Chapter 7- Comm. and Exchange

Question 1

What types of plants and fruits were exported by the Chinese along the Silk Road? (Pg 176)

Answer 1

Peaches and apricots as well as alfalfa, wine grapes, ginger, cinnamon, and other spices

Question 2

What are some of the crops that were brought to the Mediterranean from India/China along the Silk Road? (Pg 176)

Answer 2

Cotton, rice, egg plants, sugarcane, rice, citrus trees, and other crops

Question 3

What two religions engaged in missionary activity is along the Silk Road? (Pg. 177-8)

Answer 3

Manichaeism and Christianity

Question 4

Name three military technologies that were spread along the Silk Road. (Pg. 178)

Answer 4

1. Chariot warfare
2. Mounted bowmen
3. The stirrup

Question 5

What people established the Indian Ocean Maritime System? (Pg 178)

Answer 5

A multilingual, multiethnic society

Question 6

What three regions were engaged and Indian Ocean maritime trade? (Pg. 178)

Answer 6

South China Sea, E Coastal India to Islands of SE Asia, and the W Coast of India to the Persian Gulf and E Coast of Africa

Question 7

What facilitated sailing across the Indian Ocean? (Pg 178)

Answer 7

Sailing canoes

Question 8

Three ways the Mediterranean and Indian ships/sailing were different from each other. (Pg. 179)

Answer 8

1. Med. sailors = used square sails and long banks of oar
   India= Triangular lateen sails
2. Med. = Nailed vessels together
   India = Planks are pierced, tied with palm fiber, and caulked with bitumen
3. Med. sailors = Rarely ventured out of land sight
   India= Wind helped cover long distances of sea

Question 9

Where did the inhabitants of Madagascar originally come from? (Pg. 179)

Answer 9

From SE Asia

Question 10

What are highly value products to did the Indian Ocean region have/trade? Page 182

Answer 10

Spices, manufactured goods, and pottery

Question 11

What three regions had more hospitable and densely populated shores with access to large populations? Page 182

Answer 11

E India, Malay Penninsula, and Indonesia

Question 12

Because women cannot accompany men on board ships, what did the men do? Page 182

Answer 12

They married the women at the ports

Question 13

What evidence do we have for Saharan in history? Page 182

Answer 13

There is not a lot of evidence of Saharan

Question 14

What kinds of animals were once found the Saharah? Page 182

Answer 14

Crocodiles, elephants, giraffes, rhinos, and other animals extinct to the area

Question 15

Trance orange trade related mastication of what animal? Where did this animal originate from? Page 184

Answer 15

The camel. From Arabia

Question 16

What are four broad commonalities of sub-Saharan life and culture? Page 187

Answer 16

1. Agriculture: use hoe and digging stick in cultivation
2. Music: Played many instruments (drums) but common features like rhythm
3. Social Rituals: Music, dancing, masks = important to role
4. Common Features: Rhythm

Question 17

What metals can be found in sub-Saharan Africa? Page 187

Answer 17

Copper and iron

Question 18

What was the center of pig domestication? Page 188

Answer 18

SE Asia

Question 19

Describe three things that contributed to the spread of Buddhism. Page 189

Answer 19

1. Monks, missionaries, Pilgrims who followed the silk road
2. Ships on Indian Ocean
3. King Ashoka

Question 20

What open the way for the spread of Christianity to Armenia? Page 190

Answer 20

The creation of Armenian alphabet

Question 21

How did Christianity spread to Ethiopia? Page 190

Answer 21

Christian Emperors in Constantinople sent missionaries along Red Sea trade routes

Question 22

What brought the Silk Road into being?

Answer 22

Parthians sharing customs and expeditions of General Zhang Jian.