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What were the effect of the Silk Road

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Diffusion of languages, diffusion of bronze metallurgy, diffusion of horse-based technologies, adoption of silk as a luxury item, spread of the art of making silk, religious adoption of silk, spread of Buddhism, spread of disease

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What are examples of religious adoption of silk

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Christians buying Islamic silk and a Persian trader named Ramisht commissioned a silk covering for the Kaaba

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What did Chinese peasants begin to do once silk started becoming more popular

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They abandoned agriculture and started manufacturing luxury goods

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What happened in cities where Buddhist monasteries were built

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They became places of learning and commerce

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Why did the Jie people become Buddhist

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Because their leader was converted by a monk from Central Asia

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What happened when Buddhism spread to rich oasis towns

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It became more focused on the material world

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What form of Buddhist spread widely among the masses

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Mahayana Buddhism

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What is Mahayana Buddhism

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A belief in the divinity of the Buddha

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What happened when Buddhism spread to Samarkand

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It incorporated Zoroastrian fire rituals

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What happened when Buddhism spread to regions of India effected by Roman conquest

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The Buddha appeared more Roman

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How did disease contribute to Christianity and Buddhism

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It made them more appealing

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What happened to the Roman and Han empires

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They were devastated by smallpox, measles, plague, and malaria

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What happened along the Mediterranean Coast

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It was wiped out by bubonic plague brought from India, Ethiopia, and Egypt

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How did disease contribute to the seizure of America

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Indigenous people were quickly wiped out by New World diseases

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What did Malay sailors distribute to Madagascar

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Bananas, coconuts, and taro

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What did the sea trade routes cause people to develop

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More efficient sails, schools, astronomical instruments, and compasses

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Where did the sea trade routes transmit Christianity

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Axum and Kerala

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What did sea trade routes do in the India Ocean basin and Alexandria

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Developed communities of Indian traders

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What did the sea trade routes transmit to Southeast Asia

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Hinduism, Buddhism, and South Asian political ideas

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What did the Tang and Song dynasties encourage

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Maritime trade

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What was a consequence of the expansion of Islam

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Development of a maritime culture around the Indian Ocean

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What Indian customs were absorbed into Southeast Asia

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Indian alphabets were used to make Southeast Asian languages and Indian artistic forms were incorporated into sculpture and architecture

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What was a characteristic Southeast Asian rulers shared with Indian rulers

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The assumption of the title of god-king

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What is an example of the devotion to Hinduism and Buddhism of the Sailendra kingdom

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The building of Borobudur

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What is Borobudur
A mountain-shaped structure shaped like a path which represents the journey from ignorance to enlightenment
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What is the Angkor Wat
Hindu architecture in the Angkor kingdom
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What resulted from demand for East African goods
The development of a merchant class on the East African coast
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Who settled in the Swahili civilization
Arab, Indian, and Persian merchants
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What language contributed to Swahili most
Arabic
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What resulted from the sand roads
Development of the Niger River Valley civilization and development of urban clusters
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What allowed trade across the Sahara
The introduction of the camel
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What were the two wealthiest kingdoms in West Africa
Ghana and Mali
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What was a gender-related result of the growing West African economy
A caste system and gender roles developed and male slaves were present along with female slaves
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Who facilitated the spread of the Black Death
The Mongols
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What was the difference between the silk and sand trade routes
The silk roads were predominantly east-west routes
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What region linked East Asia to the Mediterranean world
Central Asia
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What was the purpose of Borobudur
A place to venerate and worship
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Where did the western end of the Silk Road traverse through
Persia
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What was the political structure of Swahili civilization similar to
Greek political structure
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What did the Xiongnu Empire do
Provided a model for later Turkic empires
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Who gained control of a China during the Song Dynasty
The Jurchen people
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What did the Mongols do to conquered people’s
Forced them to fight or become laborers
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What the Mongols use to collect taxes
Elaborate census-taking systems
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What made possible easier trade and communication in the Mongol Empire
Relay stations
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What was the name of the Mongol dynasty in China
The Yuan dynasty
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What did Mongols do to peasants in Persia
They pushed them off their lands
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What was an unforeseen consequence of Mongol policies in Russia
The creation of a new Russian state with Moscow as its capital
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What was a good effect of Mongol-facilitated trade
They provided a secure environment in which European merchants could travel to China
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What was a bad effect of Mongol-facilitated trade
The spread of the Black Death
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What was a benefit that arose from the Black Death
Workers who survived could demand higher wages
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What was the capital of the Yuan Dynasty
Beijing
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What was an effect of Turkic rule in China
The replacement of tea with yogurt thinned with water
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What was an effect of Mongol rule in China
A return to Confucian values among the Chinese
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What did Russian princes adopt from Mongols
Weapons, diplomatic rituals, court practices, taxation system, and military draft
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Who brought Islam to Morocco
The Almoravids
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When did the Almoravids come from
Southern Spain
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What Chinese practice took hold in the Muslim world
Diagnosis of disease by taking the pulse of patients
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What goods from the Middle East became popular in China
Carrots and lemons
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Who provided Islam’s first converts
Bedouin Arabs
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What religion were Mongols more lenient towards
Christianity
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Who were the three major carriers of Islam
Arabs, Persians, and Turks
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What lands did Turks transmit Islam to
India and Anatolia
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What provided resistance against the Christian conquest of southern Spain
The Almoravid Empire
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What was a difference between Confucians and Mongols
Mongols respected merchants and artisans more
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What caused Persian agriculture to dwindle
Mongol neglect of the irrigation system
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What industries flourished in Persia under the Mongols
The wine and silk industries
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What caused Russian crafts to dwindle
Skilled workers being sold into slavery or killed
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What did Mongols do to make trade easier
They provided financial backing for caravans, introduced standardized weights and measures, and gave tax breaks to merchants
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What were Central Asian horses bred for
Mobility and speed
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Why didn’t Mongol archers wear armor
Speed and mobility were essential to Mongols war strategy
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What was important about the Black Sea
It was important to commerce and trade between East Asian and Western Europe
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What was the most characteristic feature of pastoral societies
Their mobility
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What was the Mongol warrior’s primary weapon
The bow and arrow
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Where did the bubonic plague originate from
Central Asia
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Which gained the most from exchanges of ideas and technologies facilitated by the Mongol Empire
Europe
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What was the significant role the Mongols played in world history
They brought together the pastoral people’s of inner Eurasia and the agricultural civilizations of outer Eurasia
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From where did the bubonic plague enter Western Europe through Italian city-states
North Africa
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What was the most valuable resource of the Sahara
Salt
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What occurred as a result of disease transfer along the Silk Road
Europeans developed resistance/immunity to Eurasian diseases
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What civilization was most influenced by Bantu culture from 600-1400
Swahili
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What is a junk
A boat of Muslim design that was excellent for sailing the Indian Ocean
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What enhanced ancient patterns of exchange
The building of second wave civilizations
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What trade helped the kingdom of Srivijaya foster a developed bureaucracy
Spices
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How were the Turks similar to the Arabians
They converted to Islam and spread it through conquest
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How did the Mongols treat conquered people’s
The officials/bureaucrats were incorporated into their government
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How were religions treated in Mongol territory
The other faiths were kept around/tolerated
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What prevented Mongols from conquering Western Europe
Western Europe lacked pastureland for large scale horse grazing
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Which body of water was the mains means by which the Black Death came to Europe
The Mediterranean Sea
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How did women benefit from global commerce in the period of 600-1400
Women’s positions increased due to their producing a lot of trade goods
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What was a service provided to merchants by government
Protection on long journeys
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In what territory did Mongol culture change the most
Persia
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How did Mongol society change in the areas it conquered
Change was tied to if the Mongols were living in/away from conquered lands
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How did Buddhism change as it moved from region to region
It added regional gods/saints as Buddhist saints
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What characterized pastoral societies
They relied on animals, they lived with kinfolk, they offered women higher status, they were mobile, they occasionally banded together in tribal confederations or nomadic states
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What kinds of policies did the Mongols use to govern their empire
They set up a census to tax conquered people, they set up a bureaucracy, Chinese and Muslims were incorporated into the government, practiced religious tolerance

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