Based on Map 2, in which of the following ways did the success of Silk Road trade affect outside networks of exchange? Silk Road trade caused regional cultures in India and the Middle East to block themselves off from foreign trade.

Europeans decided to create African and Asian empires to compete with the Mongols.

European goods were brought to China, leading to an increase in European manufacturing that expanded the trade of raw materials.

Imported goods encouraged many European countries to expand their oceanic trade routes to the Far East.