Unit 2: Networks of Exchange

Question 1

Historians could also credit this Empire when it comes to the creation of the Silk Roads..

Answer 1

Persian

Question 2

The main use for the Silk and Royal Roads were primarily for….

Answer 2

Commercial Trade

Question 3

We first fell in love with the Chinese Silk….

Answer 3

Roman

Question 3

These were all goods traded on the Silk Road from EAST to WEST EXCEPT

Answer 3

Paper

Question 3

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Answer 3

Paper-Gunpowder

Question 4

These were all goods traded on the Silk Road traveling from WEST to EAST EXCEPT..

Answer 4

Gunpowder

Question 4

Many historians also believe that that Silk Road…

Answer 4

Spread diseases throughout Europe and Asia

Question 5

After the Ottomans conquered Byzantium…..1453

Answer 5

They looked to monopolize the Silk Trade

Question 5

After the Ottomans conquered Byzantium and Constantinople fell….

Answer 5

Europeans looked to the Seas for better trade routes to Asia

Question 5

Caravanserai

Answer 5

Roadside inns along trade routes merchants could rest in

Question 6

Bills of exchange…… on the Silk Road…

Answer 6

IOU’s

Question 7

The Mongols conquered more land in 25 years than this empire did in 400

Answer 7

Roman

Question 8

After Genghis Khan’s death the Mongols failed to…which eventually led to the Mongols Empire declining

Answer 8

Created a central political government

Question 9

All of these are true about the Mongols invaders EXCEPT

Answer 9

They were cannibals

Question 10

The Mongols could of done all the following EXCEPT?

Answer 10

Created Islam

Question 11

What is this?

Answer 11

Kamakazi

Question 12

How did the Mongols reinvigorate the Silk Road?

Answer 12

They were able to tax travelers and keep the roads safe

Question 13

Mongols were able to tax travelers and keep the roads safe

Answer 13

Pax mongolia

Question 14

The YAM system was

Answer 14

Was a postal system or supply point route messenger system

Question 15

The Mongols were originally _______ people in Central Asia

Answer 15

Pastoral

Question 16

When Genghis Khan died, the Mongol Empire was split up into four _________

Answer 16

Khanates

Question 16

Knowledge of _______ (when they blew at what times) was huge in making Indian Ocean trade happen

Answer 16

Monsoon winds

Question 17

These were all examples of maritime technologies EXCEPT

Answer 17

Tenletron

Question 17

These were 2 major city states that emerged due to the Indian Ocean Trade Network

Answer 17

Malacca/ Swahili Coast

Question 18

The Monsoon Market Place

Answer 18

Declined during the Pax Mongolica

Question 18

The main reason the Monsoon Market place thrived was due to…..

Answer 18

The wind

Question 19

Many more people participated in the Silk Road trading than the Indian Ocean trading

Answer 19

True

Question 19

These people dominated the marketplace of the Indian Ocean trade. By setting rules and regulations prices etc…

Answer 19

Muslim Traders

Question 19

The _______________ transformed West Africa by connecting it to the larger parts of the world.

Answer 19

Trans-Saharan trade route

Question 19

These were groups of traders traveling together, which often protected them from desert raiders.

Answer 19

Caravans

Question 20

Cultural Connectivity was the development of Syncretic Languages like Swahili. Which two languages mixed?

Answer 20

Arabic and Bantu

Question 20

Many of the Arab advances in Medicine were diffused to……

Answer 20

Europe thanks to the Crusades and Islamic Spain

Question 21

When trade is good and money in plentiful what often emerges as a result?

Answer 21

Art and Literature

Question 22

What was the major effect of Marco Polo’s journey?

Answer 22

He inspired Europeans to get to China