2.1 Vocab

Question 1

What were the Silk Roads?

Answer 1

Trade routes that linked Eurasia and North Africa

Question 2

What were the Silk Roads named after?

Answer 2

Its principal commodity: silk

Question 3

How did people travel on the Silk Roads?

Answer 3

Land and sea

Question 4

What products did China trade on the Silk Road?

Answer 4

Silk, bamboo, and mirrors

Question 5

What product did the forest lands of Siberia and the grasslands of Central Asia trade on the silk road?

Answer 5

Furs, walrus tusks, and hides

Question 6

What products did India trade on the silk road?

Answer 6

Cotton textiles, herbal medicine

Question 7

What products did the Middle East trade on the silk roads?

Answer 7

Dates, nuts, and almonds

Question 8

What products did the Mediterranean Basin trade on the SIlk Roads?

Answer 8

Gold coins, glassware, and glazes

Question 9

Four causes of the growth of exchange networks

Answer 9

Crusades, Afro-Eurasian demand for luxury goods, rise of new empires, and innovations

Question 10

How did the crusades help with the growth of exchange networks?

Answer 10

Knights brought back fabric and spices

Question 11

How did Afro-Eruasia’s demand for luxury goods help with the growth of exchange networks?

Answer 11

Wanted silk, porcelain, tea, and rhubarb. Also wanted China’s gold and silver

Question 12

How did the rise of empires help with the growth of exchange networks?

Answer 12

Arab merchants from Abbasid empire and the Mongol empire.

Question 13

How did innovations help with the growth of exchange networks?

Answer 13

Magnetic compass, rudder, and magnetic compass improved transportation