Goods
What goods were traded along the Silk Road?
Silk, porcelain, paper, gunpowder to name a few
This religion began in India and spread to China and other parts of Asia along trade routes.
Buddhism
What technologies made it easier for merchants to cross the Trans-Saharan Trade Route?
Caravan, caravanserai, camel saddle, and camels
What is a city-state?
A city that is as powerful as a country
This area stretched 1000 miles from Somalia to Mozambique and served as a hub of trading along the ocean trade routes.
Swahili Coast
Which goods were primarily traded on the Trans-Saharan Trade Network?
Gold and Salt
Name one religion that was spread along the Silk Road.
Buddhism, Islam, Zoroastrianism, Animism, Christianity
What technology made it easier for merchants to cross the Indian Ocean
Lateen Sails, astronomical charts, astrolabe, magnetic compass
Which country notably sent seven expeditions to the Swahili city-states to build a trade relationship, and in turn, they were gifted a giraffe.
Zheng He's fleet came from China
This city was known as a major trading center and religious place of learning for muslim scholars on the Trans-Saharan trade route.
Timbuktu
What expensive goods were traded along the Indian Ocean Trade Network
Sapphires, Diamonds, Ruby, Emeralds
How did trade networks increase the transmission of diseases like the Plague?
Increased contact between travelers allowed diseases to spread across connected regions.
What technologies made it easier for merchants to cross the Silk Road?
Caravans, caravanserai, horses
How did trade help empires along the Trans-Saharan Trade Network?
Empires like Mali were able to tax trade on the Trans-Saharan Trade Route in exchange for keeping it safe.
This trade city was the center of the Silk Road and known for its craft production.
Samarkand
What country supplies the goods most desired by people?
China. Silk for examples was a luxurious fabric that wealthy people wore to flaunt their riches.
This trade city became a major center for translating texts and advancing scholarship.
Baghdad
What technologies were spread along the trade routes?
Papermaking, gunpowder, magnetic compasses, astronomical charts, astrolabe, silk production
How did trade help city-states along the Swahili Coast?
Sultans of different city-states like Zanzibar and Kilwa were able to gain wealth by taxing trade along the Indian Ocean Trade Network
The body of water connects Europe to the edge of the Silk Road with places like Italy and Constantinople sitting along its coast
Mediterranean Sea
What good was traded along all three trade networks? There were a few but only one has direct overlap.
Gold
This religion was spread across all three trade routes to places like Mali and the Swahili Coast, unifying and easing the life of the merchants that practice this religion.
Islam
What Chinese invention helped ships navigate without relying entirely on the sun and stars?
Magnetic Compass
How did the Mongol empire help trade along the Silk Road?
This area sent many merchants to trade along the sea routes and contains many Silk Road trade cities. These merchants created sea trade innovations like lateen sails.
Arabian Peninsula