AP World- Unit 2 Review Flashcards

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Silk Roads

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Overland trade routes linking China to the Mediterranean; moved luxury goods & ideas.

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Luxury goods

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High-value, low-bulk items like silk, porcelain, spices carried long distances.

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Caravanserai

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Roadside inns for merchants/camels; enabled rest, exchange, and security.

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Kashgar

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Silk Roads oasis city; hub for trade, crafts, and learning.

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Samarkand

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Key Silk Roads city known for commerce and scholarly exchange.

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Paper money (“flying cash”)

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Government-issued notes used instead of coins in Song/Yuan China.

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Bills of exchange

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Written orders promising payment; enabled long-distance credit/settlement.

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Banking houses

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Institutions that kept deposits, issued credit, and facilitated trade finance.

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Commercial growth

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New credit/monetary systems and trading cities boosted Eurasian exchange.

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Mongol Empire

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Largest land empire (13th–14th c.); unified routes and secured trade.