Economy
The passage used to trade goods from China to Europe
What is the Silk Road?
The Empire that spanned from Asia to Europe and reinvigorated use of the Silk Road
What is the Mongol Empire?
The language that was developed from the mix of Bantu and Arabic
What is Swahili?
Chinese invention which helped aid navigation
What is the magnetic compass?
The weather pattern that required knowledge of in order to travel across the Indian Ocean
What are monsoon winds?
Three specific goods traded on the Silk Road FROM Asia TO Europe
What is silk, tea, spices, dyes, porcelain, rice, paper, and/or gunpowder
The name of the Mongol dominated empire in China
What is the Yuan Dynasty?
The name of the Muslim admiral sent on Chinese expeditions in the early 1400s
Who is Zheng He?
Currency that originated in China because carrying copper coins long distances were too challenging
What is paper money?
The name of the desert that had to be crossed in Africa to open trade between north and south Africa
What is the Sahara Desert?
An effect of the growth of Exchange Networks
What is development of trade cities, commercial innovations, and/or increase in demand?
The government that formed in China after the Mongols were overthrown
What is the Ming Dynasty?
The term for the religious belief that combined Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism
What is Neo-Confucianism?
a Mongol invention that used Chinese gunpowder, flamethrowers, and bell casting techniques
What is a cannon?
The crop that grew in Vietnam that was drought resistant and flood resistant
What is champa rice?
The two goods primarily traded in the Trans-Saharan Trade?
What is gold and salt?
The name of the kingdom in Africa the richest human in world history ruled. (Bonus points if you can ALSO name the richest human in world history)
What is the Mali Empire? Who is Mansa Musa?
The reason for the transition of Constantinople to Istanbul (must include key terms!)
What is Muslim rulers from the Ottoman Empire changed the name to reflect their Muslim heritage instead of the Christian connection to Roman Emperor Constantine
Invented by Arab sailors to help ships catch wind froms
What is a lateen sail?
The way that the Bubonic plague traveled to Europe
What are Mongol conquests from Asia to Europe?
The three main trading routes in 1200-1450
What are the Silk Roads, the Indian Ocean trade, and the Trans-Saharan trade?
The term for Mongolian peace
What is the Pax Mongolica?
The biggest reason Islam & Buddhism was attractive to Hindus
Islam & Buddhism promoted equality and so those in the lower caste in Hinduism wanted to change
Improved by Muslim navigators in the 12th century, allowed sailors to determine how far north or south they were from the equator
What is the astrolabe?
The cause of a decrease in agricultural production in feudal Europe
What is overuse of farm land/deforestation/soil erosion?