2.1 The Silk Roads

Question 1

What are three ways the Mongol Empire helped trade?

Answer 1

Unified rule of the Silk Roads
Improved roads
Punished bandits

Question 2

Chinese naval technology was more advanced than European technology before the 1200s. What did the Chinese improve to give better control of ships at sea?

Answer 2

The rudder

Question 3

Where is Kashgar located?

Answer 3

At the western edge of China where the northern and southern routes of the Silk road intersected.

Question 4

Why was Samarkand a center of cultural exchange in 1200?

Answer 4

It was a stopping point on the Silk Roads.

Question 5

Caravanserai

Answer 5

Inns on the Silk Roads

Question 6

Flying cash

Answer 6

A Chinese banking system where a merchant could deposit paper money under his name in one location and withdraw it at another.

Question 7

Bill of exchange

Answer 7

A person could present a bill of exchange at a banking house and receive the amount of money that was promised in exchange.

Question 8

Hanseatic League

Answer 8

A commercial alliance between cities in northern Germany and Scandinavia used to monopolize trade in certain goods and drive out pirates.