Silk Road
What was the Silk Road?
An ancient Trade Route
What were the Crusades?
Religious wars between Christians and Muslims.
What was the Black Death?
A deadly plague.or a highly contagious deadly diseases.
What does Dar al-Islam mean?
Lands where Islam is the main religion.
What crop was grown on plantations in Barbados?
Sugar.
Chang’an (China)
Samarkand (Central Asia)
Baghdad (Middle East)
Constantinople (Istanbul)
Where did Europeans travel during the Crusades?
The Middle East. or Jerusalem
When did the Black Death occur?
1347–1351.
Who founded the Mongol Empire?
Genghis Khan.
Who worked on sugar plantations?
Enslaved Africans.
Name one good traded on the Silk Road.
Silk, spices, paper , fur(any one)
Name one thing Europeans brought back from the Middle East.
Spices, ideas, goods (any one).
About what fraction of Europe’s population died?
About one-third.
What made the Mongol army successful?
Strong leadership and smart strategies.
What was the Columbian Exchange?
The exchange of goods, animals, plants, and diseases between Old and New Worlds.
Which religion spread from India to China through traders and monks?
Buddhism.
How did increased trade affect European cities?
Cities grew richer and more important.
What happened to wages after the Black Death?
Wages increased due to labor shortages.
Which civilization lived in Central America with city-states and a calendar?
The Maya.
Name one disease brought to the Americas by Europeans.
Smallpox, Flu
Which religion spread through missionaries and trade across Europe and Asia?
Christianity.
Which religion spread from Arabia through trade and conquest?
Islam.
What system weakened because of the Black Death?
Feudalism.
Which civilization built a large empire in Mexico and practiced human sacrifice?
The Aztecs.
What was one effect of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade on Africa?
Loss of population / long-term social problems.