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AP World History / Unit 2

Unit 2 · 8–10%

Networks of Exchange

How goods, people, and ideas moved across Afro-Eurasia.

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Topics

  • Silk Roads
  • Mongol-era connectivity
  • Indian Ocean trade
  • Trans-Saharan trade
  • Diasporic communities
  • Cultural and environmental effects

Lessons

Original practice

Marlow Works questions. If this unit does not have its own items yet, you will see other questions from the same course.

1 of 2Networks of Exchange · medium · multiple choice

Which of the following best explains a major effect of Mongol rule on Eurasian trade in the 13th and 14th centuries?

Original Marlow Works item — not a College Board question.

Take your time—this is practice, not a test.

Review checklist

  1. 01Name one technology or practice that made long-distance trade easier.
  2. 02Give one cultural effect and one environmental effect of exchange.
  3. 03Compare two networks: what goods moved, and who connected the routes?

Related resources

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    AP World History: Modern course page

    Official College Board course scope, units, and exam updates.

    College Board · All rights reserved · accessed 2026-10-01

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    World History Volume 1: to 1500

    Open textbook useful for AP World background through 1500.

    Open Textbook Library listing · CC BY · accessed 2026-10-01

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    Open source

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    World History: Cultures, States, and Societies to 1500

    Open textbook for comparative regional history before 1500.

    Open Textbook Library listing · CC BY-SA · accessed 2026-10-01

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