Vocab
What were the inns along the silk roads about a days ride away for travelers and animals called
What is caravanserai
What was the common innovation along the silk roads that aided trading and had around 15 different models.
What is a camel saddle?
Why were trading cities like Kashgar and Samarkand successful
Along the Silk Roads
What religion is the dar al islam the house of
Islam
What crop is popular for it’s drought resistance, flood resistance, and capability to yield two crops a year
Champa Rice
What were the winds blowing different directions based on the time of year
what is monsoon winds
Who are the people who created flying cash
Who are the chinese?
What continents were the Silk Roads on that made the routes so large
Eurasia and Africa
What was one of india's high quality fabrics
Cotton
What plague, spread by trade routes, killed million across trade routes
Bubonic Plague/Black Death
What could catch winds coming from almost every direction
what is lateen sails
What is the maritime technology that determined how far you were from the equator
What is an astrolabe?
What type of trade needed camels for trade
Trade routes in the desert climate, with little water (Trans-Saharan Trade)
After the mongols converted to islam what other religions did they accept into persia
Christianity and the jews
Indonesian traders introduced which nutrient dense food?
Bananas
Which states along the east coast of the Indian Ocean that sold slaves, ivory, and gold
what is Swahili city-states
What is the Chinese maritime technology that offered more stability and easier maneuvering for ships
What is a stern rudder?
Why were cities on the west coast of India thriving centers of trade
East Africa and Southwest Asia
The city were the silk road travelers often stopped for food and water was called
Kashgar
What crop was a key factor in the use of enslaved people in the Americas?
Sugar
Word for large migration of people out of their home land
what is Diaspora
What is the alphabet that the Mongols attempted to spread across their empire.
What is the Uyghur Alphabet?
What type of trade route was used to carry heavy materials to locations for trade
Monsoon trade routes
What two languages are the Swahili language made from?
Bantu and Arabic
What did the markets of Samarkand introduce?
New fruits, vegetables, rice, and citrus products.