Global Tapestry
What was the Silk Road mainly used for?
What is trade
What does Dar al-Islam mean?
What is the house of Islam
What is cultural diffusion?
What is spread of beliefs, technologies, and traditions between societies
Who sponsored the voyages?
What is the Mongals?
What is a caravanserai?
What is an inn along trade routes for merchants?
Name one innovation from China that spread along trade routes.
What is gunpowder (or paper, compass)
Who is considered the founder of Islam?
Muhammad
What religion spread to East Asia through the Silk Road?
What is Buddhism
What did Columbus do in 1492?
What is stumbles into a new continent that nobody knew?
What did West Africa trade across the Sahara?
What is gold and salt?
What does the term “Global Tapestry” refer to?
what is interconnectedness of Afro-Eurasian civilizations
What was one scientific or mathematical innovation from Dar al-Islam?
What is algebra (or astronomy, medicine)
Which empire spread Orthodox Christianity to Eastern Europe?
What is Byzantine Empire
What was Portugal blocked from and who blocked them?
What is Mediterranean trade by Spain?
What invention improved sea trade during this era?
What is the dhow with a lateen sail?
Which dynasty ruled China during this time and emphasized Confucian bureaucracy?
What isSong Dynasty
Which empire controlled much of the Middle East during this period?
What is Abbasid Caliphate
How did Hinduism influence society in India?
What is reinforcing the caste system
Once European monarchs were able to consolidate power what did they expand and what did they use to expand it?
What is their armies using gunpower weapons and tax policies?
How did paper money help economies?
What is making trade easier without carrying coins?
Explain how Confucianism influenced Chinese society.
What is creating social order through hierarchy and respect for authority
How did Islam spread across Africa and Asia?
What is through trade, conquest, and missionary work (Sufism)
Give an example of syncretism (blending of cultures) in this era
What is Sikhism, Neo-Confucianism, or Swahili culture
Where did French explorers establish a trading post?
Explain the significance of the Mongols in global trade.
What is they connected Eurasia, making trade safer (Pax Mongolica)?