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 30 min 27 points0/17 attempted
1

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

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.