Topic 2: Exchange Networks (1200-1450)

The image above best represents which of the following impacts of the Black Death:

• The impact of mass death and apocalyptic tones that dominated European society and art

• The labor shortage and wage conflicts that plagued 14th-century European economics

• The fall in trade due to the declining Mongolian khanates

• The desire to find an alternate route to Asia for Europeans

Which of the following statements best describes the setting in which plagues were able to spread during the Post-Classical Era:

• Plagues were unknowingly spread by the fleas of rats in Europe, Asia, and Africa

• The spread of plagues were often accompanied by the fall of major empires

• Plagues spread most easily during times of imperial affluence that facilitated and stabilized interregional trade routes

• The emergence of plagues often brought about religious revivals, particularly in Christian Europe

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?

• 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

During the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, territories under Mongol control benefited from which of the following?

• Widespread adoption of Confucian family hierarchies

• Trade that tied several distinct regional networks together

• Trade that facilitated the spread of Christianity throughout the Indian Ocean region

• Widespread adoption of Buddhist religious practices

Samarkand (Central Asia) and Kashgar (China) both benefited from the Silk Road

• by becoming powerful new empires within the Mongol empire

• by becoming pilgrimages stops on the way to Mecca

• by becoming powerful new trading cities

• All of the above

An effect of the growth and security of the Silk Roads was/were innovation(s) in…

• banking systems

• caravanserai, where travelers could rest themselves and their animals

• using money instead of bartering

• All of the Above

As the Mongols' empires expanded, they facilitated and encouraged trade by…

• closing caravanserais along the Silk Roads

• Encouraging missionaries to spread Christianity

• Making the Silk Roads safer by using Mongol soldiers to protect the merchants and travelers

• None are correct

Which of the following factors represents the most significant cause of the growth of cities in Afro-Eurasia in the period 1000–1450?

• climate change

• Decreased agricultural productivity

• Increased invasions

• Increased interregional trade

Knowledge of monsoon winds was essential for trading in the Indian Ocean. Merchants had to time their voyages carefully, often remaining in port for months at a time, depending on when favorable winds would come their way. This is an example of…

• How the role of religion influenced in development of networks of exchange from 1200 to 1450 CE

• How the role governance and public work projects influenced in development of networks of exchange from 1200 to 1450 CE

• How the role of the environment influenced in development of networks of exchange from 1200 to 1450 CE

• All of the Above

The map shows which of the following empires at its greatest extent?

• The empire of Alexander the Great

• The Mongol Empire

• The Russian Empire

• The Byzantine Empire