Chapter 13- Tropical Africa + Asia 1200-1500

Question 1

What marks the center of the tropic zone? Page 325

Answer 1

The equator

Question 2

What are three examples a domesticated plants/animals that’s better on the tropics. Page 328

Answer 2

1. Coffee from Ethiopia(to the Middle E)
2. Nearest from SEAsia (to S Africa)
3. Yams and coco yams from Asia (to equatorial Africa)

Question 3

Why did farmers in sub-Saharan Africa abandon fields everything few years? Page 328

Answer 3

The soil was exhausted

Question 4

What is the most abundant middle worked in the tropics? Page 329

Answer 4

Iron

Question 5

What relationship did the empires of Mali in West Africa and Delhi South Asia have it to Islam? Page 330

Answer 5

Mali (in W Africa) and Delhi (in S Asia) used Islamic administrative the military systems that were introduced in the Islamic heartlands

Question 6

In what two ways did Mali differ from Ghana? Page 330

Answer 6

1. Mali= Larger

2. Mali= From beginning rulers were Muslim who helped spread Islam among political and trading elite in empire

Question 7

What did Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage to Mecca demonstrate? Page 330, 332

Answer 7

Religious and cultural influence of Islam on his empire

Question 8

Why was India more subject to raids and susceptible to invasion? Page 333

Answer 8

Because it was divided in the raiders are motivated by a desire to spread Islam

Question 9

What allowed moose memorials the fire cross bows from the back of galloping horses minute meeting northern India? Page 333

Answer 9

Iron stirrups

Question 10

Who was Raziya (and why is she historically significant)? Page 336

Answer 10

Raziya where’s the Sultan of Delhi who is chosen for the throne over her immature brothers. She was a sultan for only four years because she was not to not be the right sex.

Question 11

Being a small minority in a giant land, on what did Turkish rulers of the Delhi Sultanate rely to rule their small land? Page 337

Answer 11

Relied on terror more than toleration to keep their subjects in line, harsh military rules to get rid of rebellions, and on pillage and high taxes to ensure their luxury and power

Question 12

What did the Delhi Sultanate due to centralize political authority in India? Page 338

Answer 12

They established a bureaucracy led by a sultan

Question 13

What are three reasons for increased trade in the Indian Ocean between 1200-1500? Page 330

Answer 13

1. Construction of larger ships
2. Monsoons
3. The stars

Question 14

What was the largest ship yours in the Indian Ocean? Page 338

Answer 14

The Chinese junk

Question 15

What tied regions of the Indian Ocean together? Page 339

Answer 15

Commercial interests rather than political authorities

Question 16

What was the most important commercial center on the Swahili coast? Page 341

Answer 16

The S city of Kilwa which had taken the place of Mogadishu as the most important center.

Question 17

Great Zimbabwe’s wealth was based on long-distance trade in what items? Page 341

Answer 17

Copper ingots, salt, local manufacturers, and gold

Question 18

Aside from jewelry and indigo, what other items were produced in the Indian state of Gujarat? Page 341

Answer 18

Cotton cloth, carnelian beads, and foodstuffs

Question 19

Why was Malacca an important city and what went on there? Page 343

Answer 19

Because it change from a small fishing village into an important port, secured an alliance with China, and promoted trade by an earlier ruler converting from Hinduism to Islam

Question 20

What is one example of lending of architectural styles in Islam? Page 343

Answer 20

Places of worship

Question 21

What role did mosques play in Muslim culture and why did Muslims promote literacy? Page 344

Answer 21

They were places of education and prayer. Promoted literacy so children could read the religions classic texts

Question 22

What did Muslims introduced India what types the text did Muslim scholars study? Page 344

Answer 22

Papermaking

Question 23

What was the most profitable item to bring from north Africa to Timbuctu and why? Page 344-5

Answer 23

Books which were in high demand

Question 24

What happened to Buddhism in India and why is that ironic? Page 345

Answer 24

It was invaded, the temples overrun, the manuscripts burned, and the monks were killed

Question 25

What was the biggest byproduct of the Congress and commerce in both Asia and Africa. Give examples. Page 345

Answer 25

New wealth and new hardships on others; for example, the poor became poorer

Question 26

Why is Ibn Battuta an important historical figure? Page 325

Answer 26

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