Silk Roads
Of all the European cities, these two were the most active participants in the Silk Road trade.
What are GENOA and VENICE?
This Muslim eunuch chronicler of Zheng He's treasure fleets provides valuable information about the societies along the Indian Ocean Trade routes in the early 15th c.
Who was MA HUAN?
This vehicle made transporting goods over the desert possible.
What is an ARABIAN CAMEL?
This % of the members of the House of Representatives is up for election in November.
What is 100%
This N. American chiefdom located near present-day St. Louis lay at the center of a widespread trading network between 110-1350.
What is CAHOKIA?
What are CARAVANSERAI?
For the Ming dynasty, the purpose of the treasure fleets was primarily to maintain this sort of unequal relationship with regional kingdoms.
What is a TRIBUTARY?
W. African Empire from 1200 - 1500 that saw the height of commercial connections with Europe and Asia.
What is MALI EMPIRE?
Senators typically serve a term of __ years.
What is 6 YEARS?
One (of the many) reasons interactions between societies in the Americas was limited in the period 1200-1450ce.
What is the ABSENCE OF SHIPS, HORSES, CAMELS, or THE WHEEL? Also would take the VARIED GEOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS
The Mogao caves in Dongguan, China attest to the spread of Buddhism, while elsewhere in the Silk Road is evidence of the spread of this faith.
What is ISLAM?
What is COSMOPOLITAN?
In 1324 Mansa Musa traveled across N. Africa to Mecca to fulfill this duty as a Muslim.
What is a HAJJ?
Your US Senator from Massachusetts that is currently up for re-election.
Who is ED MARKEY (D)?
This canyon in northwestern New Mexico between 900 - 1130 ce saw 5 major settlements and linked communities over 25,000 square miles.
What is CHACO CANYON?
To make commercial exchanges easier along the Silk Road, bills of credit and THIS INNOVATION were invented.
What is FLYING CASH?
While the Silk road specialized in luxury goods for elite, the Sea trade routes specialized in these types of goods for the general population.
What is BULK? (spices in particular)
Mali was located in the Sahel, an arid region, that could not survive without exchanging their gold for this good mined in the desert.
What is SALT?
Name the state:
Talarico (D) vs. Paxton (R)
What is TEXAS?
These knotted cords were used to record numerical data by a highly trained class of accountants in the Inca Empire.
What are QUIPU?
The emerging networks of exchange, whether by Sea, Sand or Road, attest to the rise of this distinct social class (respected in some societies more than others)?
What is a MERCHANT CLASS?
What is an ASTROLABE?
The Sankore Mosque testifies to the importance of this city as a center of learning.
What is TIMBUKTU?
Name the state:
Jackson (D) vs. Collins (R)
What is MAINE?
Term for professional merchants in the Aztec empire that undertook large-scale trading operations.
Who are POCHTECA?