Trade Routes
Columbian Exchange
Ottoman Empire
Transatlantic Slave Trade
A bit of everything
100

This trade route connected Europe with East Asia

What is the Silk Road?

100

European explorer who 1st came to the New World and thought he was in India

Christopher Columbus

100

What was the religion of the Ottoman Empire

Islam

100

Another name for the 2nd leg of Triangle Trade that went from Africa to the Americas.

The Middle Passage

100

Ruler of Mali who became famous for his immense wealth and his 1324 pilgrimage to Mecca.

Who is Mansa Musa?

200

Besides silk, name at least 2 other products that came from China

Porcelain, gunpowder, paper, tea, jade

200

Which of these foods from the New World helped European and African populations grow: wheat, grapes or sweet potatoes?


potatoes (including sweet potatoes and white potatoes, as well as cassava)

200

What major trade route did the Ottoman Empire control?

Silk Road

200

What 4 continents were involved with the slave trade

Europe, Africa, North America, South America

200

Which of the 5 major religions is polytheistic?

Hinduism 

300

Islam spread to West Africa via this trade route.

What is the Trans-Saharan Trade Route?

300

The '3 Gs' that Europeans were in search of and which  prompted them to explore and reach the New World

God, Gold, and Glory

300

What is the name of the boys taken from the Balkans and made into elite soldiers

Janissaries 

300

What was brought and traded on the 1st leg of the journey from Europe to Africa?

rum/liquor, firearms, manufactured goods.

300

Name the Ottoman sultan that conquered Constantinople

Mehmet II

400

This trade route connected East Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.

What is the Indian Ocean Trade Route?

400

Names of 3 diseases brought from the Old World to the New World

Smallpox, measles, flu, malaria, diptheria, tuberculosis

400

What name did the Ottomans give Constantinople?

Istanbul

400

Name of 3 cash crops which enslaved people grew

sugar cane, tobacco, cotton, coffee, cocoa

400

Name the five major religions in order of oldest to youngest

Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam

500

This good traded along the Silk Road helped the Ottoman Turks conquer Constantinople.



What is gunpowder?

500

Name two advantages the Spanish Conquistadors had over Native Americans?

Horses, steel swords, guns, disease

500

What was the Ottoman's policy toward Non-Muslim religions within their empire?

As long as taxes were paid, Ottoman rulers were tolerant of other religions

500

Name one motivation for Africans selling other Africans into slavery

--to gain desired products such as weapons, textiles, alcohol, and luxury items

-- to settle scores (sold captives of war)

-- to repay debts (sold fellow Africans as repayment of debt)

500

Name five food or animals brought from the Old World to the New World


Horses, cattle, pigs, chickens, sugarcane, bananas, wheat, rice, apples, onion, cabbage, etc.........

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