Silk Road
3 luxury goods traded along the Silk Road.
silk, porcelain, spices
A positive economic impact of the Mongols' rule.
increase in Eurasian trade, protecting Silk Roads
This is an example of environmental knowledge that helped expand the Indian Ocean trade network.
monsoon wind patterns
This is the major technological innovation that contributed to increased trans-Saharan trade.
camel saddle
This is the name of AP World History Unit 2.
Networks of Exchange
The biggest negative effect of the intensification of trade and interaction, which was at its worst in the 1340s-1350s.
spread of the Black Death
The Mongols had this kind of lifestyle.
nomadic
Maritime technology, such as this navigational tool of Islamic origin, contributed to the expansion of Indian Ocean trade.
astrolabe
The growth of sub-Saharan kingdoms such as this was due to their connection to trans-Saharan trade.
Mali
The admiral who sailed for the Ming Dynasty showing off their power
Zheng He
The silk road connected these two regions
East Asia and the Mediterranean
What region did the Mongols conquer and assimilate to?
Persia
This is the body of water between the island of Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula that many Indian Ocean merchants had to travel through.
Strait of Malacca
These were the three "goods" that drove trans-Saharan trade.
gold, salt, and slaves
This is the region/collection of islands east of the Indian Ocean, north of Australia.
Indonesia/Spice Islands
This advancement made with technology from Asia changed warfare in Europe
gunpowder
The two major cities that the Mongols destroyed.
Baghdad and Kiev
Muslim merchants established these as they settled in regions around the Indian Ocean.
diasporic communities
Trade cities, such as this city, became centers of Islamic learning due to the expansion of the trans-Saharan trade network.
Timbuktu
Intensification of Afro-Eurasian exchange networks contributed to the trend of travelers, such as these two, chronicling their journeys.
Marco Polo & Ibn Battuta
A rest stop along a trade route.
caravanserai
What accounts for the Mongols' military success?
Organization, discipline, and leadership. also horses, and bow & arrow
Some cities along the Indian Ocean, such as this Indian city, expanded due to the rise of maritime trade.
Calicut
Exemplified by king Mansa Musa, spread of cultural traditions along trade routes contributed to the rise of this religion in some parts of Africa.
Islam
Name one major trade city for each of the 3 trade routes for this unit (no double dipping)
Samarkand, Kashgar, Timbuktu, Gao, Calicut, Malacca, Mogadishu, etc.