UNIT 2 NETWORKS OF EXCHANGE PRACTICE TEST Flashcards
Historians could also credit this Empire when it comes to the creation of the Silk Roads..
Persian
After looking at this chart one can FOR SURE say
Islam was spread on all 3 routes
We learned how to harvest the silk from the cocoons of silk worms…. “Silk Road”
Chinese
We first fell in love with the Chinese Silk….
Romans
These were all goods traded on the Silk Road from EAST to WEST EXCEPT
Coffee
These two products coming from East to West on the Silk Road had the largest impact on European life…
paper-Gunpowder
The main use for the Silk and Royal Roads were primarily for….
Commercial Trade
Bills of exchange…… on the Silk Road…
IOU’s
These were all goods traded on the Silk Road traveling from WEST to EAST EXCEPT..
Gunpowder
This man wrote about his journey on the Silk Road inspiring an entire world…
Marco Polo
Many historians also believe that that Silk Road…
Spread diseases throughout Europe and Asia
After the Ottomans conquered Byzantium…..
They wanted to monopolize the Silk Trade
After the Ottomans conquered Byzantium and Constantinople fell….
Europeans looked to the Seas for better trade routes to Asia
Predictable winds throughout the Indian Ocean…
Europeans looked to the Seas for better trade routes to Asia
Predictable winds throughout the Indian Ocean…
Made trade less risky
The main reason why most trade routes at the time (but the Silk Roads in particular), traded mostly luxury goods…..
The Rich desired Luxury goods
The YAM System was…
Was a postal system or supply point route messenger system
Caravanserai……were??
Roadside inns along trade routes merchants could rest in
These were all effects of the Silk Road EXCEPT
ALL Europeans became wealthy
As demand for silk grew in China..
China began to rely on peasant and artisanal labor to fuel their economy
What was the major effect of Marco Polo’s journey?
He inspired Europeans to get to China
The Mongols could of done all the following EXCEPT?
Created Islam
These are main reasons why the Mongols might catch a bad rap in history EXCEPT
They were very tolerant of other religions
Because of merchant contact amongst the 3 major trading routes all the following occurred EXCEPT
Gunpowder was adopted in Scandinavia
Religions like Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, and even traditional Chinese customs…..
Traveled on the Silk Road
The Silk Roads were the biggest…..
Land network in the time period, stretching from Constantinople all the way to the very eastern edge of China
All of these are true about the Mongols invaders EXCEPT
They had flying horses
The Mongols conquered more land in 25 years than this empire did in 400
Roman
All of these major regions of the world traded during the height of the Monsoon Market place during the 14th century EXCEPT
Europe
After Genghis Khan’s death the Mongols failed to…which eventually led to the Mongols Empire declining
Created a central political government
These are 5 reasons Historians feel that the Mongols were GREAT EXCEPT
Killed millions of conquered peoples
When trade is good and money in plentiful what often emerges as a result?
Art and Literature
The Mongols were originally _______ people in Central Asia
Pastoral
When Genghis Khan died, the Mongol Empire was split up into four _________
Khanates