Unit 2: Networks of Exchange (1200-1450)

Question 1

What were the three main trading networks across Afro-Eurasia in the years 1200-1450?

Answer 1

Silk Roads
Indian Ocean
Trans-Saharan

Question 2

What were the similarities between the main trading networks in the years 1200-1450?

Answer 2

1. dependent on the establishment of large states (so merchants feel safe)
2. Allowed development and expansion of technological advances
3. Exchange of goods and culture (syncretism)
4. Caused growth of trading cities at the intersection of trade routes (Chang‘an, Vijayanagara kingdoms, etc)

Question 3

What main goods were traded in the Silk Roads in the years 1200-1450?

Answer 3

Silk, Porcelain, Gunpowder, Horses, and Textiles

Question 4

What technological developments were made due to the Silk Roads in the years 1200-1450?

Answer 4

Saddles and Caravanserai

Question 5

What are caravanserai?

Answer 5

“rest-stops” along the Silk-roads made at around a day’s distance between each other for merchants to stop and refresh themselves

Question 6

What main religions spread across the Silk Roads in the years 1200-1450?

Answer 6

Buddhism, Neo-Confucianism, and Islam

Question 7

What main goods were traded along the Indian Ocean trade routes in the years 1200-1450?

Answer 7

Gold, Ivory, Fruit, Textiles, Pepper, and Rice

Question 8

What technological developments were made along the Indian Ocean trade routes in the years 1200-1450?

Answer 8

Astrolabe, Compass, Sternpost Rudder, and Lateen Sail

Question 9

What main religions spread across the Indian Ocean trade route in the years 1200-1450?

Answer 9

Christianity, Buddhism, Neo-Confucianism, and Islam

Question 10

What main goods were traded along the Trans-Saharan trade routes in the years 1200-1450?

Answer 10

Horses, Salt, Gold, and Slaves

Question 11

What main technological developments were made along the Trans-Saharan trade routes in the years 1200-1450?

Answer 11

Saddles

Question 12

What main religions spread across the Trans-Saharan trade routes in the years 1200-1450?

Answer 12

Islam

Question 13

What were some cultural consequences of trade in the years 1200-1450?

Answer 13

1. Syncretism of zen Buddhism
2. Bantu conversion to Islam Travelers traveled places
3. Travelers such as Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta traveled along the trade routes

Question 14

What two religions syncretized to form Zen Buddhism?

Answer 14

Mahayana Buddhism and Taoism

Question 15

What was a cultural consequence of the Bantu conversion to Islam in the years 1200-1450?

Answer 15

formation of the Swahili language, based on Bantu and Islamic languages

Question 16

What effects did the travels of Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta have in the years 1200-1450?

Answer 16

The publishing of books that inspired more people to travel to Asia

Question 17

What were the environmental consequences of trade in the years 1200-1450?

Answer 17

The spread of the Black Death which killed many people across Afro-Eurasia and disrupted Feudalism

Question 18

How did the Mongol Empire rise in the years 1200-1450?

Answer 18

small groups led by Genghis Khan conquered other places forming the Mongol Empire

Question 19

What was the Pax Mongolia?

Answer 19

A time of peace and political stability in the Mongol Empire where trade was safe and flourishing on the Silk Roads

Question 20

What did the Mongol Empire contribute?

Answer 20

It formed a method of consolidating empires that was utilized by many empires proceeding it