Silk Road
What is something beside silk that was spread on the Silk Road?
Spices, gold, horses, salt, religions, diseases, paper, glass, ceramics
The trade routes in which ocean connected societies in east Africa with India and China?
Indian Ocean
This is the process of buying or selling something
Trade
This religion was founded by a man named Muhammad in Mecca around the year 630 CE.
Islam
In a command economy, who makes all of the decisions?
Government
In which powerful Asian nation was the eastern endpoint of the Silk Road located?
China
Which desert was the biggest obstacle to trade between west Africa and the rest of the world?
Sahara
This is a term for anything that is able to be bought or sold
Good
This religion was founded by a man named Siddhartha Gautama in India around the year 500 BC.
Buddhism
Which type of economic system is one where people are allowed to own private businesses and make their own decisions?
Market economy
True or false: most travelers on the Silk Road traveled entirely from one side to the other.
False. Most only went a few hundred miles and then went back.
Which two resources made West African kingdoms like Ghana and Mali incredibly rich?
Gold and salt
This is a term for a place where ships can be loaded and unloaded
Port
Which Muslim empire conquered the Byzantine Empire with the help of their powerful army and gunpowder weapons?
Ottomans
The United States has which kind of economic system?
Mixed (more market than command)
What was the name for a large group that traveled together on the Silk Road in order to stay safe?
Caravan
Sea trade routes allowed which religion to spread from the Arabian peninsula to east Africa and southeast Asia?
Islam
This is the type of money that a particular country uses
Currency
True or false: Powerful empires like the Mongols and Ottomans were successful because they forced everyone to convert to the same religion.
False
What is the name of the initiative started by China to give money for infrastructure to developing countries?
Belt and Road Initiative
The Gobi and Taklimakan were the name of two ______ that Silk Road travelers had to face on their travels.
Deserts
What was the name of the king of Mali who is sometimes considered to be the richest person who ever lived?
Mansa Musa
This is a person whose job is buying and selling things
Merchant
Hajj, or pilgrimage, is the requirement that all Muslims travel where at least once in their lives?
Mecca
The Silk Road was an example of which type of economic system?
Market