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Unit 2 - Networks of Exchange Flashcards

1
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What was the purpose of the compass and astrolabe?

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To help navigators know their location and direction

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What was the purpose of new sail designs in 1200-1450?

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To allow for more direct travel

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What was the purpose of larger ship designs in 1200-1450?

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To allow a greater volume of trade

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What was the impact of the compass/astrolabe?

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Navigators could more accurately reach their destination; sped up the rate of trad

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What was the impact of new sail designs in 1200-1450?

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Sailors were no longer held at bay by winds; sped up trade

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What was the impact of larger ship designs in 1200-1450?

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Increased amount of regional trade

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What was an effect of the voyages of Ming Admiral Zhenghe and his Treasure Fleets?

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Voyages were canceled after Ming died - He came to the conclusion exploring the Indian Ocean was too costly and provided the Middle Kingdom no benefit

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Timbuktu

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A trade city that travelers would enter into to trade after crossing the Sahara Desert.

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Caravans

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A group of people and animals traveling together over long distances.

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How did advances in tech. (ie. camel saddles) benefit Trans-Saharan merchants?

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They increased the amount of goods that could be traded.

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Mansa Musa

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An emperor of the Mali Empire

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Why did the Mali Empire flourish in 1200-1450?

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Access to major trade routes (the Trans-Saharan trade route)
Gold and salt trade

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_____ was that religion that played the largest role in linking Sub-Saharan Africa to the rest of Afro-Eurasia

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Islam

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14
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How did Buddhism spread to East Asia?

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Spread across the network of exchange

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________ and ________ laid the cultural foundation in Southeast Asia.

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Buddhism; Hinduism

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Where did Ibn Battuta travel?

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Middle East
Central; South; Southeast; East; North Asia
West; East Africa

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17
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Where did Marco Polo travel?

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Europe
Middle East
Central; South; East Asia

18
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What were the effects of Ibn Battuta’s travels?

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Rihla - the most complete travel log of any other traveler of his time
Describes life in Africa/Asia
Provides historians a lot of knowledge

19
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What were the effects of Marco Polo’s travels?

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Gave outsiders insight on Mongolian and Kublai Khan life/culture

20
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Bubonic Plague

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A plague spread from Central/East Asia into the rest of Afro-Eurasia that killed millions.

21
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Diasporic

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A group that has been dispersed/moved outside its traditional homeland

22
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What effect did the introdution of new foods to different regions have?

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It helped increase and diversify caloric intake

23
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What crops were introduced into Africa from Southeast Asia in 1200-1450?

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Bananas and Citrus fruits

24
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What were the three main trade networks in 1200-1450?

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The Trans-Saharan trade network
The Silk Roads
The Indian Ocean trade network

25
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Trade networks increased demand for…

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…luxury goods (ie. silk and porcelain).

26
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How did the growth and expansion of the trade routes affect the Mongols?

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It allowed the Mongols to grow and expand as well.

27
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Functions of caravanserai along the Silk Road:

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Served as stations along the trade route
Stored goods for merchants
Provided overnight protection from bandits

28
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What is the origin of papermaking?

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East Asia

29
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What is the origin of algebra?

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Middle East

30
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What is the origin of gunpowder?

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East Asia

31
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What is the origin of the astrolabe?

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Middle East

32
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What is the origin of the bubonic plague?

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Central/East Asia

33
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What is the origin of printing?

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East Asia

34
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How did the invention of paper money affect the Networks of Exchange?

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Allowed merchants to more easily trade

35
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How did the Mongol Empire affect the Middle East?

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Ended the Abbasid Caliphate

36
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How did the Mongol Empire affect East Asia?

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The fall of the Jin and Song Dynasties

37
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How did the Mongol Empire affect Russia?

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Destroyed the Kievan Rus
Ruled the Golden Horde

38
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Kievan Rus

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A powerful medieval state that existed in Eastern Europe (from the 9th to mid-13th cent.)

39
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What did the Mongol Empire use to conquer most of Asia?

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Horses
Gunpowder
Arrows

40
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Tech. transfers the Mongols encouraged in their empire:

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Gunpowder
The Compass
The Astrolabe
Astronomy

41
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Cultural transfers the Mongols encouraged across their empire:

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Islam
Buddhism
Literature
Philosophy

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