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Silk Roads
Mongols
Indian Ocean
Tran Saharan
Trade Routes
100

This Empire was the earliest in reviving the Silk Roads as a major trade route 

What are the Abbasids

100

Yuan Dynasty leader who replaced the Song Dynasty 

Who is Kublai Khan 

100

The Indian Ocean helped spread this religion to different parts of Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. 

What is Islam

100
Muslim merchants introduce this innovation into the Transaharan Trade Routes to make it easier to ride and travel. 
What are camel saddles
200

China exported these products/technologies through the Silk Roads

Name at least two  

Compass, paper, gunpowder, porcelain, tea, silk.

200

Period of flourishing Eurasian history between the 13th and 14th centuries led by the Mongols 

What is the Pax Mongolica 

200

The Indian Ocean increased demand for specialized products including... (name at least 2)

spices, fabrics, carpets, steel, leather, and stonework

200

Most precious commodity traded by West African Kingdoms into Eastern African and then into the Indian Ocean

What is gold

300

This Empire controlled most of the trade in the Silk Roads making a unified system under which an authority was respected and laws were enforced. 

What is the Mongol Empire 
300

This skill AND technologies (2) allowed the Mongols to conquer the majority of Eurasia. 

What is horse-riding, stirrup, and bow & arrows.  

300
Knowledge of this type of forecast is essential for trading in the Indian Ocean. They are predictable and favorable for sailors. 

What are monsoon winds

300

14th century ruler, grand-nephew of Sundiata, who's conversion to Islam and subsequent pilgrimage to Mecca destabilized the economy of Europe because of the amounts of Gold he introduced. 

Who is Mansa Musa 

400

Traveling through the Silk Roads in these would make it safer for merchants to travel. 

What are Caravans 

400

This dynasty rebelled against the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty and reestablished the Civil Service Exam after Kublai Khan removed it 

What is the Ming Dynasty 
400

The slave trade in the Indian Ocean as well as connections to the Middle East, East Africa and Western India contributed to these communities as a result of increased trade 

What are Diasporas 

400

Kingdom that replaced the Mali Kingdom in the 1400s 

What is the Songhai Kingdom
500

Name at least one city that was considered an oasis that was established along the Silk Roads and became a booming cultural center

Samarkand, Kashgar

500
Mongolian conquests made this disease spread from China to Europe 

What is the bubonic plague 

500

This Chinese Muslim admiral is a reflection and exemplar of the transfer of knowledge, technology, commerce, and religion intensified as a result of thriving trade in the Indian Ocean.

Who is Zheng He

500

Great city that accumulated wealth and developed into a center of Muslim life in the region and a huge Islamic learning center. 

What is Timbuktu