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

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.

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Each paper is built from this unit’s 32 terms and is the same for everyone, so a teacher can assign “Unit 2, Paper 2” 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 33 min 30 points0/17 attempted
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Money economy and credit

2

Bananas in East Africa

3

Sogdian merchants

4

Pax Mongolica

5

Networks are not selective

6

Bills of exchange

7

Timbuktu

8

Effects of exchange on the environment

9

Malacca

10

Lateen sail

11

Dhow

12

Yam system

Short answer 1. Define or explain: Mongol Empire

3 pts

Short answer 2. Define or explain: Technology transfer under the Mongols

3 pts

Short answer 3. Define or explain: Marco Polo and cross-cultural accounts

3 pts

Short answer 4. Define or explain: Swahili city-states

3 pts

Free response

6 pts

LONG ESSAY QUESTION. Evaluate the extent to which trade networks changed societies in Afro-Eurasia in the period from 1200 to 1450.

In your response you should do the following: Respond to the prompt with a historically defensible thesis or claim that establishes a line of reasoning. Describe a broader historical context relevant to the prompt. Support an argument in response to the prompt using specific and relevant examples of evidence. Use historical reasoning to frame or structure an argument that addresses the prompt. Demonstrate a complex understanding of the historical development that is the focus of the prompt.