2.1: Silk Roads
The Silk Roads were a _____ - based trade network.
Land
Who was Chinggis Khan?
Founder of the Mongol Empire
The Indian Ocean Trade Network featured _____ - based trade.
Sea
What Empire converted to Islam as a result of trade with Muslim Merchants on the Trans-Saharan Trade Network?
Mali
What was the name (or nickname) of the disease that wiped out much of the world during this time?
Bubonic Plage or Black Death
What type of goods were exchanged on the Silk Roads?
Luxury
What was the Yam System?
Postal Service
Knowledge of "these" seasonal wind patterns greatly helped travels in the Indian Ocean
Monsoons
Who was Mali's most famous king?
Mansa Musa
What major trade network did the plague spread on during this?
Silk Roads
What modern day country did the Silk Roads begin in?
China
In North Africa, who defeated the Mongols?
The Mamluks
What type of goods were featured on the Indian Ocean Trade Network?
What set of Muslim Kingdoms could be found in the interior of Africa during this time?
Hausa Kingdoms
Where did famous explorer Ibn Battuta mostly travel during his life?
The Muslim World
What was significant about Marco Polo's journey on the Silk Roads?
It made Europe even more interested in getting involved in trade with Asia.
In 1258, the Mongols destroyed "this" place in Baghdad.
House of Wisdom
Who was Zheng He?
Chinese explorer and admiral who led voyages of exploration.
What was the name of the inns and or guest houses a day's journey apart where merchants and their animals could rest
Hint: utilized on both the Trans-Saharan Trade Network and Silk Roads.
Caravanserai
What two trade pieces from China eventually became more important than silk and porcelain?
Gunpowder and paper
The Mongols fractured into four different Khanates after Chinggis Khan died in 1227. Name two of them.
Golden Hordes, Yuan Dynasty (Great Khanate), Ilkhanate, and the Chagatai Khanate.
Give me three reasons as to how the Mongols expanded the Silk Roads.
Unified the trade under one rule (passports), protected traders, encouraged trade and commercial practices, were religiously tolerant, knowledge spread from one part of their empire to the other (Middle East spread Medicine, math, and geography to China) (China spread gunpowder and paper to the Middle East)
Name 3 places that grew as a result of their strategic locations alongside the Indian Ocean Trade Network.
Hint: Africa, India, and Malaysia
Swahili Civilizations, Gujarat, Malacca
What was the most important trading city in the Mali Empire?
Timbuktu
How did the presence of bananas in Africa during the 1200-1450 period demonstrate the effects of international trade?
Bananas were introduced to Africa through trade routes, showcasing the exchange of crops and ideas.