Trade Networks
Most of this land route connects Asia to the West
Answer: Silk Roads
Mongol conquests encouraged Silk Road trade by reducing these two threats to caravans.
Answer: Bandits and tolls
Rulers in the Islamic world built these institutions to spread learning and culture.
Answer: Mosques/madrasas
This disease devastated urban populations across Afro-Eurasia in the mid-14th century.
Answer: Bubonic plague
The transfer of these tangible goods along trade routes had a positive impact on everyday life and increased populations
Answer: Plants and animals
Arab merchants used monsoon winds to sail these routes, connecting the Middle East to South and East Asia.
Answer: Indian Ocean routes
This was the short-term effect of Mongol conquests on Islamic Central Asia and the Middle East.
Answer: City decline
Islam spread into West Africa primarily from this direction.
Answer: Northern Africa
Disease hit cities harder than rural areas because the disease spread primarily along these.
Answer: Trade routes
This navigational instrument helped sailors determine their location at sea.
Answer: Astrolabe
This West African city grew wealthy from trans-Saharan trade in gold and salt.
Answer: Timbuktu
The Mongols sacked this major Islamic city in 1258, killing its caliph.
Answer: Baghdad
The Sankore Mosque in Timbuktu was funded by wealth from trade in these two commodities.
Answer: Gold and salt
This was the most important factor in spreading disease from Central Asia across Eurasia.
Answer: Mongol expansion
This triangular sail allowed Arab sailors to better harness changing wind patterns.
Answer: Lateen sail
Islam's spread across the Indian Ocean provided merchants with this — a shared legal and ethical foundation for commerce
Answer: Common commercial norms (accept: Islamic law)
The long-term effect of Mongol political stability on Silk Road commerce.
Answer: Increased trade
When Islam spread to new regions, builders adapted its architecture to local styles — this mosque in Mali is an example.
Answer: Sankore Mosque
Disease in Europe is commonly known by this name.
Answer: Black Death
Muslim traders who settled permanently in South and East Asian port cities formed these.
Answer: Diasporic communities
The growth of cities like Baghdad and Timbuktu in the period 1000–1450 was primarily driven by this.
Answer: Interregional trade
This caliphate, centered in Baghdad, had facilitated Afro-Eurasian trade before the Mongol conquest.
Answer: Abbasid Caliphate
This Malian emperor's 1324 pilgrimage to Mecca demonstrated Islam's reach across Afro-Eurasia.
Answer: Mansa Musa
The bubonic plague peaked in Europe during these two years.
Answer: 1347 and 1351
This Mongol leader led the sack of Baghdad in 1258 and killed the Abbasid Caliph.
Answer: Hulegu Khan