AP Modern World History Unit 2: Networks of Exchange Practice Exam

1. The description of Samarkand by Ibn Battuta is best understood in the context of which of the following developments?

2. Ibn Battuta's primary purpose in describing Samarkand as a "center of learning" that attracted students from the Muslim world was most likely to

3. The economic activity described in the passage, such as the trade in silks, spices, and paper, directly contributed to which of the following?

4. The first paragraph best illustrates which of the following processes?

5. The developments described in the second paragraph most directly explain which of the following?

6. The author's overall view of the Mongols as expressed in the passage is best understood in the context of his position as

7. The environmental factor depicted on the map was most significant for the development of which of the following?

8. The knowledge of the environmental factor shown on the map directly contributed to

9. The growth of states like the Swahili city-states and the Sultanate of Malacca was a direct effect of the processes illustrated on the map because they

10. The wealth of Mansa Musa, as described by Al-Umari, was primarily derived from

11. Mansa Musa's pilgrimage to Mecca is a significant example of which of the following?

12. Al-Umari's account of Mansa Musa's pilgrimage is best seen as evidence for the

13. The diffusion of crops like Champa rice from Vietnam to China during this period is most similar in its effect to the later

14. A historian could best use the spread of the bubonic plague in the 14th century to illustrate which of the following claims about the period c. 1200-c. 1450?

15. Which of the following represents a key difference between the Silk Roads and the Indian Ocean trade networks in the period c. 1200-c. 1450?