The Silk Road
What was China's most valuable export?
Silk
How did the Black Death spread?
By fleas on rats that came off trading ships from Asia.
What African Empire used Dhows?
Aksum
The Crusades were a series of how many military expeditions?
Nine
Genghis Khan meant?
Universal Ruler
What was a closely guarded Chinese secret?
The Process of Making Silk
How many years did it take for the population to recover from the Black Plague?
300-400 years
What city in the Mali empire became the center of trade and learning?
Timbuktu
Why was Jersualem important?
It was a city of importance for 3 religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
The Mongols based military postions on what?
Merit
What goods traveled from east to west on the Silk Road?
Silk, spices, jade, porcelain, paper, compass, gunpowder
What are the 2 treatments used for treating the Bubonic Plague?
Bloodletting and Lancing.
What empire conquired the Mali empire?
Songhai
What was created from The First Crusades?
Palestine
The Mongols often faked what to lure enemies into a trap?
A retreat
What goods traveled from west to east on the Silk Road?
Horses, olive oil, wine, cloth, foods
What are the 4 responses to the Bubonic Plague?
Cities tried quarantine measures, Created lazarettos (isolation hospitals), Burned infected ships and banned unknown food sources, Many blamed minority groups and persecuted them
Africa is filled with alot of what?
Natural Resources
What did Crusaders fail to do in the Second Crusade?
Recover lands
If you refused to join the Mongols what happened to the men and women?
Men were executed and Women were sold as slaves.
Due to the Silk Road what spread from China to the rest of Europe that decimated 1/3 of it's population?
The Bubonic Plague (The Black Death, The Black Plague)
What are the names of the Plague?
The Bubonic Plague, The Black Death, The Black Plague
Ghana controlled this important aspect of the African economy
The Gold Salt Trade
What was the most important thing to come from the Crusades?
The establishment of trade networks
What did Genghis Khan have many of?
Wifes, Children, and Grandchildren.