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Unit 2: Networks of Exchange Exam Study
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Q: Explain the various factors that led to the growth of the Silk Road trade
networks in the 1200 - 1450 time period:
Ans: An increase in innovations and improved commercial practices and the
revival of old routes and creation of new ones.
Q: What luxury goods were often traded along the Silk Roads?
Exampromax - Stuvia US
Ans: Textiles porcelain
Cotton slaves
Silk metals/gems
Q: What transportation technologies facilitated trade along the Silk Roads?
Ans: Previously existing forms of transportation.
Q: What commercial technology facilitated trade along the Silk Roads?
Ans: Caravanserai
Forms of Credit
Money
Economy
Q: Explain how the Mongol Khanates developed:
Ans: Empires collapsed and were replaced by new imperial states, one being the
Mongol Khanates.
Q: Explain how the Mongol Khanates facilitated trade in Afro-Eurasia:
Ans: Mongol Khanates facilitated trade by encouraging it as more and more
people were drawn into their conquerors economies and trade networks.
Unit 2: Networks of Exchange Exam Study
Guide Questions and Answers 100% Correct
Answers Already Graded A+
Q: Explain the various factors that led to the growth of the Silk Road trade
networks in the 1200 - 1450 time period:
Ans: An increase in innovations and improved commercial practices and the
revival of old routes and creation of new ones.
Q: What luxury goods were often traded along the Silk Roads?
Exampromax - Stuvia US
Ans: Textiles porcelain
Cotton slaves
Silk metals/gems
Q: What transportation technologies facilitated trade along the Silk Roads?
Ans: Previously existing forms of transportation.
Q: What commercial technology facilitated trade along the Silk Roads?
Ans: Caravanserai
Forms of Credit
Money
Economy
Q: Explain how the Mongol Khanates developed:
Ans: Empires collapsed and were replaced by new imperial states, one being the
Mongol Khanates.
Q: Explain how the Mongol Khanates facilitated trade in Afro-Eurasia:
Ans: Mongol Khanates facilitated trade by encouraging it as more and more
people were drawn into their conquerors economies and trade networks.
