The Mongols!
Identify the title for the king/emperor of the Mongols.
Khan
Identify the continents connected by the Silk Roads.
Asia & Europe
Asia & Africa
Identify the religion spread by Indian Ocean trade (1200-1450).
Islam
Identify the means of travel for trans-Saharan trade.
Camel/Caravan
Identify the direction of the spread of Buddhism in 1200-1450. (Compass)
East
Identify the reason for a 33% decline in European population (~1350).
Identify the shared lifestyle of most Mongols (1200-1450).
Pastoralism
Identify the civilization which revived trade along the Silk Roads in the 13th c.
Mongol Empire
Identify the winds used for Indian Ocean travel.
Monsoon
Identify a stopping point along the trans-Saharan trade route.
Oasis
Identify the direction of the spread of Islam in 1200-1450. (Compass)
East & West
Identify the crop which encouraged a boom in population in East Asia (1200-1450).
Champa Rice
Identify Genghis Khan's first target for conquest.
Northern China
Identify a major trading post along the Silk Roads.
Kashgar/Samarkand
Identify one Islamic maritime technological advancement that was used for Indian Ocean trade.
Lateen Sail/Dhow/Astrolabe
Identify the most important African commodity traded along the trans-Saharan trade route.
Gold
Identify the direction of the spread of the Black Death. (Compass)
West
Identify the crop which led to a boom in population in East Africa (1200-1450).
Bananas
Define "pax mongolica".
Peace of the Mongols
Identify the term for when a society uses coin or paper currency instead of bartering
Money economy
Identify a high demand trade good (and its region) in Indian Ocean trade (1200-1450).
South Asia: Cotton/Steel/Black Pepper
SE Asia: Spices
East Africa: Slaves/Ivory/Gold
China: Silk/Porcelain
Middle East: Horses/Figs/Dates
Identify the African kingdom established by Sundiata.
Mali
Identify the SE Asian empire which syncretized Hinduism with Buddhism.
Khmer Empire (Cambodia; Angkor Thom)
Identify the origin location of the bubonic plague.
China (East Asia)
Identify the Eastern and Western edges of the Mongol Empire at its height.
East: Korea/Pacific Ocean (~1231)
West: Kievan Rus/Eastern Europe (~1238)
Identify the credit system used extensively for Silk Road commerce which replaced "unwieldy" copper coins.
Flying Money
Identify a major trading port (and its region) in Indian Ocean trade (1200-1450).
South Asia: Gujarat/Calicut
SE Asia: Malacca
East Africa: Kilwa/Mombasa/Zanzibar
Identify one advantage of updated camel saddles
Easier to ride
Easier to see
Easier to control
Hold more cargo
Identify one world traveler (1200-1450) who spread cultural knowledge.
Marco Polo/Ibn Battuta/Margery Kempe
Identify how the Silk Road encouraged the spread of the bubonic plague in 1200-1450.
Mongols
Trade
Caravanserai