Trade Routes and Cultural Exchange
What trade network facilitated the exchange of goods, ideas, and cultures between Asia, Europe, and Africa?
What is the Silk Road?
What were three primary motivations for European nations to seek new trade routes in the Age of Exploration?
What are competition with other nations, increasing wealth, and bypassing the Ottomans?
Whose writings significantly increased European demand for Asian goods in the late Middle Ages?
Who is Marco Polo?
The civilizations of Ghana and Mali prospered largely due to trade in which two commodities?
What are gold and salt?
Name one technology that contributed to European expansion in the 15th and 16th centuries.
What is the astrolabe? (or the Mercator projection, or the printing press)
Which trade routes were instrumental in spreading Islamic culture across Africa?
What are the Trans-Saharan trade routes?
Aside from wealth, what desire motivated Columbus and other explorers during the Age of Exploration?
What is adventure?
What did Christopher Columbus mistakenly believe he had reached during his famous voyage?
What are the Indies?
The Aztec, Inca, and Maya are all recognized for their advancements in what fields?
What are astronomy, mathematics, and architecture?
What was one unfortunate outcome of trade along the Silk Road?
What is the spread of disease?
Which caravan routes in what regions were vital for cultural exchange in northern Africa?
What are southwestern Asia and northern Africa?
There was a need for European nations to find new sources of what to trade effectively with the Ottomans?
What are gold and silver?
What did Christopher Columbus mistakenly believe he had reached during his famous voyage?
What are the Indies?
The economies of Mali, Songhai, and Ghana relied primarily on what type of trade?
What is Trans-Saharan trade?
The economies of the African civilizations of Mali, Songhai, and Ghana relied primarily on which trade routes?
What are the Trans-Saharan trade routes?
The Swahili language emerged from a blend of which two language groups?
What are Bantu languages and Arabic?
What three terms summarize the motivations for European exploration during the Age of Exploration?
What are Glory, God, and Gold?
Mansa Musa's pilgrimage to Mecca indicates his conversion to which religion?
What is Islam?
What was a significant consequence of European exploration for indigenous cultures?
What is conquest and colonization?
The trade policies of which dynasty discouraged foreign influence and limited trade?
What is the Ming Dynasty?
The Silk Road and the African gold-salt trade both facilitated the expansion of what?
What is trade, religion, social customs, and military technologies?
What aspect of European exploration included a connection with sailors interested in money and trade?
What is the desire for adventure?
What was a notable effect of Mansa Musa's wealth on the regions he visited?
What is the increase in demand for gold and the impact on local economies?
Which three kingdoms flourished in West Africa between 700 and 1600 due to their control over trade routes?
What are Mali, Ghana, and Songhai?
How did the Silk Road and the African gold-salt trade contribute to the spread of culture?
What is by facilitating the expansion of trade and the spread of religion, social customs, and military technologies