Silk Roads
What luxury goods were primarily traded along the Silk Roads?
What is Chinese silk and porcelain?
What natural phenomenon helped expand Indian Ocean trade routes?
What are monsoon winds?
What innovation improved transportation across the Sahara?
What is the new camel saddle?
What device helped sailors know their direction at sea?
What is the magnetic compass?
Where did Buddhism spread from and how?
What is from South Asia via the Silk Roads by merchants and missionaries?
Name a major trading city that developed along the Silk Roads.
What is Kashgar?
Name two types of goods traded in the Indian Ocean Network
What are textiles and spices?
Which empire became wealthy through gold trade in the Trans Saharan Trade Network?
What is the Empire of Mali?
What was the purpose of the improved astrolabe?
What is measuring stars for latitude and longitude?
What significant work was translated by Islamic scholars in Baghdad?
What are Greek and Roman classics?
What was the purpose of caravanserai along the Silk Roads?
What are inns providing safety for travelers?
How does the transportation capacity of the Indian Ocean Network compare to the Silk Roads?
What is greater capacity for transporting goods?
Who was the notable leader of the Empire of Mali during its peak?
Who is Mansa Musa?
Describe one benefit of new ship designs like the Chinese junk.
What is the large cargo holds enabling transportation of more goods?
Name a major city that rose due to trade and economic connections.
What is Hangzhou?
How did the Silk Roads influence the wealth of states?
What is increased trade and economic growth?
What role did the magnetic compass play in Indian Ocean trade?
What is helping merchants navigate the ocean?
How did Islam influence the Trans Saharan Trade Network?
What is through the conversion of the Empire of Mali and the spread of belief systems?
How did diaspora communities affect cultural intermingling?
What is leading to the spread of Islam and blending of cultures?
What was a major environmental consequence of increased trade?
What is the spread of the Bubonic plague?
What innovations facilitated the expansion of the Silk Roads?
What are money economies and new forms of credit?
How did Zheng He's voyages contribute to the Indian Ocean Network?
What is spreading maritime technology and cultural exchanges?
What were the cultural consequences of the Trans Saharan Trade?
What is the transfer of religion and cultural practices?
What was the significance of credit in trade practices?
What is facilitating trade and economic growth?
How did the Mongol Empire impact networks of exchange?
What is facilitating trade and cultural transfers during the Pax Mongolica?