Unit 2: Networks of Exchange Flashcards
1
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Kashgar/Samarkand
A
New cities formed because of silk road.
2
Q
Caravanserai
A
A Hotel made for travelers and traders.
3
Q
Paper Money
A
- trade improved forms of payment
4
Q
Banking
A
- trade improved forms of payment
5
Q
Porcelain
A
- Luxury good
- from China
6
Q
Steppe
A
- Mongols lived in the Steppe region
- Central Asia
7
Q
Genghis Khan
A
- Universal Ruler
- Mongol
- United Mongol tribes
- Made rivals work for him (bureaucracy)
8
Q
Khanates
A
9
Q
Bubonic Plauge
A
10
Q
Monsoon
A
- Seasonal winds
- Indian trade route
- Increased trade in India
(winds boosted the pace of ships)
11
Q
Compass
A
12
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Ming Admiral Zheng He
A
- Important trade and travel in the Indian trade route
- From China
13
Q
Disapora
A
A population living separately from their geographic origin
14
Q
Caravans
A
- Trade in Africa on caravans
- Camel/saddle + Astrology/GPS = Trade
15
Q
Timbuktu
A
- Center of Scholarships
- Located in Mali at a transshipment point
- Trading point