MAP & PLACES
This region was famous for silk, porcelain, paper and gunpowder.
China
What major land network connected China with the Middle East and Europe?
Silk Roads
What pit stop location made long distance travel possible along the silk roads?
caravanserai
What is an entrepot?
A trading hub
Europeans wanted luxury items, name two
silk
porclain
This ocean connected East Africa, Arabia, India and Southeast Asia.
Indian Ocean
What major ocean network connected East Africa, Arabia, India and Southeast Asia?
Indian Ocean trade network
What seasonal winds helped ships cross the Indian Ocean?
Monsoon winds
Why was Malacca important?
Important because it was close to everything
How could trade make a city wealthy?
Taxes
created jobs
merchants spend money there
This city connected Europe and Asia and was captured by the Ottomans in 1453.
Constantinople
What trade network crossed the Sahara?
Trans-Saharan trade
What instrument helped sailors navigate using the stars?
Astrolabe
Name 2 groups of who might have traded at Malacca before the Europeans
India
Spice Islands
China
Africa
What is an ethnic religion?
connected to a particular people and culture.
This region was famous for gold and became wealthy through trade across the Sahara.
West Africa
Name one major product traded across the Silk Roads.
Silk, porcelain, spices, textiles, etc.
What Chinese invention helped sailors determine direction?
Compass
Why did merchants want to trade in Malacca?
Its location, safety, services and organized
What is a universal religion?
seeks to convert across different cultures.
What made Afro-Eurasia a connected world by 1450?
Trade networks connecting cities
movement of people, technology and ideas
What moved along trade networks besides goods?
Religion
Ideas
Disease
Why were technology and geography both important to Indian Ocean trade?
made long-distance travel possible.
What happened to Indian Ocean trade after the Portuguese captured Malacca?
Portugal tried to control the port
What is the difference between diversity and diffusion?
Diversity means different groups exist together; diffusion means ideas or practices spread between groups.