Pre-Columbian Global Trade Quiz Flashcards
What regions did the silk Road go through
Regions of Asian continent connecting the east and west from China to the Mediterranean sea
What was Zhang qian
It was and expiration of the Chinese through Asian trade routes
Why was the great wall of China
To ensure protection.
Who were the main traders during antiquity
Chinese, Arabs, turks, Indians, Persian, so Molly’s, Greeks, Syrian, Romans, Georgians
Why was the silk Road important
It was important because it helps to generate trade and commerce between a number of different kingdoms and empires. This helped for ideas culture inventions and unique products to spread across much of the settlee world
Why is it called the silk Road
Because one of the major products traded was silk cloth from China. People throughout Asia and Europe prized Chinese silk ford softness and luxury. The Chinese sold silk for thousands of years
What goods did the Chinese traire
Besides silk, the Chinese also exported teas, salt sugar porcelain and spices. Most of what was traded was expensive luxury goods. This was because it was a long trip and merchants didn’t have a lot of room for good. They imported or brought goods like cotton every word gold and silver
Who significantly expanded and promoted the silk trade?
Han dynasty
What is the main economic significance of the Straits of Malacca
Is the main shipping channel between the Indian Ocean and of the Pacific ocean, winking major Asian economies such as India China Japan Taiwan and South Korea
Why did the price of silver inflate
Increasing supply of sober from the Spanish and other Europeans caused it which adventure will be affected the deflation of values of all commodities
What led to the fall of the Ming Dynasty
Because the Chinese economy was based on silver and the price of silver inflated led to the collapse of the Ming Dynasty
What was the Aztecs religion
Polytheistic
Believe in an afterlife
What did the Aztecs control
The entire valley of Mexico
Aztec government
Harsh government that was ruled by one emperor: One Noble in charge of city and they weren’t supposed to report to the Empororer and run their city at the emperor directed
Mayan religion
Polytheistic
Believed in an underworld
Mayan government
Is not why did unified nation. There was no central government. The empire was a collection of independent cities.
Mayan time period
250-950 AD
Yucatán Central America
Mayan
Aztec empire
1325-1521 CE
Present day Mexico
Aztec empire
Inca empire time period
1400-1533 CE
Andes mountain in South America
Incas
Capital of inca
Cuzco(Lima, Peru)
