Trade Routes
This trade route connected Europe with East Asia
What is the Silk Road?
Finish the rhyme, "Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in..."
1492
What was the official religion of the Ottoman Empire
Islam
Another name for the 2nd leg of the journey?
The Middle Passage
Ruler of Mali who became famous for his immense wealth and his 1324 pilgrimage to Mecca.
Who is Mansa Musa?
Besides silk, this was a major Chinese export in the Silk Road.
Porcelain/Gunpowder/Paper/Jade
names of 3 diseases brought from the Old World to the New World
Smallpox, measles, flu
What major trade route did the Ottoman Empire control?
Silk Road
What 4 continents were involved with the slave trade
Europe, Africa, North American, South America
This religion's holy book is the Torah
Judaism
Islam spread to West Africa via this trade route.
Trans-Saharan Trade Route
The '3 Gs' that Europeans were in search of and which prompted them to explore and reach the New World
God, Gold, and Glory
What is a word for monarch (king) in the Ottoman Empire?
Sultan
What was brought and traded on the 1st leg of the journey from Europe to Africa?
rum/liquor, firearms, manufactured goods.
Name the Ottoman sultan that conquered Constantinople
Mehmet II
This trade route connected East Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.
Indian Ocean Trade Route?
Which of these foods from the New World helped European populations grow: wheat, rice or potatoes?
potatoes
What name did the Ottomans give Constantinople?
Istanbul
Name of 3 cash crops which enslaved people grew
sugar cane, tobacco, cotton, coffee, cocoa, etc.
Name the sultan who is credited with founding the Ottoman Empire (Hint: the Ottoman Empire is named after him).
Osman
This good traded along the Silk Road helped the Ottoman Turks conquer Constantinople.
What is gunpowder?
Name two advantages the Spanish Conquistadors had over Native Americans?
Horses, steel swords, armor, firearms, disease, trained dogs.
What was the Ottoman's policy toward Non-Muslim religions within their empire?
As long as taxes were paid, Ottoman rulers were tolerant
Name one motivation for Africans selling other Africans into slavery
Warfare, resources, manufactured goods, revenge against other African tribes and nations, etc.
Which major religion traveled from India to China along the Silk Road?
Buddhism