Unit 2: Networks of Exchange Quiz

Which trading cities were part of the Silk Roads?

• Kashgar and Samarkand

• Gujarat and Sultanate of Malacca

• City-states of the Swahili-Coast

• Arab and Persian communities in East Africa

What were the new forms of credit and money economies that emerged?

• Bills of exchange and banking houses

• Camel saddle and caravans

• Use of paper money and larger ship designs

• Transfer of Greco-Islamic medical knowledge and numbering systems

Which empires facilitated Afro-Eurasian trade and communication?

• Mongol khanates and Mali

• Chinese and Persian

• City-states of the Swahili-Coast and Gujarat

• Arab and Persian communities in East Africa and Malay communities in the Indian Ocean basin

What were the significant technological and cultural transfers during the Mongol Empire?

• Transfer of Greco-Islamic medical knowledge to western Europe and adoption of Uyghur script

• The spread of Hinduism and Buddhism into Southeast Asia and the spread of Islam in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia

• Gunpowder from China and paper from China

• Bananas in Africa and new rice varieties in East Asia

What were the effects of the growth of networks of exchange after 1200?

• Diffusion of literary, artistic, and cultural traditions and diffusion of crops

• Increased urbanization and diffusion of scientific or technological innovations

• The influence of Buddhism in East Asia and the spread of Islam in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia

• Epidemic diseases along trade routes and spread of citrus in the Mediterranean

What were the environmental effects of the various networks of exchange in Afro-Eurasia?

• Continued diffusion of crops and epidemic diseases along trade routes

• Diffusion of literary, artistic, and cultural traditions and increased urbanization

• Diffusion of scientific or technological innovations and the spread of Hinduism and Buddhism into Southeast Asia

• The expansion and intensification of long distance trade routes and improved transportation technologies

What were the causes and effects of the growth of trans-Saharan trade?

• Improved transportation technologies and expanded geographical range of trade routes

• Diffusion of crops and epidemic diseases along trade routes

• Increased volume of trade and diffusion of scientific or technological innovations

• Transfer of Greco-Islamic medical knowledge to western Europe and adoption of Uyghur script

What were the intellectual and cultural effects of the various networks of exchange in Afro-Eurasia?

• Diffusion of literary, artistic, and cultural traditions and diffusion of scientific or technological innovations

• Increased urbanization and diffusion of crops

• The spread of Hinduism and Buddhism into Southeast Asia and the spread of Islam in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia

• Epidemic diseases along trade routes and spread of citrus in the Mediterranean

What were the similarities and differences among the various networks of exchange in the period from c. 1200 to c. 1450?

• Deepening and widening of networks of human interaction and improved commercial practices

• Increased volume of trade and expanded geographical range of trade routes

• Diffusion of crops and epidemic diseases along trade routes

• Transfer of Greco-Islamic medical knowledge to western Europe and adoption of Uyghur script

What were the significant implications of changes in trade networks?

• Social and gender structures and environmental processes

• Diffusion of literary, artistic, and cultural traditions and diffusion of scientific or technological innovations

• Increased urbanization and diffusion of crops

• The spread of Hinduism and Buddhism into Southeast Asia and the spread of Islam in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia