Unit 2: Networks of Exchange Flashcards
(28 cards)
1
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Kashgar/Samarkand
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New cities formed because of silk road.
2
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Caravanserai
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A Hotel made for travelers and traders.
3
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Paper Money
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- trade improved forms of payment
4
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Banking
A
- trade improved forms of payment
5
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Porcelain
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- Luxury good
- from China
6
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Steppe
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- Mongols lived in the Steppe region
- Central Asia
7
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Genghis Khan
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- Universal Ruler
- Mongol
- United Mongol tribes
- Made rivals work for him (bureaucracy)
8
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Khanates
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9
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Bubonic Plauge
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10
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Monsoon
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- Seasonal winds
- Indian trade route
- Increased trade in India
(winds boosted the pace of ships)
11
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Compass
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12
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Ming Admiral Zheng He
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- Important trade and travel in the Indian trade route
- From China
13
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Disapora
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A population living separately from their geographic origin
14
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Caravans
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- Trade in Africa on caravans
- Camel/saddle + Astrology/GPS = Trade
15
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Timbuktu
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- Center of Scholarships
- Located in Mali at a transshipment point
- Trading point
16
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Mali
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- Mansa Musa ruler
- Timbuktu
17
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Mansa Musa
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- Rich
18
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Islam
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19
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Gold and Salt
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- Gold came from the south and was traded to the north
- Salt came from the north and was traded south
- African trade
20
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Champa Rice
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- Grows fast, 2x harvest, drought resistance
- China
21
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Citrus Fruits
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- Healing remedy used to treat the Black Death
22
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Sugar
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23
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Historical Skills: Comparison
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Explain the relevant similarities and differences among the various networks of exchange.
24
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Historical Skills: Causation
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Describe the causes and effects of the increased volume/expanded range of existing trade routes.
25
Spread of Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam
26
Spread of paper money and gunpowder
27
Ibn Battuta
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Marco Polo
