Unit 2 Networks

Question 1

Important networks

Answer 1

-Silk Road
-Indian Ocean network
-Trans-Saharan trade

Question 2

What did all networks have in common?

Answer 2

-geographical range expanded 1200-1450
-Range expanded due to innovations in commercial practices/technological innovations
-Increase connectivity caused many wealthy and powerful states to rise
-Some powerful cities collapsed

Question 3

Silk Road

Answer 3

-Eurasia
-Mostly luxury goods
-EXAMPLE: CHINESE SILK AND PORCELAIN

Question 4

Caravanserai + its effects

Answer 4

-provided safety along the Silk Road
-were about a day’s travel apart
-brought all cultures and backgrounds together; diffusion!

Question 5

Money economy

Answer 5

-uses paper money to facilitate exchange, unlike a barter economy
-“Flying cash”

Question 6

Kashgar

Answer 6

-Situated around a water source
-Was a popular destination for many merchants/traders
-Grew very big and wealthy
-Islamic learning center/decorated mosques

Question 7

Samarkand

Answer 7

-center of cultural exchange
-Diverse in religion
-Islamic learning center/decorated mosques

Question 8

The Indian Ocean network

Answer 8

-Understanding of monsoon winds
-More common goods were traded
-textiles and spices

Question 9

Swahili city-states

Answer 9

-Traded gold, ivory, slaves, etc.
-became Islamic and got connect to dar-al Islam

Question 10

Trans-Saharan trade innovations

Answer 10

Camel saddle

Question 11

What did India trade?

Answer 11

Fabrics, cotton, pepper

Question 12

Spice islands

Answer 12

islands that had many sought out spices like nutmeg, cinnamon, and cardamom.