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This monotheistic religion believes Jesus is the Son of God and that salvation comes through faith in him.
What is Christianity?
This American crop became a staple food in Europe after the Columbian Exchange and helped fuel population growth there.
What is the potato?
This Italian explorer sailed for Spain in 1492, hoping to reach Asia by going west and instead reached the Caribbean.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
This empire, led at one point by Genghis Khan, created the largest land empire in history and controlled key parts of the Silk Roads.
What is the Mongol Empire?
This famous overland route connected China to the Mediterranean and carried silk, spices, and ideas across Eurasia.
What are the Silk Roads?
This religion, founded by Siddhartha Gautama, teaches the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path as the way to end suffering.
What is Buddhism?
This grain from East Asia became a major tribute and trade good and was especially important in China’s economy.
What is rice?
This Portuguese explorer was the first European to sail around Africa and reach India by sea, opening direct trade with Asia.
Who is Vasco da Gama?
This empire in West Africa grew rich from the gold-salt trade, and Mansa Musa was one of its most famous rulers.
What is the Mali Empire?
This major trade network across North Africa relied on camel caravans and moved gold and salt between West Africa and the Mediterranean.
What is the Trans-Saharan trade network?
This religion is based on the covenant between God and Abraham and uses the Torah as its holy text.
What is Judaism?
This sweet crop, grown on plantations in the Caribbean and Brazil, drove the demand for enslaved labor
What is sugar (sugarcane)?
This Venetian traveler visited the court of Kublai Khan in China and later wrote about his journey along the Silk Roads.
Who is Marco Polo?
This Islamic gunpowder empire, based in modern-day Turkey, captured Constantinople in 1453 and renamed it Istanbul.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
This ocean-based trade system connected East Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia and used monsoon winds.
What is the Indian Ocean trade network?
This religion, founded in Arabia in the 600s, believes Muhammad is the final prophet and follows the Five Pillars.
What is Islam?
This bean from the Americas became a luxury drink in Europe and helped create global trade networks centered on cafes and social life.
What is coffee?
This Muslim traveler from North Africa journeyed across the Islamic world in the 1300s, visiting places like West Africa, India, and Southeast Asia.
Who is Ibn Battuta?
This land-based empire in India was founded by Babur and is known for rulers like Akbar and monuments like the Taj Mahal.
What is the Mughal Empire?
This economic system in the Age of Exploration said that a country’s power depended on its wealth, especially gold and silver, and encouraged colonies and favorable trade balances.
What is mercantilism?
This polytheistic religion from India believes in karma, dharma, and reincarnation, and has a rigid caste system in its traditional social order.
What is Hinduism?
This spicy product from places like India and the Spice Islands was so valuable that Europeans launched ocean voyages to find direct sea routes to it.
What are spices (such as pepper, cloves, or nutmeg)?
This Chinese admiral led massive treasure fleets in the early 1400s across the Indian Ocean under the Ming Dynasty.
Who is Zheng He?
This early modern empire in Persia (Iran) followed Shia Islam and often clashed with its Sunni Ottoman neighbors.
What is the Safavid Empire?
This term describes the global exchange of plants, animals, people, and diseases between the Old World and the New World after 1492.
What is the Columbian Exchange?