Silk Route
The Silk Route connected which three continents through trade?
What is Europe, Asia, Africa?
Mongol control over most of Asia led to an increase in trade on this popular trade route:
What is Silk Route?
Daily Double!!!
The Crusades were primarily fought for control of this territory:
What is Jerusalem?
This building in Baghdad served as a library, university, and translation bureau:
What is House of Wisdom?
This leader of Mali was famous for having the most expensive pilgrimage to Mecca of all time:
Who is Mansa Musa?
This empire was famous for blending Greek and Roman culture together:
What is Byzantine?
Finding tea used in Europe or gunpowder in Africa is a form of cultural ___:
What is diffusion?
This leader was the main conqueror who formed the early Mongol Empire:
Who is Ghengis Khan?
This pilgrimage to Mecca is a requirement for all Muslims once in their life if able:
What is Hajj?
This common math concept, created by the Mulims, literally means “the reunion of broken parts”:
What is algebra?
This city in Mali and Songhai preserved writing from across West Africa and was known as a center of learning and culture:
What is Timbuktu?
This Mediterranean empire lasted all the way until the First World War:
What is Ottoman?
Which city in Europe was best connected to the wider Silk Route?
What is Constantinople?
This idea from Confucianism says that a ruler who has had natural disasters or rebellion may have lost the Mandate of _______:
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
The Reconquista ended in 1492, finishing with a ban of ____ & ____ from Spain and Portugal:
What is Muslims and Jews?
The study of mapmaking is also known as:
What is cartography?
The early Ghana Empire thrived off trade between which two goods from the north and south?
What is gold and salt?
This was the name of the dynasty in China when the Mongol Empire ruled over them:
What is Yuan Dynasty?
This city in China is eastern end of the Silk Route:
What is Chang'an?
This word references the “divine wind” which kept the Mongols from invading Japan:
What is Kamikaze?
Daily Double!!!
These two monarchs were responsible for the creation of the Spanish Inquisition, the group known for the persecution of Muslims and Jews during the Reconquista.
Who are King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella?
Texts from these ancient civilizations were preserved by Muslim scholars and helped lead Europe to a Renaissance.
Who are Greeks and Romans?
This trade route was the primary way that Islam spread into West Africa:
What is Trans-Saharan Trade Route?
Daily Double!!!
This ruler of the Byzantine empire was famous for his contributions to the legal system and building of the Hagia Sophia:
Who is Justinian I?
This area of the Silk Route was long famous for being lawless and full of bandits before Mongol control:
What is Transoxiana?
During Japanese feudalism, which social rank in their hierarchy had the most political and military power?
What is Shogun?
The Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem Is famous in Islam for the being the site of Muhammad’s ____:
What is Night Journey (visit to heaven)?
This famous doctor and scientist used rotting meat to find out which locations to place hospitals:
Who is Al-Razi?
This Sahara town was almost completely made out of salt:
What is Taghaza?
This Chinese dynasty is famous for its contributions such as movable type, porcelain production, and navigational tools.
What is the Song Dynasty?