Unit 2: Networks of Exchange (c. 1200 - c. 1450)

The growth of networks of exchange after 1200 was primarily caused by which of the following factors?

• Increased demand for luxury goods and technological innovations

• Decline in maritime trade routes

• Isolationist policies of empires

• Decrease in urbanization

Which of the following were major trading cities along the Silk Roads after 1200?

• Kashgar

• Samarkand

• Beijing

• Rome

Fill in the blank: The growth of interregional trade in _______ goods was encouraged by innovations in transportation and commercial technologies.

• luxury

• agricultural

• perishable

• domestic

Which of the following is NOT a new form of credit and money economy that developed along the Silk Roads?

• Bills of exchange

• Banking houses

• Use of paper money

• Barter system

Fill in the blank: The demand for luxury goods increased in AfroEurasia, with Chinese, Persian, and Indian artisans and merchants expanding their production of textiles and _______ for export.

• porcelains

• spices

• metals

• paper

State the process of state building and decline in Eurasia over time.

• It involved the rise and fall of empires due to internal and external factors.

• It was a period of continuous peace and stability.

• There was no significant change in political structures.

• Eurasia remained isolated from global influences.

Which empire's expansion facilitated Afro-Eurasian trade and communication as new people were drawn into their conquerors' economies and trade networks?

• Roman Empire

• Mongol Empire

• Ottoman Empire

• Byzantine Empire

Fill in the blank: The adoption of _______ script was one of the technological and cultural transfers encouraged by the Mongol Empire.

• Uyghur

• Cyrillic

• Latin

• Arabic

Which of the following was a technological or cultural transfer encouraged by the Mongol Empire?

• Transfer of Greco–Islamic medical knowledge to western Europe

• Transfer of numbering systems to Europe

• Adoption of Uyghur script

• All of the above

Explain the causes of the growth of networks of exchange after 1200.

• Improved transportation technologies and commercial practices led to increased trade and expanded trade routes, promoting new trading cities.

• Decline in agricultural production forced societies to focus on trade.

• The collapse of major empires led to isolated local economies.

• Religious restrictions on trade were strictly enforced, limiting exchange.