.
Use two specifically located details from the chapter reader and distinguish period, source purpose and scale. They illuminate different experiences and help test omissions, dating and interpretation.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 21
Answer and explanation
They address political image, economic practice and remembered legitimacy. Compare creator, date, audience and transmission; each has a distinct evidentiary role and limits. The revision note must quote or reproduce the changed claim and explain its improved accuracy.
They address political image, economic practice and remembered legitimacy. Compare creator, date, audience and transmission; each has a distinct evidentiary role and limits. The revision note must quote or reproduce the changed claim and explain its improved accuracy.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 22
Answer and explanation
No. They name different political formations and transitions.
No. They name different political formations and transitions.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 23
Answer and explanation
No. Adoption and effects need separate evidence.
No. Adoption and effects need separate evidence.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 24
Answer and explanation
They can reveal different positions within the same broad political change.
They can reveal different positions within the same broad political change.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 25
Answer and explanation
No. Its creator, audience and representational choices limit the inference.
No. Its creator, audience and representational choices limit the inference.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 26
Answer and explanation
The records concern differently situated experiences: cultural/political loss and privileged administrative travel. Both may be relevant, but neither alone represents all residents.
The records concern differently situated experiences: cultural/political loss and privileged administrative travel. Both may be relevant, but neither alone represents all residents.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 27
Answer and explanation
The records concern differently situated experiences: cultural/political loss and privileged administrative travel. Both may be relevant, but neither alone represents all residents. The label must identify its evidence and avoid turning a model into an authentic artifact.
The records concern differently situated experiences: cultural/political loss and privileged administrative travel. Both may be relevant, but neither alone represents all residents. The label must identify its evidence and avoid turning a model into an authentic artifact.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 28
Answer and explanation
The records concern differently situated experiences: cultural/political loss and privileged administrative travel. Both may be relevant, but neither alone represents all residents. Limit the conclusion to the named evidence; compare a different dated setting using the same categories before widening it.
The records concern differently situated experiences: cultural/political loss and privileged administrative travel. Both may be relevant, but neither alone represents all residents. Limit the conclusion to the named evidence; compare a different dated setting using the same categories before widening it.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 29
Answer and explanation
No. Adoption and effects need separate evidence. A useful new source addresses the missing information directly. Explain its provenance, access or scale; do not assume a second source answers every question.
No. Adoption and effects need separate evidence. A useful new source addresses the missing information directly. Explain its provenance, access or scale; do not assume a second source answers every question.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 30
Answer and explanation
Use two specifically located details from the chapter reader and distinguish period, source purpose and scale. No. Its creator, audience and representational choices limit the inference.
Use two specifically located details from the chapter reader and distinguish period, source purpose and scale. No. Its creator, audience and representational choices limit the inference.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 31
Answer and explanation
The records concern differently situated experiences: cultural/political loss and privileged administrative travel. Both may be relevant, but neither alone represents all residents. The revision note must quote or reproduce the changed claim and explain its improved accuracy.
The records concern differently situated experiences: cultural/political loss and privileged administrative travel. Both may be relevant, but neither alone represents all residents. The revision note must quote or reproduce the changed claim and explain its improved accuracy.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 32
Answer and explanation
No. It is a possibility to test with additional historical/scientific evidence.
No. It is a possibility to test with additional historical/scientific evidence.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 33
Answer and explanation
As evidence of accusation and power, checked against other evidence—not repeated as the disease’s cause.
As evidence of accusation and power, checked against other evidence—not repeated as the disease’s cause.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 34
Answer and explanation
No. Institutional responses and status shaped outcomes.
No. Institutional responses and status shaped outcomes.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 35
Answer and explanation
A specific mechanism, dated evidence, alternative factors and differentiated consequences.
A specific mechanism, dated evidence, alternative factors and differentiated consequences.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 36
Answer and explanation
The sequence is consistent with connected movement but does not uniquely identify a route or intentional cause. Examine transport/ecological evidence and recognize the accusation as unsupported persecution, not a factual mechanism.
The sequence is consistent with connected movement but does not uniquely identify a route or intentional cause. Examine transport/ecological evidence and recognize the accusation as unsupported persecution, not a factual mechanism.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 37
Answer and explanation
The sequence is consistent with connected movement but does not uniquely identify a route or intentional cause. Examine transport/ecological evidence and recognize the accusation as unsupported persecution, not a factual mechanism. The label must identify its evidence and avoid turning a model into an authentic artifact.
The sequence is consistent with connected movement but does not uniquely identify a route or intentional cause. Examine transport/ecological evidence and recognize the accusation as unsupported persecution, not a factual mechanism. The label must identify its evidence and avoid turning a model into an authentic artifact.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 38
Answer and explanation
The sequence is consistent with connected movement but does not uniquely identify a route or intentional cause. Examine transport/ecological evidence and recognize the accusation as unsupported persecution, not a factual mechanism. Limit the conclusion to the named evidence; compare a different dated setting using the same categories before widening it.
The sequence is consistent with connected movement but does not uniquely identify a route or intentional cause. Examine transport/ecological evidence and recognize the accusation as unsupported persecution, not a factual mechanism. Limit the conclusion to the named evidence; compare a different dated setting using the same categories before widening it.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 39
Answer and explanation
As evidence of accusation and power, checked against other evidence—not repeated as the disease’s cause. A useful new source addresses the missing information directly. Explain its provenance, access or scale; do not assume a second source answers every question.
As evidence of accusation and power, checked against other evidence—not repeated as the disease’s cause. A useful new source addresses the missing information directly. Explain its provenance, access or scale; do not assume a second source answers every question.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 40
Answer and explanation
Use two specifically located details from the chapter reader and distinguish period, source purpose and scale. A specific mechanism, dated evidence, alternative factors and differentiated consequences.
Use two specifically located details from the chapter reader and distinguish period, source purpose and scale. A specific mechanism, dated evidence, alternative factors and differentiated consequences.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 41
Answer and explanation
The sequence is consistent with connected movement but does not uniquely identify a route or intentional cause. Examine transport/ecological evidence and recognize the accusation as unsupported persecution, not a factual mechanism. The revision note must quote or reproduce the changed claim and explain its improved accuracy.
The sequence is consistent with connected movement but does not uniquely identify a route or intentional cause. Examine transport/ecological evidence and recognize the accusation as unsupported persecution, not a factual mechanism. The revision note must quote or reproduce the changed claim and explain its improved accuracy.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 42
Answer and explanation
No. They are different processes and experiences that both require evidence.
No. They are different processes and experiences that both require evidence.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 43
Answer and explanation
No. It divided and experienced conflict alongside protected routes.
No. It divided and experienced conflict alongside protected routes.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 44
Answer and explanation
Yes. It can reveal administrative authority, status and compelled support as well as access.
Yes. It can reveal administrative authority, status and compelled support as well as access.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 45
Answer and explanation
It imposes a later endpoint and erases other societies’ agency and histories.
It imposes a later endpoint and erases other societies’ agency and histories.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 46
Answer and explanation
A permit can show official travel support and administrative power for eligible holders. It does not erase conquest, coercion, exclusions or conflict, and one object cannot establish equal freedom for all residents.
A permit can show official travel support and administrative power for eligible holders. It does not erase conquest, coercion, exclusions or conflict, and one object cannot establish equal freedom for all residents.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 47
Answer and explanation
A permit can show official travel support and administrative power for eligible holders. It does not erase conquest, coercion, exclusions or conflict, and one object cannot establish equal freedom for all residents. The label must identify its evidence and avoid turning a model into an authentic artifact.
A permit can show official travel support and administrative power for eligible holders. It does not erase conquest, coercion, exclusions or conflict, and one object cannot establish equal freedom for all residents. The label must identify its evidence and avoid turning a model into an authentic artifact.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 48
Answer and explanation
A permit can show official travel support and administrative power for eligible holders. It does not erase conquest, coercion, exclusions or conflict, and one object cannot establish equal freedom for all residents. Limit the conclusion to the named evidence; compare a different dated setting using the same categories before widening it.
A permit can show official travel support and administrative power for eligible holders. It does not erase conquest, coercion, exclusions or conflict, and one object cannot establish equal freedom for all residents. Limit the conclusion to the named evidence; compare a different dated setting using the same categories before widening it.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 49
Answer and explanation
No. It divided and experienced conflict alongside protected routes. A useful new source addresses the missing information directly. Explain its provenance, access or scale; do not assume a second source answers every question.
No. It divided and experienced conflict alongside protected routes. A useful new source addresses the missing information directly. Explain its provenance, access or scale; do not assume a second source answers every question.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 50
Answer and explanation
Use two specifically located details from the chapter reader and distinguish period, source purpose and scale. It imposes a later endpoint and erases other societies’ agency and histories.
Use two specifically located details from the chapter reader and distinguish period, source purpose and scale. It imposes a later endpoint and erases other societies’ agency and histories.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 51
Answer and explanation
A permit can show official travel support and administrative power for eligible holders. It does not erase conquest, coercion, exclusions or conflict, and one object cannot establish equal freedom for all residents. The revision note must quote or reproduce the changed claim and explain its improved accuracy.
A permit can show official travel support and administrative power for eligible holders. It does not erase conquest, coercion, exclusions or conflict, and one object cannot establish equal freedom for all residents. The revision note must quote or reproduce the changed claim and explain its improved accuracy.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.