Unit 2 AP World History

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The integration of West African states into wider regional and transregional economic networks in the period circa 1200–1450 was carried out mostly via the

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trans-Saharan trade routes

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The spread of Islam into sub-Saharan West Africa in the period circa 1200–1450 was mostly a result of the conversion of the rulers of which of the following states? Mamluk Egypt, The Mongol khanates, The Ming dynasty, The Mali Empire

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The Mali Empire

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In the period circa 1200–1450, which of the following most directly enabled merchants to bring salt and other bulk products to markets in sub-Saharan Africa? Options: The diffusion of new maritime technologies such as the lateen sail, The adoption of innovative practices in overland trading, such as the use of camel caravans and saddles, The transfer of East Asian technologies to western Afro-Eurasia during the period of Pax Mongolica, The shared use of the Arabic language and common practice of Islam by both North African and sub-Saharan merchant communities

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The adoption of innovative practices in overland trading, such as the use of camel caravans and saddles

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The map demonstrates which of the following about the Indian Ocean trade? Options: Monsoons prevented trade from taking place along the East African coast. Europeans were active in bringing goods from West Africa to the Indian Ocean. Trade involved most of the regions bordering the Indian Ocean as well as China. The most important item traded across the Indian Ocean was silk.

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Trade involved most of the regions bordering the Indian Ocean as well as China.

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The map indicates that

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Mali was a major source and hub of the gold trade

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The map below shows what significant economic developments? Options: Trade connections that linked the Hellenistic and Mauryan empires to African cities from 300 through 150 B.C.E., Trading networks that promoted the growth of new cities from 600 C.E. through 1450 C.E, Chinese dominance of Indian Ocean trading networks because of the voyages of Zheng He in the 1400s C.E., Changes in Indian Ocean trading networks that resulted from technological innovations from 1450 C.E. through 1750 C.E.

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Trading networks that promoted the growth of new cities from 600 C.E. through 1450 C.E.

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The establishment of the Mongol Empire directly facilitated which of the following? Increased cultural and technological exchange between the Islamic world and China, The development of Mongolian as the primary written language of administration across most of Eurasia, The spread of Persian culture into Central Asia, Improved ship designs and navigation techniques for oceanic commerce

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Increased cultural and technological exchange between the Islamic world and China

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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

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A significant example of the interaction among Indian, Arab, and European societies by 1200 C.E. was the transfer of knowledge of

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numerals and the decimal system

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Based on the maps and your knowledge of world history, which of the following best describes the effect of the spread of Islam on Indian Ocean trade? Options: It led to the expansion and intensification of commerce along already existing trade routes., It led to the disappearance of previously established trade networks., It led to an expansion of land-based caravan trade but also to a decline of maritime trade., It led to the first creation of trade links between previously isolated world regions.

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It led to the expansion and intensification of commerce along already existing trade routes.