Geography
This was the region where the Silk Road began
What is China?
This Chinese product inspired the start of a great trading network
What is silk?
After traveling the Silk Road and residing in Kublai Khan's palace for 24 years, he later published his experiences
Who was Marco Polo?
This Chinese invention allowed for Polo and Battuta to make extensive notes about their experiences
What is paper?
This very ancient African empire region was a bridge between Arabia (SW Asia) and North Africa
Where is Egypt?
This European Empire sent representatives to China to obtain silks, thus starting the Silk Road trade
Who was the Roman Empire?
This was the most impactful aspect of culture that was spread around the Old World, in the forms of Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam
What is religion?
This future "discoverer" of the New World was inspired by Marco Polo's journals
Who was Columbus?
This Chinese invention allowed for Zheng He to navigate successfully the Indian Ocean
What is the compass?
This sea was important for transporting trade items throughout the Roman Empire and later kingdoms of Europe
What is the Mediterranean?
This region was full of bustling trade ports / markets just south of deserts and mountains of China (hint: Columbus first believed he had arrived here)
Where is India?
Paper making, the movable type printing press, the compass and gunpowder are collectively called this by historians
What are the Four Great Chinese Inventions?
This tribe, united first by Genghis Khan, controlled the Silk Road and brought it to its greatest prosperity
Who were the Mongols?
This Chinese invention allowed for future European countries to protect their trade ships and conquer distant lands
What is gunpowder?
This was the main water route for Silk Road trade
What is the Indian Ocean
This region connected North Africa and Asia in Silk Road trade. (also the birthplace of Islam)
What is Arabia?
Besides silk, these were other very valuable trade items along the Silk Road
What are glassware, porcelain, silver, and / or gold?
This Moroccan scholar traveled the Silk Road extensively on land and on sea.
Who is Ibn Battuta?
This Great Chinese invention allowed explorers and adventurers to have their experiences mass published and able to educate the public about the larger world
What is the movable type printing press?
Having strong pack animals was necessary when crossing these, which included the Hindu Kush and the Himalayas
What are mountain ranges?
Travelers along the Silk Road sought out these places in Persia where water and food was plentiful amongst long stretches of dry land
What are oases (an oasis)?
The term that refers to the spread of culture
What is cultural diffusion?
His maritime expeditions of the Indian Ocean were sponsored by China
Who is Zheng He?
The Four Great Chinese Inventions helped lead to the Age of Exploration and this "World"
What is the New?
When traveling the Silk Road, some routes went through these, like the Thar and Gobi
What are deserts?