Vocabulary
A product that is sent out of a country.
Export
This Empire, led by Genghis Kahn, made trade along the Silk Road safer, and benefitted heavily from its trade.
The Mongol Empire
This animal made travel easier and was used to transport goods en masse across the dessert.
Camel
This got its name from a triangle formed by three _________.
Trade routes
Along this route, travelers came to America primarily from where? (Be specific)
Great Britain and Spain
A product that is received from another country.
Import
This material used in fireworks was exported via the Silk Road and had an 'explosive' impact on the rest of the world.
Gunpowder
The Trans-Saharan route stretched across which continent?
Africa
The primary export of Africa to the Americas
Slaves
In 1492, this explorer found the Americas after trying to find a westward route to Asia.
Christopher Columbus
The exchange of goods, ideas, religions, and customs.
Cultural Exchange
When did this trade route come into existence compared to other trade routes? (first, second, third, or last)
First
These long trains of travelling traders transported goods with potentially thousands of camels and required guards to stay safe from bandits.
Caravans
All of the routes were taken across this particular ocean.
Atlantic
The most lethal weapon used against Native Americans.
Disease
These trade routes were confined exclusively to water. What time is it?
Maritime
This route was the first ________ trade route in history.
Global
This countertop spice was one of the most widely-sought luxuries from the Trans-Saharan trade route.
Salt
Europe imported raw materials from Africa and the Americas, and exported these types of goods.
Manufactured goods
This plant, imported from Europe, is one of South America's largest exports.
Coffee
These Mongolian tents were used as housing by the Mongol empire, and are now used as a modern camping commodity.
Yurt
Western societies exported three major goods along the silk road. Name two of them.
Gold, Silver, and Wool
This religion that spread along trade routes still has a prominent following in Africa, with nearly half of the continent's population still practicing it.
Islam
These two crops fueled the economy of plantations in the American South.
Tobacco and Cotton
This vegetable, native to the Americas, is grown in all 50 states and 125 countries, and the average American will eat 124 pounds of it in a year.
Potatoes (Boil em, mash em, stick em in a stew)