Chapter11

Question 1

Where did the trade routes go through?

Answer 1

The Sahara desrt

Question 2

What were the four empires?

Answer 2

Soninkes, Ghanians, Malinkes, Songhay

Question 3

What did the Muslims bring?

Answer 3

Islam, use of currency, and Arabic

Question 4

Oasis

Answer 4

a water hole found in the desert

Question 5

Caravansary

Answer 5

inns for desert travelers

Question 6

cartographer

Answer 6

a mapmaker

Question 7

Who traded in the lands of Islam?

Answer 7

Muslims, Indians, Syrians, Persians, and Egyptians

Question 8

When did trade occur in the lands of Islam?

Answer 8

700

Question 9

Where the lands of Islam?

Answer 9

From Spain to Pakistan

Question 10

How did they trade in the lands of Islam?

Answer 10

boats/rafts, roads, and camels

Question 11

What was traded in the lands of Islam?

Answer 11

gold- from W.A; spices-from china; silk-from china

Question 12

How this time different from before?

Answer 12

They used money such as dinars

Question 13

What cultural ideas were exchanged?

Answer 13

literature told orally; mathematics from india; medicine; geography; astronomy/astrology

Question 14

tell me about medicine and doctors

Answer 14

they had doctors to study in order to practice medicine and pharmacy, although many tribes/clans didn’t require this

Question 15

tell me about muslim doctors

Answer 15

they were the 1st to discover that blood moves to and from the heart

Question 16

tell about sweet medicine

Answer 16

muslim doctors were the first to mix sweet syrups to make people take it

Question 17

tell me about astrology

Answer 17

many stars were discovered and still go by their Islamic names

Question 18

tell me about the astrolabe

Answer 18

the astrolabe was fine tuned by the muslims as an aid to navigation

Question 19

what was the astrolabe primarily used for

Answer 19

it was used to find the way to the Qibla

Question 20

what is the Qibla

Answer 20

the direction to Mecca

Question 21

what did travel really do for geography

Answer 21

it led itself to art of cartographer

Question 22

where did arabic numbers come from

Answer 22

india

Question 23

where were arabic numbers particularly from

Answer 23

hindu

Question 24

who made this time end?

Answer 24

the mongols

Question 25

when did the mongols sack the city

Answer 25

1200

Question 26

what else did the mongols do

Answer 26

they took control of the islamic trade routes; they also made the routes safer because demanded order and peace