Unit 2 (1200 - 1450)

Question 1

Growth in Trade

Answer 1

• geographical expansion
• technological innovation
• rise and fall of empires

Question 2

Silk Road

Answer 2

• Luxury goods
• increased demand led to increased production

Question 3

Silk Road Innovation

Answer 3

• Caravanserai
• Paper money
• Credit

Question 4

Caravanserai

Answer 4

Houses along the Silk Road that provided safety for traveling merchants
- led to cultural and technological synthesis

Question 5

Flying Money System

Answer 5

Developed in China
- the use of paper money allowed travelers to travel more efficiently without carrying metal money

Question 6

Kasangar

Answer 6

Powerful city that emerged over the Silk Road
- by a river
- appealing stop for many merchants

Question 7

Indian Ocean Trade

Answer 7

Traded mostly spices and textiles
- could carry more cargo than Silk Roads
- Depended on reading the monsoon winds

Question 8

Indian Ocean Trade Innovation

Answer 8

• Magnetic Compass
• Astrolabe
• New Ship designs

Question 9

Magnetic Compass

Answer 9

Better navigation across the ocean

Question 10

Astrolabe

Answer 10

Allowed the measurement of latitude and longitude

Question 11

Junk Ships

Answer 11

developed in China to hold large amount of cargo

Question 12

Effects of Indian Ocean Trade Expansion

Answer 12

1. Growth of States
2. Diasporic Communities
3. New Languages

Question 13

Diasporic community

Answer 13

ethnic population not in their homeland
Ex: Arabs and Persians in East Africa

Question 14

Swahili

Answer 14

New language that emerged due to Indian Ocean trade
- Mix of Arabic and Bantu

Question 15

Swahili States

Answer 15

Became very wealthy along Indian Ocean trade due to easy connection point between mainland Africa and merchants
- Became Islamic to connect to Dar-al-salam trading world

Question 16

Zheng He

Answer 16

• Sent by the Ming Dynasty and led to cultural transfers
  Ex: increased new ship designs were spread

Question 17

Trans Saharan Trade Innovation

Answer 17

Camel Saddle

Question 18

Camel Saddle

Answer 18

Allowed the movement of more cargo across the desert at a time

Question 19

Empire of Mali

Answer 19

• Converted to Islam
• Rich with gold

Question 20

Mansa Musa

Answer 20

• Led Empire of Mali
• Connected with the north and increased trade and spread Islam

Question 21

Cultural impacts of trade expansion

Answer 21

• Religion transfer
• Literary and artistic transfers
• scientific innovation
• rise and fall of cities
• travelers writing about their journeys

Question 22

Religion transfer

Answer 22

Buddhism –> entered China via the Silk Roads

Question 23

Literary transfer

Answer 23

Translation and adaptation of greek texts into Arabic
- by Islamic scholars in Baghdad

Question 24

Gunpowder

Answer 24

Spread to Europe and West Asia by the Mongols

Question 25

Ibn Battuta

Answer 25

Muslim scholar from Morocco
- wrote about extensive travel which increased trade

Question 26

Mongol Empire

Answer 26

• largest land based empire ever
• network of trade increased significantly due to overall safety
• facilitated scientific and cultural transfers

Question 27

Uyghur Script

Answer 27

Mongols adopted from conquered Turkic empire
- Became language of policy and exchange