Silk Roads
These intermediaries dominated Silk Road trade and connected China, the Middle East, and Europe.
Who are Muslim merchants?
These seasonal wind patterns made Indian Ocean trade predictable.
What are monsoon winds?
This animal made long-distance desert trade possible.
What is the camel?
This Islamic empire was centered in Anatolia and later became very powerful.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
Trade networks had this unintended negative consequence on populations.
What is the spread of disease?
This Chinese dynasty expanded and protected Silk Road trade during this unit.
What is the Tang or Song Dynasty?
This religion spread widely through Indian Ocean trade due to merchant activity.
What is Islam?
Gold and this mineral were the two most important trade goods of the Sahara.
What is salt?
This political system allowed Mongols to rule diverse peoples efficiently.
What is religious tolerance and local autonomy?
The Silk Roads were a network of land routes connecting East Asia to this region.
What is Europe (or the Mediterranean world)?
This empire dramatically increased safety and trade along the Silk Roads by unifying much of Eurasia.
What is the Mongol Empire?
This East African city-state became wealthy through Indian Ocean trade.
What is Kilwa? (also accept Mombasa or Zanzibar)
This West African empire became wealthy from Trans-Saharan trade before Mali.
What is Ghana?
This Chinese invention spread west and improved communication and learning.
What is paper?
This navigation tool helped sailors determine direction.
What is the magnetic compass?
The Silk Roads flourished during periods of political stability, such as under this empire.
What is the Mongol Empire?
This Chinese admiral led massive treasure fleets during the Ming Dynasty.
Who is Zheng He?
This famous ruler of Mali displayed immense wealth on his pilgrimage to Mecca.
Who is Mansa Musa?
This Mongol communication system helped govern a massive empire.
What is the Yam (relay system)?
Trade networks spread religions such as Islam and this South Asian belief system.
What is Buddhism?
States along trade routes benefited by providing this in exchange for taxes.
What is protection?
Gold from West Africa was commonly exchanged for this essential resource.
What is salt?
This city became a major center of trade, learning, and Islamic scholarship.
What is Timbuktu?
This process explains how cultures blended through trade.
What is cultural diffusion?
The Swahili language developed from the blending of Bantu and this language.
What is Arabic?