Trade roads
silk, spices, porcelain
What was traded on the silk roads?
Shia, Sunni, Sufi
What are some sectors in islam?
The exchange of plants, animals, people, and diseases between the Old World (Europe, Africa, Asia) and the New World (Americas)
What was the Columbian Exchange?
Karl Marx/communist manifesto
Who wrote about communism?
Germany, Italy, and Japan.
Who were the Axis Powers?
Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism
What religions or ideas spread along this route?
Prophet Mohamed PBUH
Who is a key figure in islam?
Smallpox, measles, and influenza.
What diseases came to the Americas?
the process of change from an handicraft economy to one dominated by industry and machine manufacturing
What was the industrial revolution?
Britain, the Soviet Union, the U.S., and China
Who were the Allied Powers?
Protected the Silk Roads and made trade safe during their rule.
What did the Mongols do?
All abrahamic religions
How is Islam, Judaism, and Christianity similar?
Crops like potatoes and corn increased food supply and population.
How did new crops affect Europe?
Japan's quick industrialization and modernization in the late 1800s.
What was the Meiji Restoration?
Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini
Who were major fascists during that time?
New tech (compass, caravans, ships), strong empires, trade networks.
What helped trade grow?
Islamic empires ruled by a caliph (leader of Muslims)
What were caliphates?
Africans were enslaved and sent to the Americas to work on plantations.
What was the role of Africa in the exchange?
To power machines, trains, and ships.
What was the steam engine used for?
It punished Germany harshly, causing anger and economic problems that Hitler used to rise to power.
How did the Treaty of Versailles lead to WWII?
the black plague
What major disease spread from Asia to Europe through trade?
Through trade, conquest, missionaries (Sufis), and merchants
How did Islam spread?
Horses changed Native American life by helping with hunting and travel.
How did animals like horses affect Native Americans?
Many worked long hours in unsafe factories for low pay.
How did the industrial revolution affect workers?
Japan attacked the U.S. in 1941, leading the U.S. to join the war.
What happened at Pearl Harbor?