unit II exam

Question 1

What was the greatest impact of the Silk Roads?

Answer 1

The Mongolian Empire

Question 2

Transportation Technologies in the Silk Roads:

Answer 2

•magnetic compass
•rudder
•junk- walls w/ thin hulls

Question 3

Causes of the growth of exchange networks

Answer 3

Crusades
Rise of New Empires- Mongolians conquered Abbasid Caliphate
Technology- rudder, compass, junk
Demand for SILK
Culture- Mahayana Buddhism- Buddha is a deity, emphasis on the compassionate works & earning of merit
LUXURY GOODS

Question 4

Causes of Exchange in The Indian Ocean

Answer 4

Spread of Islam- Muslims Persians & Arabs, seafares, transporting goods
Calicut & Cambay- Centers of trade in E Africa & SW Asia
Increased demand for specialized products
Environmental knowledge- MONSOON WINDS- merchants plan around it, stay in port cities temporarily
Tech advances- lateen sails, stern rudder, astrolabe
Growth of states- Malacca- wealthy by navy + imposing fees, Sultanate ended when Portuguese invaded, caused traders to diversify routes & ports that they used.

Question 5

Effects of exchange in the Indian Ocean

Answer 5

Zheng He- stopped pirate activity in Coast of China, wanted to display the might of the Ming Dynasty, brought back the first giraffe
Diasporic communities
COMMON & LUXURY GOODS
Swahili- developed the African merchant class

Question 6

Kashgar

Answer 6

Abundance in food & water
Leather goods & pottery

Question 7

Samarkand

Answer 7

Stopping point on Silk Roads
Centers of Islamic learning
Centers of cultural exchange

Question 8

Another C one

Question 9

True or false: The Silk Roads normally weren’t dangerous and was united in 1 state which made trade less expensive

Answer 9

False

Question 10

Meritocratic

Answer 10

Freedom of religion

Question 11

Were people accepting of everyone when it came to trade in the Indian Ocean Basin?

Answer 11

Yes

Question 12

What did the Mongols fail to do?

Answer 12

Take over Japan

Question 13

What led to the downfall of the Mongolian Empire?

Answer 13

The death of their Khan led to political fragmentation

Question 14

Swahili

Question 15

Marco Polo

Answer 15

•merchant
•Traveled among Chinese
•Kublai Khan wanted him to become the ambassador
•Influenced the European population with his stories

Question 16

Flying Cash

Answer 16

Paper Money
1 location to deposit
1 location to withdraw

Question 17

Banking Houses

Answer 17

Present a “bill of exchange”

Question 18

Genghis Khan

Answer 18

Tribal alliances by defeating neighboring groups 1 by 1.
Obsessed with power
Personal loyalty- best way to run kingdom
“Ruler of all”

Question 19

Mongolian Tech

Answer 19

exploited expertise of captured engineers to produce siege weapons (portable towers used to attack walled-fortifications & catapults)
poney express- oral message delivery

Question 19

Mongolian Tech

Answer 19

exploited expertise of captured engineers to produce siege weapons (portable towers used to attack walled-fortifications & catapults)
pony express- oral message delivery

Question 20

Pax Mongolia (Mongolian Peace)

Answer 20

Chinese & Islamic traditions
Genghis Khan- policy of religious tolerance

Question 21

India’s demand for products in the Indian Ocean

Answer 21

Fabric

Question 22

Spice Islands

Answer 22

Malaysia & Indonesia

Question 23

Mombasa, Mogadishu, Sofala demand for products

Answer 23

enslaved people
ivory & gold

Question 24

Monsoon winds

Answer 24

winter- wind comes from NE
summer & spring- wind comes from SW

Question 25

Advances in maritime tech

Answer 25

Lateen sails- easily catch wind
Stern rudder- stabilize ships
Astrolabe- determines latitude,how far from equator

Question 26

Sultan of Malacca ***

Question 27

Zheng He****

Question 28

Mali in Trans Saharan Trade Routes

Answer 28

monopoly on trade of horses & medals
Taxes on salt & copper