Religion
What religion was predominantly spread on the silk roads?
Islam
What new financial system was developed in China that replaced bartering commodities?
Paper money
What innovation by Chinese inventors to help aid navigation?
Magnetic compass
Knowledge of what natural phenomenon was necessary for trading in the Indian Ocean?
Monsoon winds
What Empire was the most significant of the revival of the Silk Roads?
The Mongol Empire
What Religion was the Zheng He, the Chinese Admiral who sailed around the Indian Ocean Basin?
Muslim
What was the name of the inns along the Silk Roads?
Caravanserai
What innovation was developed for the animal that replaced horses and donkeys in desert trading?
Camel saddles
What was the plague introduced to Europe that killed as many as 25 million people?
Bubonic plague/Black death
What was Mali's most known Muslim ruler?
Mansa Musa
Where was the center of Islamic learning in Africa?
Timbuktu
What is one of the items traded on the Zanj Coast?
Tortoise shells, peacock feathers, rhino horns, ivory, gold, enslaved people
What innovation did Muslim navigators use in the 12th century?
Astrolabe
What nutrition-rich food led to a spike in the African population?
Bananas
What kingdom in west India was the go-between for trade in the East and West?
The kingdom of Gujarat
What was the Islamic city that devout Muslims made a pilgrimage to?
Mecca
What were the two major trading cities on the Coast of India?
Calicut and Cambay
What was the invention did Arabs create to help them navigate the Indian Ocean?
Lateen Sails
What is the name of the areas of desert where human settlement is possible?
Oases
What was the 13th and 14th centuries of peace in Eurasian history?
Pax Mongolica
What Muslim scholar from Morocco traveled solely to Muslim countries and documented his biased findings?
Ibn Batutta
What was a written order without interest that binds one party to pay a fixed sum to another party at a predetermined date in the future?
Bill of exchange
What tool did Mongols use to aid in their conquering?
Siege weapons
What came from overuse of farm land in feudal Europe?
soil erosion
Who was the Khan who defeated the Chinese?