Period 2 - Economics

Question 1

Llamas

Answer 1

The principal pack animal in the Andes and the Americas.

Question 2

Transregional Trade

Answer 2

Trade that occurred between world regions.

Question 3

Galleys

Answer 3

Oared ships with small square sails used for coastal navigation.

Question 4

Coastal Navigation

Answer 4

Navigation that occurs along the coast as opposed to opean oceans or seas.

Question 5

Open-Water Navigation

Answer 5

Navigation that occurs in open seas or water.

Question 6

Suez Isthmus

Answer 6

75-mile-wide strip of land that lies between the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, and is the boundary between the continents of Africa and Asia.

Question 7

Indian Ocean Maritime Network

Answer 7

Sea lanes that connect Eats Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia with China and Japan.

Question 8

East African trade goods

Answer 8

Ebony, ivory, animal products, and wood carvings.

Question 9

Arabian trade goods

Answer 9

Copper, myrth, frankincense, and dates.

Question 10

South and Southeastern Asia trade goods

Answer 10

Porcelain, silk, jewels, cotton textiles, spices, and foodstuffs.

Question 11

Dhows

Answer 11

A ship which uses triangular lateen sails.

Question 12

Lateens sails

Answer 12

Triangular sail that allowed travel even when the wind is not directlyat your back.

Question 13

Monsoon Winds

Answer 13

Strong winds that come durring the Monsoon seasons.

Question 14

Daisporic Communities

Answer 14

A wide spread community around the world. For example: African diaspora, with populations in the Caribbean, North and South America, and Europe.

Question 15

Oases

Answer 15

A fertile area in a desert where water can be found.

Question 16

Nubia

Answer 16

A region of Egypt allong the Nile river.

Question 17

Carthage

Answer 17

A city in North Africa founded by the Phoneicians as a major trade port in the mediteranian. Had a powerful Navy.

Question 18

Ghana

Answer 18

an organized state that began to take shape in the sub-Saharan Africa and wished to trade northward

Question 19

Camels

Answer 19

allowed traders to map out the trans-saharan caravan routes, in both eastern and western halves of Africa. They are vital to trade and large packs of these are called caravans.

Question 20

Trans-Saharan caravan routes

Answer 20

eastern and western half of Africa and were trade routes

Question 21

Slavery

Answer 21

poor class of people who would be important for the major part of northbound trade

Question 22

Silk Road

Answer 22

this trade route enjoyed two periods of of peak prominence, it’s discovery is attributed to a chinese explorer who crossed the barren lands north of tibet. It is known for the transfer of technology and culture across Eurasia

Question 23

Chang’an

Answer 23

China’s economic center was in this city

Question 24

Overland Transport

Answer 24

This type of transport took more time and effort than water transport but was also less expensive as well as the only way to reach places far form rivers and seas.

Question 25

Wheeled vehicles

Answer 25

Carts and wagons were usefull on flat ground and roads but worthless on rough terrain.

Question 26

Domesticated Pack animals (horse, ox, etc.)

Answer 26

Animals bred and used for transporting items, mainly used for pulling carts or carring goods themselves.

Question 27

Caravan

Answer 27

A caravan was a large procession of large pack animals like camels or wheeled vehicles that brought goods over long distances.

Question 28

Stirrup

Answer 28

The stirrup is a buckle for the foot that allows a horse rider to quickly mount the horse. This helped in war, given it was invented by the Han dynasty

Question 29

Yokes

Answer 29

A Yoke allowed an ox the ability to carry heavier loads without choking.

Question 30

Collars

Answer 30

The collar was the same as a Yoke, but built for horses

Question 31

Pack saddles

Answer 31

Pack saddles allowed horses, camels, and other pack animals the ability to carry loads

Question 32

water transport

Answer 32

Before the dhow was created by the Arabians, a sturdy ship that could cross open waters in the mediteranean, people rowed smaller sailboats along the coasts.

Question 33

Chinese junk

Answer 33

A ship capabale of open-water navigation and carrying large amounts of cargo

Question 34

Exchange of foodstuffs

Answer 34

Trade over long distances that would change the dietary habits of people, as well as farming and irrigation techniques

Question 35

Intensive Agriculture

Answer 35

The use of technology to maximize the potential of every square foot of a given area

Question 36

Swidden Agriculture

Answer 36

Clearing fields by chopping down trees and bushes, and then burned the area to fertalize the soil

Question 37

Terracing of Hillsides

Answer 37

Cutting stepps into mountains to use for the production of agriculture

Question 38

Rice-paddy Cultivation

Answer 38

Flooded parcel of land for agriculture, most common in Southeast Asia

Question 39

Floating Islands

Answer 39

Elevated land that was surrounded by water for agricultural purposes

Question 40

Water Management

Answer 40

Included complex irrigation systems, aquaducts, or qanats

Question 41

Aqueducts

Answer 41

Large structures commonly found in Rome that were used to transport water over a long distance using gravity.

Question 42

Qanat

Answer 42

This would vertically sink rainwater shafts into the ground.

Question 43

Water wheels

Answer 43

This was invented in 300 B.C.E most likley in the middle east and was adopted else where due to its use.

Question 44

Bubonic Plague

Answer 44

Also known as the Black Plague killed about 60% of the Population, travelled along the Silk Roads.

Question 45

Small Pox

Answer 45

Smallpox struck the Romans as well as Han china in the 100s and 200s C.E. This weakened both empires and contributed to their decline.

Question 46

Measles

Answer 46

Measles also struck the Romans and Han China in the 100s and 200s C.E.

Question 47

Cultural Borrowing

Answer 47

Spread of culture naturallly between people, spread through trade.

Question 48

Missionary Activitry

Answer 48

This was the activity of spreading religion along many trade routes to grow there religion.

Question 49

Forced Conversion

Answer 49

The forced conversion of a conqured people to have the religion that the empire wants them to have.