AP World History SMIC Unit 2

Between 1250 and 1400, what played the largest role in the increase of volume and geographical expansion of existing trade networks?

• Economic incentives

• Technological advances

• The rise of empires and states

• The discovery of the new world by Columbus

Who was not one of the travelers who recorded journeys from 1200 to 1450?

• Ibn Battuta

• Marco Polo

• Margery Kempe

• Christopher Columbus

What was not a reason for the restoration of the Silk Roads?

• The demise of the Mongol Empire

• The increased safety of caravans

• Chinese paper money increased trade

• The increased demand for luxury goods

Formed in the early 1200’s in Mongolia and China, the Mongol Empire

• Killed everyone in their paths with their advanced weapons, and then wiped out entire nations

• Used diplomacy and the protection of people’s rights to build a great empire governed by democracy

• Attacked brutally and grew quickly, but then ruled graciously and peacefully over the stable empire.

• Slowly build up a small empire that affected large trade routes from China to Japan and Korea

Who was not one of Genghis Kahn’s grandsons over which kingdom?

• Kublai Kahn began the Yuan dynasty in China

• Batu developed the Golden Horde in parts of Russia

• Hulegu’s Il-Kahnate covered much of Persia and parts of Anatolia up to Constantinople

• Tamarlane began the Mugal Kahnate over much of India in1248

What factor caused an increase in the Indian Ocean trade networks from 1200 to 1450?

• The prevalence of camels which could be used to carry goods

• The legal limitations on slave trade in the area, leading to and increase in the demand for labor

• The increase of demand for specialized products such as cotton from India and porcelain from China

• The spread of Christianity from 1200 to around 1450 in the region, resulting in economic growth

Due to Monsoons, merchants who were delayed in foreign ports for lengthy periods of time

• Became involved in local political affairs

• Lost their connection to the culture of their homeland

• Married wives who often converted to their religion

• Settled in foreign ports and usually converted to the local faith

What helped spread Tran-Sahara trade in the 1200 and 1300’s?

• The decline of Indian Ocean trade caused an increase in Tran-Sahara trade

• An increase in the south Africa trade routes from Zimbabwe to Ethiopia

• The completion of the Mediterranean subterranean passage all the way to Samarkand

• The development of as many as fifteen different forms of camel saddles

Which peoples did not comprise a diasporic community from 1200-1450?

• Chinese

• Jewish

• Islam

• Christian

According to the chart, what helped the trade networks from 1200=1450?

• Increased temperature led to increased of crops

• Decreased temperatures led to decreased crops

  
  

• Decreased temperatures led to increased crops

• Increased temperatures led to decreased crops