Trade Routes
What major religion was spread by merchants along the Trans-Saharan trade network?
Islam
What major religion was mostly spread by merchants along the Silk Roads?
Buddhism
TRUE or FALSE: The Abbasid Caliphate was extremely centralized, unified and politically stable between 1200 and 1450
FALSE
What historical phrase refers to the era of peace due to the large areas under Mongol control, a time when world trade was flourishing?
Pax Mongolica
This person protested the corruption of the Roman Catholic Chruch with his 95 statements
Martin Luther
Long-established trade in junk ships and sailboats made this an important zone of interaction between people, cultures, and civilizations
Indian Ocean Trade Network
What is an inn or rest stop for travelers and merchants along trade routes, particularly prominent during the era of the Silk Roads?
Caravanserai
Non-Muslims living in the Islamic States often had to pay this...
Jizya tax
How did the Mongols treat the religions of the people the conquered?
Toleration
He was a Venetian merchant, explorer, and writer who traveled the Silk Road to China. Known for documenting his adventures, Asian customs, inventions, and his relationship with Kublai Khan.
Marco Polo
What was a land-based technology that improved transportation on the Trans-Saharan trade route?
Camel saddles, caravans, caravanserai etc.
The Silk Roads connected which two regions?
Europe and East Asia (esp. China)
What branch of Islam was dominant in the Ottoman Empire?
Sunni Islam
This trade route was the one primarily affected by Mongolian rule.
Silk Road
He reportedly led a 60,000 person caravan on a 3,000-mile-long hajj to Mecca through the Sahara
Mansa Musa
The islands of modern-day Malaysia and Indonesia got this nickname because of their most precious commodity.
Spice Islands
What were a maritime technologies that increased trade on the Indian Ocean?
Stern Rudder, Lateen Sail, Junk Ship, etc.
Large Islamic-based library and learning center in Baghdad.
House of Wisdom
The Mongol dynasty in China was the...
Yuan Dynasty
He was the fearsome Emporer of the Mongol Empire, a successful military commander
Genghis Khan
What were THREE of the most prominent products traded on the Trans-Saharan trade routes?
Gold Salt Ivory
What were FOUR areas connected by the Indian Ocean trade?
East Africa, Middle East, India, Southeast Asia, China
An Islamic mystical tradition that desired a personal union with God- dedication themselves to fasting, prayer, mediation
Sufism
What was the vast region of dry grasslands in Asia, unsuitable for farming with harsh climates with resource scarcity called?
Steppe
He was a Moroccan scholar, explorer, and traveler who visited much of the known world, including Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Ibn Battuta