AP®︎ World History: Topic 2.1 Practice Test
Prepare for your quiz, test, or the AP exam with focused practice questions on Topic 2.1 of AP World History – The Silk Roads.
Questions List
Topic 2.1
Question 1 Easy
Bills of exchange allowed merchants to
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Topic 2.1: The Silk Roads
Thematic Focus: Economic SystemsECN
As societies develop, they affect and are affected by the ways that they produce, exchange, and consume goods and services.
Learning Objective: Unit 2: Learning Objective A
Explain the causes and effects of growth of networks of exchange after 1200.
Historical Developments: KC-3.1.I.A.i
Improved commercial practices led to an increased volume of trade and expanded the geographical range of existing trade routes—including the Silk Roads—promoting the growth of powerful new trading cities.
Historical Developments: KC-3.1.I.C.i
The growth of interregional trade in luxury goods was encouraged by innovations in previously existing transportation and commercial technologies, including the caravanserai, forms of credit, and the development of money economies.
Historical Developments: KC-3.3.I.B
Demand for luxury goods increased in Afro-Eurasia. Chinese, Persian, and Indian artisans and merchants expanded their production of textiles and porcelains for export; manufacture of iron and steel expanded in China.
Illustrative Examples specific knowledge students should know & demonstrate
- Kashgar
- Samarkand
- Bills of exchange
- Banking houses
- Use of paper money
