AP World Unit 2 Networks of Exchange

What some specific examples of the technological causes of increased trade along the silk road?

• caravenserai, flying cash and banking houses

• lateen sails, maps, compass and astrolabe

• compass, astrolabe, maps and camel saddles

• dhow ships, maps and compass

What some specific examples of the technological causes of increased trade along the Indian Ocean?

• caravenserai, flying cash and banking houses

• lateen sails, maps, compass and dhow ships

• compass, astrolabe, maps and camel saddles

• dhow ships, maps and saddles

What were the major items traded along the Indian Ocean Trade Route?

• gold, slaves and porcelain

• silk, porcelain, paper and gunpowder

• gold, slaves and spices

• gold, salt, slaves and ivory

What role did the Swahili civilization play in Indian Ocean Trade?

• The controlled the gold mines in the interior

• They were the middle-man between the people in the interior of Africa and the Arab merchants in India.

• They abducted slaves to be sold on the coast

• The created banking houses and accepted bills of exchange

What was the importance of the camel?

• the camel was able to eat a lot of food often

• the camel had many offspring

• they allowed people to cross the Sahara desert due to its endurance

• the camel was faster than the horse

What changes did Trade bring to West Africa?

• Islam was introduced to Mali

• Buddhism was introduced to Mali

• Women gained more rights

• Great Zimbabwe became a center of learning

How was Islam diffused to West Africa?

• through conquest by the Turks

• through trade by Arab merchants

• through trade by Chinese merchants

• Expansion of the Abbasid empire

Wrote, "The Prince," a political guidebook

• Jean Jacques Rousseau
• Adam Smith
• Nicolo Machiavelli
• John Locke

______________________________ was a commercial and defensive confederation of merchant guilds and market towns in Northwestern and Central Europe.

• The Great Schism

• Hanseatic League

• Guilder League

• Christian Commercial Organization

___________________________ is the combining of different beliefs, while blending practices of various schools of thought.

• Acculturation

• Syncretism

• Socialization

• Cultural Diffusion