AP World History- Unit 2 Latest 2022
Graded A
Topic 2.1 ✔✔The Silk Roads
What group drastically improved the functions conducted on the Silk Road? ✔✔The Mongols
How did the Mongols improve the Silk Road? ✔✔They unified the entire Silk Road under one
rule. They also improved safety by punishing bandits.
Examples of Silk Road trading cities ✔✔-Kashgar
-Samarkand
What new economic innovations changed how merchants bought and sell goods on the Silk Road?
✔✔-Bills of exchange
-Banking houses
-Use of paper money (flying cash)
Why were caravanserai located 100 miles apart? ✔✔100 miles is the distance camels could travel
before they needed water
Henseatic League ✔✔A group of German merchants and traders who in the 1300's began to join
together to form a monopoly on timber. They would travel to the Mediterranean Sea, sell their
timber, and bring back Asian luxury goods to Europe.
Topic 2.2 ✔✔The Mongol Empire and the Making of the Modern World.
Who created the Mongol Empire? ✔✔Genghis Khan (originally called Temujin)
, siege weapons ✔✔A device that is designed to break or circumvent city walls and other
fortifications such as a castle
The extended period of peace after the Mongol's conquest was called ✔✔Pax Mongolica
What were Genghis Khan's three grandsons who created new khanates under the Mongol name?
✔✔Batu and the Golden Horde (Russia)
Hulegu and the Il-khanate (Southwest Asia)
Kublai Khan and the Yuan Dynasty (China)
Because of the Mongol's conquest of the Golden Horde, Russia separated.... ✔✔its distinction
from Europe. Russia essentially became very Asian.
The elevated role of Mongolian women can likely be contributed to ✔✔the harsh life of the Gobi
desert which required everyone to be skilled on horseback. Additionally, women wore the same
clothes. Women could remarry and initiate divorce.
How did the Yuan Dynasty alienate traditional Chinese culture? ✔✔-They hired foreigners to run
the government
-Dismantled civil-service exam
-Ignored the scholar gentry Confucians
What group organized a rebellion against the Yuans? ✔✔the White Lotus Society
How did technology and culture transfer around the Mongol's reign? ✔✔-Islamic medical
knowledge to western Europe
-Transfer of numbering systems to Europe
-Chinese printing press transferred to Europe
-Adoption of Uyghur script
Graded A
Topic 2.1 ✔✔The Silk Roads
What group drastically improved the functions conducted on the Silk Road? ✔✔The Mongols
How did the Mongols improve the Silk Road? ✔✔They unified the entire Silk Road under one
rule. They also improved safety by punishing bandits.
Examples of Silk Road trading cities ✔✔-Kashgar
-Samarkand
What new economic innovations changed how merchants bought and sell goods on the Silk Road?
✔✔-Bills of exchange
-Banking houses
-Use of paper money (flying cash)
Why were caravanserai located 100 miles apart? ✔✔100 miles is the distance camels could travel
before they needed water
Henseatic League ✔✔A group of German merchants and traders who in the 1300's began to join
together to form a monopoly on timber. They would travel to the Mediterranean Sea, sell their
timber, and bring back Asian luxury goods to Europe.
Topic 2.2 ✔✔The Mongol Empire and the Making of the Modern World.
Who created the Mongol Empire? ✔✔Genghis Khan (originally called Temujin)
, siege weapons ✔✔A device that is designed to break or circumvent city walls and other
fortifications such as a castle
The extended period of peace after the Mongol's conquest was called ✔✔Pax Mongolica
What were Genghis Khan's three grandsons who created new khanates under the Mongol name?
✔✔Batu and the Golden Horde (Russia)
Hulegu and the Il-khanate (Southwest Asia)
Kublai Khan and the Yuan Dynasty (China)
Because of the Mongol's conquest of the Golden Horde, Russia separated.... ✔✔its distinction
from Europe. Russia essentially became very Asian.
The elevated role of Mongolian women can likely be contributed to ✔✔the harsh life of the Gobi
desert which required everyone to be skilled on horseback. Additionally, women wore the same
clothes. Women could remarry and initiate divorce.
How did the Yuan Dynasty alienate traditional Chinese culture? ✔✔-They hired foreigners to run
the government
-Dismantled civil-service exam
-Ignored the scholar gentry Confucians
What group organized a rebellion against the Yuans? ✔✔the White Lotus Society
How did technology and culture transfer around the Mongol's reign? ✔✔-Islamic medical
knowledge to western Europe
-Transfer of numbering systems to Europe
-Chinese printing press transferred to Europe
-Adoption of Uyghur script
