Silk Roads
Name 3 items traded along the Silk Roads
Silk
Tea
Porcelain
Spices
These seasonal winds were essential for navigation in the Indian Ocean trade system.
What are monsoon winds?
This animal, with a special saddle, made desert trade across the Sahara possible.
What is the camel?
How did the Mongols increase trade in the period 1200-1450?
Protected roads and punished bandits
This religion spread widely along all three major trade routes.
What is Islam?
This Mongol-led dynasty in China promoted Silk Road stability and trade.
What is the Yuan Dynasty?
This traveler was sent by the Ming Emperor to search for new trade markets and to display the might of the Ming Dynasty.
Who is Zheng He?
This West African empire thrived by taxing gold and salt trades.
What is the Mali Empire?
Define Pax Mongolica.
refers to the period of relative stability, economic growth, and cultural exchange across Eurasia
The rise of trade led to the expansion of these urban centers in regions like East Africa, the Middle East, and China.
What are trade cities or port cities?(e.g., Kilwa, Calicut, Samarkand, Kashgar, Mali, Malacca)
This financial innovation allowed merchants to avoid carrying coins across long distances.
What is, paper money, flying cash/bills of exchange, banking houses?
This technology, originally from the Arab world, helped ships navigate open waters more accurately.
What is the astrolabe?
This city in Mali became a center of Islamic learning and commerce.
What is Timbuktu?
Identify 2 khanates and where they are located.
Golden Horde- Eastern Europe
Yuan Dynasty-China
Ilkhanate- Middle East
Chagatai- Central Asia
This famous Venetian traveler documented his time in the Mongol Empire, increasing European interest in Asia.
Marco Polo
These physical locations along the route provided rest and resupply for traders.
What are caravanserais?
The Indian Ocean trade allowed for the spread of this religion to Indonesia and East Africa.
What is Islam?
These two major commodities were the most traded across the Sahara.
What are gold and salt?
Identify two reasons why Mongol conquest were so successful
Skilled archers and horseback riders
Siege weapons
Utilized skilled people from conquered areas
etc.
Identify one technology and one crop that spread from 1200-1450 AND describe its effects
Paper Making
Gunpowder
Champa Rice
Citrus Fruits
etc.
What was the major effect of the increase in demand for luxury goods?
Expansion of the production of goods
- Increase in the production of textiles in Persia & India
- Increase in the production of steel and iron in China
This group of merchants played a crucial role in facilitating trade across the Indian Ocean.
Who are Muslim merchants?(also acceptable: Arab merchants or Indian merchants)
This innovation allowed traders to transport more goods efficiently across the desert.
Acceptable: camel saddle, flying cash, banking houses, credit
The Mongols adopted this written language that improved communication across the empire
Uyghur script
The effects of cultural exchanges and growth of cities also led to some negative effects. This negative effects led to the death of large populations, especially in Europe.
What is the Black Death/Bubonic Plague?