Silk Road
This was carried along the Silk Route and killed millions of people.
What was the Bubonic Plague?
Helped to determine latitude.
What is an astrolabe?
This port on the tip of the Malay Peninsula became wealthy based on its navy and use of fees for passage.
What is Malacca?
Their capital was Baghdad and were sacked in 1258 by the Mongols, ending the Islamic Golden Age.
What was the Abbasid Caliphate.
Secret Chinese organization that plotted the end of the Mongol rule in China.
What was the White Lotus society?
This was a problem with carrying copper coins on the Silk Road.
What was they were too heavy?
This banking innovation allowed merchants to deposit money in one location and withdraw it in another,
What was flying cash?
Safer than traveling alone.
What was a caravan?
Triangular sails.
What are Lateen sails?
Although invented by the Chinese, it was first used in battle by the Mongols. Mostly for incendiary devices.
What was gunpowder?
Eventually due to infighting with family members, the Mongol empire was divided into this number of khanates.
What was four?
He was born as Temujan in 1162 and became the first leader of the Mongol Empire.
Who was Ghengis Khan?
(Chinggis Khan)
The meaning of the word Khan.
What is King?
The origin of both Buddhism and Hinduism.
What is India?
The two main colors found in the Samarkand Mosque.
What are Blue and Green?
A lateen rigged ship with two or more masts. (Arabian)
What is a dhow?
These communities were foreigners in a foreign land who brought their traditions and cultures with them.
What is a diasporic community?
This trading organization along the Baltic Sea comprised for northern European Cities to trade and protect their finanacial interests.
What was the Hanseatic League?
He was a Berber who traveled through Europe, Africa and Asia for thirty years and kept a journal.
Who was Ibn Battuta?
These allowed camels to carry 600 pounds of weight.
What were Somalian saddles?
This port city in southwest India became a center for merchants purchasing spices and cotton.
What was Calicut?
These cities were essential for travelers to stop and purchase necessities and access water.
What were oases?
Helped to determine direction
What was the magnetic compass?
This type of luxury item used the color blue often during the Yuan and then the Ming Dynasties.
What is porcelain?
This Dynasty in China (known for its significant expansion of transportation networks) was conquered by Kublai Khan and the Mongols in 1279
What was the Song Dynasty?
His defeat of the Chinese prompted the end of the Song Dynasty
The opposite of a barter economy.
What is a money economy?
Catapult and Trebuchet.
What were siege weapons?
These rest stops were approximately 100 miles apart and travelers could stay, purchase goods and trade and rest.
What was a caravanserai?
This weather pattern allowed for seasonal travel in the Indian Ocean.
What are Monsoon Winds?
Chinese vegetable in demand in Europe. Hardy. Used for a dessert.
What was rhubarb?
Sundiata and Mansa Musa ruled this wealthy Empire in West Africa.
What is the Mali Empire?
Rustichello helped to write this Venetian's travels - they met while in prison.
Who is Marco Polo?
The Distance that camels could travel without needing water.
What is 100 miles?
Malaysia and Indonesia were known as:
What are the Spice Islands?
This allowed travelers on the Silk Road to travel in peace.
What was the Pax Mongolica?
This allowed for the production of paper astrolabes
What was the printing press?
Three goods exported by the Swahili States.
What is gold, ivory and slaves?
Dynasty in China established by Kublai Khan.
What was the Yuan?
The Lion King was named after this great Mali leader.
Who was Sundiata?
This city is what is now western China was a significant Oasis where the northern and southern silk road routes crossed
What is Kashgar?
What are the five pillars of islam?
What are prayer, pilgramage, faith, charity and fasting?