APWORLD UNIT 2 2324

Improved commercial practices led to an

increased volume of trade and expanded the

geographical range of existing trade routes—

including the Silk (a)   .

Answer explanation

The Silk Roads were overland trade routes that stretched from China to the eastern Mediterranean.

Expansion of the Silk Roads led to the growth of powerful new trading (a)   .

Answer explanation

Important trading cities emerged along the Silk Roads.

Name two examples of powerful new trading cities that emerged as a result of the expansion of the Silk Roads:

• Samarkand

• Timbuktu

• Kashmir

• Malacca

• Kilwa

The growth of interregional trade in luxury goods was encouraged by innovations

in previously existing transportation and

commercial technologies, including all of the following except

• Caravanserai

• The use of barter economies.

• The development of money economies.

• Forms of credit

All of the following are examples of new credit and money economies that developed in the period 1200 - 1450 except

• Bills of exchange

• Banking houses

• Silver and Gold Currency

• Paper money

Growth of the Silk Roads led to an increased demand for (a)   goods in Afro-

Eurasia.

Chinese, Persian, and Indian artisans

and merchants expanded their production of

textiles and porcelains for export; manufacture

of iron and (a)   expanded in China.

Answer explanation

Increased demand for luxury goods led to the increased production of luxury goods such as silk, porcelains, iron, and steel.

Empires collapsed in different regions of the

world and in some areas were replaced by new

imperial states, including the Mongol (a)  

The expansion of empires—including the

_________—facilitated Afro-Eurasian trade

and communication as new people were

drawn into their conquerors’ economies

and trade networks.

• Mongols
• Abbasids

• Ottomans

• Portuguese

Interregional contacts and conflicts between

states and empires, including the Mongols,

encouraged significant technological and

cultural (a)   .