AP World Unit 2 Networks of Exchange

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What are some specific examples of the technological causes of increased trade along the Silk Road? Options: caravanserai, flying cash and banking houses; lateen sails, maps, compass and astrolabe; yokes, camel saddles, and stirrups; dhow ships, maps and compass

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yokes, camel saddles, and stirrups

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What changes did trade bring to West Africa?

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Islam was introduced to Mali

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What was the commercial and defensive confederation of merchant guilds and market towns in Northwestern and Central Europe called?

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Hanseatic League

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The time period of extended peace on the Silk Road is known as ...

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Pax Mongolia

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Overland trade between Europe to Asia on the Silk Road increased with the revival of commercial cities, such as Samarkand, along the way.

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the revival of commercial cities, such as Samarkand, along the way.

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Which of these accurately describes the political status of China in Marco Polo’s time? Options: China was under foreign influence by European commercial interests, China was experiencing a series of civil wars led by regional warlords, China was under the control of Mongol rulers, China was controlled by religious leaders who chose the emperor

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China was under the control of Mongol rulers

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Malian Emperor Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324 can best be understood in the context of which of the following? The expansion of Islam throughout Afro-Eurasia, The development of new transportation technologies, The diffusion of African culture to the Middle East, The territorial expansion of West African empires

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The expansion of Islam throughout Afro-Eurasia

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Ibn Battuta traveled widely across the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Africa in the fourteenth century. His travels serve as evidence for the

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unifying influence of Islam

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During the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, territories under Mongol control benefited from which of the following? Trade that facilitated the spread of Christianity throughout the Indian Ocean region, Trade that tied several distinct regional networks together, Widespread adoption of Confucian family hierarchies, Widespread adoption of Buddhist religious practices

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Trade that tied several distinct regional networks together

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The development of Indian Ocean trade routes in the period 600 B.C.E. to 600 C.E. and the development of transatlantic trade routes in the period 1450 C.E. to 1600 C.E. were similar in that both depended on

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understanding of currents and wind patterns