Unit 2: Networks of Exchange
World History · Unit 2 · Paper 1

Networks of Exchange unit test

A test on this unit alone, marked as a percentage and a letter grade — for the test your class is actually sitting, rather than for May. Answer everything, then submit once: seeing the answer to question 3 before attempting question 4 makes the final percentage meaningless.

Each paper is built from this unit’s 32 terms and is the same for everyone, so a teacher can assign “Unit 2, Paper 1” and every student sits the identical test. Multiple choice is marked objectively; the written sections you mark yourself against the model answer and rubric.
Suggested time 30 min 27 points0/17 attempted
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Zheng He's voyages

2

Lateen sail

3

Indian Ocean trade

4

Pax Mongolica

5

Sack of Baghdad (1258)

6

Networks are not selective

7

Camel saddle

8

Swahili city-states

9

Mongol religious toleration

10

Bills of exchange

11

Yam system

12

Caravanserai

Short answer 1. Define or explain: Sugarcane and the plantation model

3 pts

Short answer 2. Define or explain: Junk

3 pts

Short answer 3. Define or explain: Sogdian merchants

3 pts

Short answer 4. Define or explain: Money economy and credit

3 pts

Free response

3 pts

Short-Answer Question. Answer (a), (b), and (c).

Identify and briefly describe ONE way Mongol rule between 1200 and 1400 promoted exchange across Eurasia.

Briefly explain ONE way Mongol conquest disrupted existing societies or networks in the same period.

Briefly explain ONE reason the Mongol Empire fragmented by the mid-fourteenth century.