Vocabulary
What is an example of a COMMODITY?
Copper, Coffee, Silk, Gold, Silver.........
This country was vital to both land based trade and sea based trade. Over land you had goods traded amongst its routes, while its access to the sea was vital to the spread of religion, specifically Buddhism.
India
This Ancient Malian city is important for scholarship
Timbuktu
Which feature of civilization did the Mongols NOT develop?
Cities--nomadic
What is a MONOtheistic religion?
Only one god
The instrument that uses the position of the stars to help navigate.
Astrolabe
This country is a metaphorical bridge between Europe and Asia. Istanbul/Constantinople is a key city.
Turkey
FALSE--Caused inflation
TRUE OR FALSE: The silk roads were on both land and sea and connected East and West Asia to each other. They did not connect to other continents.
False! Afro-Eurasia
Where did Hinduism and Buddhism originate?
India
Trade includes exchanges for money (buying and selling) and without money. What is this called?
Bartering
This country provided early protection on the edges of trade routes allowing for merchants and trade caravans to buy and sell goods between the east and west. These goods included silk, sugar, porcelain and spices. It also allowed for technology, religion, language and disease to spread between east and west.
China
Silent trade included the trade of what two commodities?
Gold and salt
Why was silk so important for CHINA?
Silk making was kept a secret, which gave them more control of its trade
Of the five major religions which are NONtheistic?
Buddhism
What shape are lanteen sails?
Triangle
This country played a vital role in connecting cultures and civilizations that existed along the Silk Road. This connection contributed to the spreading of culture, art, religion, etc between East and West.
Persia
What religion spread to Mali through trade?
Islam
The Mongol Empire was known for herding animals and their nomadic lifestyle. A society that herds animals is what kind of society?
Pastoral
Of the five major religions which are MONOtheistic?
Judaism, Christianity, Islam
What kind of infection was the Bubonic Plague (aka the Black Death)?
Bacterial
A holy city in Islam that is the destination of the Hajj.
Mecca
Ancient Mali was known for gold, learning, and what kind of storytelling?
What religion did the Mongol Empire practice?
In what REGION did the world's major monotheistic religions originate?