Unit 2: Trade Routes
What luxury good was transported from Asia to Europe?
Silk
What religion were the 3 main Gunpowder Empires?
Islam
Which European Country was first to begin exploration first?
Portugal
How did the religion of Islam spread to Southwest Asia and West Africa?
Merchants
What were the 3 major trade routes in Afro-Eurasia from 1250-1450?
Silk Road, Indian Ocean, Trans-Saharan
Where did the Mughal Empire establish themselves?
India
Define the Columbian Exchange.
Trade between Afro-Eurasia and the Americas.
What was the global impact of the Crusades?
Western Europe began to see knowledge and trade
What made the long journey across the Sahara desert possible?
Camels
How were the Safavid's different from other Islamic Empires?
They were Shia Islam
How was Western Europe different from other empires between 1450-1750.
Maritime Expansion (Se-Based Empire)
In Feudal Japan, who consolidated power by maintaining control over the military?
The Shogun
Ships sailing along the Indian Ocean trade routes were dependent on what natural phenomenon?
Monsoon Winds
Name two groups of outsiders that ruled over China.
Yuan (Mongols) and Qing (Manchu)
The forced labor system established by the Spanish the Spanish America.
Encomienda System
Define Manorialism
An economic system in which a noble has control of a piece of land and peasants work the land in exchange for food and protection.
Who was Zheng He?
An explorer and merchant that traveled the Indian Ocean.
How did monumental Architecture help establish land based empires between 1450-1750.
by showing wealth
According to the theory of Mercantilism, what was the primary goal of a nation.
To acquire as much gold and silver as possible
What is the Golden-Age of Islam referred to as?
Dar-Al-Islam