The Silk Roads
What major religion was mostly spread by merchants along the Silk Roads?
Buddhism
What was ONE of the most prominent products traded out of India on the Indian Ocean trade routes?
Textiles, Cotton, Gems
What major religion was spread by merchants along the Trans-Saharan trade network?
Islam
What historical phrase refers to the era of peace due to the large areas under Mongol control, a time when world trade was flourishing?
Pax Mongolica
Name one EMPIRE from the following places during the period 1200-1450: West Africa, Middle East, South Asia, and East Asia
West Africa: Mali, and Songhai / Middle East: Abbasids and Ilkhan Empire / South Asia: Delhi Sultanate and Chagatai Khanate / East Asia: Song, Yuan, Ming
The Silk Roads connected which two regions?
Europe and East Asia (esp. China)
These communities were established along the trade routes and were made up of merchants who settled in the area in which they did business.
Diasporic communities
The Trans-Saharan Trade routes mainly connected these two regions.
West Africa, Middle East
How did the Mongols treat the religions of the people they conquered?
Toleration
What were TWO commercial technologies that increased trade on the Silk Roads?
Flying Cash, Paper Money, Banking Houses, Bills of Exchange (Credit)
The islands of modern day Malaysia and Indonesia got this nickname because of their most precious commodity.
Spice Islands
What were TWO land-based technologies that improved transportation on the Trans-Saharan trade route?
Camel saddles, Caravans, Caravanserai
This trade route was the one primarily affected by Mongolian rule.
Silk Road
What were THREE of the most prominent products coming from China on the Silk Roads (besides silk)?
Tea, Rice, Gunpowder, Porcelain, Paper
What are THREE maritime technologies that increased trade on the Indian Ocean?
Stern Rudder, Lateen Sail, Junk, Dhow, Astrolabe
Cluster of city-states that actively participated in Indian Ocean trade along the East coast of the African continent
Swahili City States
The Mongol dynasty in China was the...
Yuan Dynasty
At the end of the Silk Roads in northern Europe, Germanic and Scandinavian cities formed this commerical trade alliance to protect the area from pirates.
Hanseatic League
What were FOUR areas connected by the Indian Ocean trade?
East Africa to Middle East to India to Southeast Asia to China
What were THREE of the most prominent products traded on the Trans-Saharan trade routes?
Gold, Salt, Ivory and Enslaved people
What were TWO of the empires the Mongols split into after the death of Genghis Khan AND where were they located?
Ilkhan Empire (Middle East), Golden Horde (Central Asia), Chagatai Khanate (North of India), and Yuan Dynasty (China)