Silk Roads
What deadly disease was transferred along the Silk Road, and who was this at the fault of?
The Black Plague, because of the Mongols
The Trans-Saharan trade network connected ___________ to ____________.
North Africa and the Mediterranean to West Africa
What city was considered the "Capital of Islamic Culture and Art Achievement" before its eventual collapse?
Baghdad (Brought down by the Mongols)
Which traveler traveled from Italy to China, writing about the court of Kublai Khan?
Who was the head (face) and original ruler of the Mongols?
Why were banks and paper money a significant innovation of the Silk Road?
How did the collapse Mongol Empire relate to (effect) the Indian Ocean Trade Network?
Following the collapse of the Mongol Empire (And Pax Mongolia), the Silk Road became less safe, therefore, people began to look to the sea-based, Indian Ocean Trade Network.
Swahili was a language mixing what two languages?
Bantu and Arabic
What region did Ibn Battuta (Muslim scholar from Morocco) primarily travel around and write about?
Dar-al-Islam
What was the weapon of choice used by the Mongols to conquer?
A long-range Bow and Arrow
(Just bow and arrow is an acceptable answer)
What are the two primary "Trading Cities" that emerged following the usage of the Silk Road?
Kashgar, and Samarkand
What kind of innovations allowed for common goods to be transferred within the Indian-Ocean Trade Network?
Improvements in shipbuilding, including:
1. Junk
2. Dhows
Due to large cargo ships, ships could carry common goods like textiles, cotton, as well as luxury goods.
What empire caused the collapse of the Byzantine Empire?
The Ottoman Empire
What were the primary regions of the pilgrimages made by Margery Kemp? Provide an example.
Christianity's key locations, including; Jerusalem, Rome, Spain, etc.
What were the states owned by the Mongols called?
Khanates
Name the two causes of the improved transportation along the Silk Road
Caravanserai and Saddles
1. Gold
2. Kola Nuts
3. Horses
4. Salt
Which of the following was NOT a primary agricultural transfer during this time period/unit?
A. Champa Rice
B. Bananas
C. Cacao
D. Citrus Fruits
C. Cacao
Cacao was not a primary agricultural transfer until the Columbian Exchange, in which the New World (The Americas) brought it to the Old World (Europe/Africa/Asia)
What was the name of the man from the Mali Empire) who made a pilgrimage to Mecca, putting so much gold into Egypt's economy, that it crashed?
Mansa Musa
Under the Mongols, when the Silk Road was the most flourishing and safe, what was the word used to describe this period?
What was "Proto-Industrialization?"
When states (China) began making more goods than their own population could consume, due to the demand for luxury goods.
What were (are) Diasporic Communities?
When people from one place/region lived in another, while maintaining the same beliefs/culture from their prior region.
Along with the fall of Baghdad, who did they seemingly "bring down" with them?
The Abbasid Empire
How did Zheng He (China) facilitate the usage of gunpowder, specifically gunpowder weaponry? (Hint: NOT War)
Through his massive fleet, while trying to gain more tributes for China, Zheng He used gunpowder cannons on ships in his fleet, which other states took note of.
(Acceptable Answer: Gunpowder Cannons)
The adoption of the _______ script was considered a Mongol Transfer, and became used as an imperial language?
Uyghur