Once a Mongol, always a Mongol
The leader who unified the Mongols.
Who is Genghis Khan?
The main item traded on the Indian Ocean.
What is spices?
City that marked the beginning/end of the Silk Road.
What is Xi'an?
One of main items traded on the Trans-Saharan trade that came from West Africa.
What is gold?
The Silk Road connected these two continents on either end.
What is Europe and Asia?
The trade route that the Mongols took complete control over.
What is the Silk Road?
The ship invented in Arabia and India that was small and maneuvarable.
What is the dhow?
Language that was created in the East African City-States because of the influence of Arab traders.
What is Swahili?
The major religion that was spread on the Trans-Saharan trade.
What is Islam?
These were created on the Silk Road as a place for rest and supplies for merchants.
What are caravanserai?
The tradition in China that the Mongols claimed now favored them.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
The two major belief systems that spread along the Indian Ocean.
What are Islam and Buddhism?
City in West Africa that became a center of Islamic learning.
What is Timbuktu
Major technological advancement made on the Trans-Saharan route that improved travel for the merchants.
What is the camel saddle?
This European traveler spent around 20 years travelling the Silk Road.
Who is Marco Polo?
The period of peace that the Mongols created because they had conquered all enemies.
What is the Pax Mongolica?
The invention that allowed sailors to identify latitude on the ocean.
What is the astrolabe?
Italian city state on the Mediterranean known as a trading hub.
What is Vienna?
This item came from North Africa and was often traded to the region of West Africa.
What is salt?
The Silk Road was a main highway for this catastrophic epidemic.
What is the Bubonic Plague?
The name of the Mongol dynasty in China.
What is the Yuan?
Citrus fruits originated mostly in this area and than spread to other areas through the Indian Ocean trade.
What is SE Asia?
City in India that was the major exporter of pepper in the world.
What is Calicut?
This kingdom gained control of the Trans-Saharan trade and made it safer and easier to travel on.
What is the Kingdom of Mali?
Trade from the Silk Road led to the growing of this social class.
Who are the merchant class or middle class?