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WorksheetsTopic 2: Exchange Networks (1200-1450)
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 30mins
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
