Sample questions

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

• a.Long-distance trade declined because Mongol states banned merchant travel.
• b.Safer routes and political connections increased the volume of overland trade.
• c.Maritime trade in the Indian Ocean stopped until the 16th century.
• d.European states immediately replaced Silk Road cities as the center of world trade.