The Silk Roads
The Mongol Empire
Indian Ocean Trade Routes
Trans-Saharan Trade Routes
3 Travelers and 2 Lies
Environmental Consequences of Connectivity
RaNdOm
100
Where does paper money originate?
China 
100
What is the name of the large desert in East Asia where the Mongols and other nomads come from?
Gobi Desert
100
List 3 THINGS known to be traded through the Indian Ocean Trade Routes.
India: Cotton (carpets, carbon steel), tanned leather, pepper
Malaysia and Indonesia (Spice Islands): Nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, and cardamom
African East Coast: Slaves, ivory, and gold
China: Silks and porcelain
Southwest Asia: Horses , figs, and dates
100
What was the name given to places where human settlement is possible because water from deep underground is brought to the surface, making fertile land in the middle of desert and other unlivable areas.
Oases
100
Which Country Has Not Fought A War Since 1814?
Sweden
100
Where do scientists believe the Black Death originated?
around the Gobi Desert (China)
100
What Was The First Toy To Be Advertised On Television?
Mr. Potato Head
200
Why were most cities and caravanserai typically NO MORE than 100 miles from one another along networks of exchange?
That was about the max distance camels could travel at time. 
200
Who was the leader of the Mongol Empire from the beginning, the one they called Temujin?
Genghis Khan
200
What does diasporic mean?
the spread of any people from their homeland
200
Give me 3 reasons why the Camel was a great pack animal for the Trans-Saharan Trade Routes.
- able to travel long distances
- can eat thorny plants and drink salty water
- has long eyelashes that protect its eyes in desert
- only animal that can cross desert
- does not spook easily
- can carry up to 600 pounds with saddle
200
Which Bird Has the largest wingspan?
Albatross
200
What rice was known for its drought and flood resistance?
Champa Rice
200
What Country Has The Most Vending Machines Per Capita?
Japan
300
What were Caravanserai?
Inns along trade routes where travelers could trade, rest, and replenish.
300
What did the Pax Mongolica do?
This meant that the Silk Road network, which had been dangerous to travel due to the warring kingdoms along the route, fell completely under Mongol control.
The resulting stability brought by Mongol rule opened these ancient trade routes to a largely undisturbed exchange of goods between peoples from Europe to East Asia. Along the Silk Road, people traded goods such as horses, porcelain, jewels, silk, paper, and gun powder. European travelers, such as the Venetian merchant Marco Polo, were able to go all the way to China and back. Polo went on to describe his experience in distant lands in a chronicle that captivated the European audience.
Aside from facilitating trade, the Mongol influence also improved the communication along the Silk Road by establishing a postal relay system. The Mongols culturally enhanced the Silk Road by allowing people of different religions to coexist. The merging of peoples and cultures from conquered territories brought religious freedom throughout the empire. Across the vast steppes of Asia, a traveler might encounter Muslims and Christians living and working alongside Mongols, who continued to practice their traditional religion.
300
Environmental knowledge was extremely important to merchants in the Indian Ocean, in winter months, winds originated from the northeast, while in the spring and summer, they blew from the southwest.... what was the name of these winds that sailors needed to master to reach distant cities?
Monsoon winds
300
Who was Mali's founding ruler?
Sundiata
300
Who was Marco Polo and what did he do?
Marco Polo was an Italian native from Venice who visited the court of Kublai Khan. He wrote one of the best sold books about his travels and documented everything he saw.
300
Where are bananas believed to have come from?
Papa New Guinea or Malaysia
300
What Is The Most Frequently Sold Item At Walmart?
Bananas
400
List 2 major technologies that benefitted sea trade from 1200 - 1450 CE?
Compass, Rudder, Astrolabe.... and more
400
Which Khan actually defeated the Song Dynasty and took over China, starting the Yuan Dynasty?
Kublai Khan
400
Explain what the astrolabe was...
It allowed sailors to determine how far north or south they were form the equator.
400
Mansa Musa, Sundiata's grand-nephew is best known for what?
He was known for his iconic pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324 where he travelled with around 100 camels, thousands of slaves and soldiers, and gold to distribute to all the people who hosted him along his journey, where he displayed Mali's wealth and spread the teachings of Islam.
400
Who was Ibn Battuta and what did he do?
Ibn Battuta traveled throughout Afro-Eurasia for 30 years as an Islamic Scholar spreading the word is Islam.
400
How many variants of the Black Death were there?
3 (Bubonic, Pneumonic, Childrens')
400
What Is The Most Common Color Of Toilet Paper In France?
Pink
500
What was the Chinese Junk?
A boat with multiple sails and as long as 400 feet. Triple the size of any European ship at the time. The hull of the ship was split into sections to keep from sinking.
500
How did the Mongol Armies effect Medieval Europe's Knights in Armor?
It ended the use of knights in armor because they could not react in time to the Mongols' use of speed and surprise.
500
What were lateen sails?
Lateen sails were used by Arab Sailors that were triangular and caught the wind easier from different directions.
500
What was the biggest city in Mali?
Timbuktu
500
Who was Margery Kempe and what did she do?
Known for the Book of Margery Kempe, she was an English Christian Pilgrim who traveled to Jerusalem. Rome, Germany, and Spain. She speaks about her experiences at holy sights and is the first woman to adventure around parts of the world and have someone write about it.
500
Where did the Black Death have the largest impact and why?
Europe... dey dirty
500
Who Invented The Word Vomit?
William Shakespeare