Unit 2: Networks of Exchange

The Chinese invention of paper MOST CAUSED which new commercial practice between 1200-1450

• Use of the number zero in accounting

• The giving of tribute

• Coercive slave labor

• Printed Money

This map emphasizes evidence which could BEST support which of the following claims?

• Trade routes led to the growth of cities

• Religions spread on trade routes

• Merchants funded building projects

• Luxury goods were the primary focus of trade.

The network of exchange labelled with an "A" on this map is know as

• The Trans Saharan Trade

• Silk Road

• Indian Ocean Trade

• Crusades

Which culture began in South Asia, but spread rapidly on the Silk Road to East Asia

• Christianity

• Islam

• Buddhism

• Confucianism

Which pastoralist people controlled the Silk Road sparking a "golden age" of trade?

• The Turks

• The Ming Dynasty

• The Mongol Empire

• The Ottoman Empire

There were many urban city types, but these "inns and guesthouses for merchants" on the Silk Road were known as

• Diaspodic Communites

• Entrpol

• Imperial Capitals

• Caravanseri

The practices of the residents of Mogadishu describe in this source MOST deal with

• Interacting with the pastoralist of Arabia

• Welcoming Economic trade

• Seeking to spread the Culture of Islam

• Power exerted by the Political rules of the Swahili Coast

Which innovation would help you Most deal with the environmental challenges of the Trans-Saharan routes

• A magnetic compass

• A dhow ship

• An astrolabe

• A saddle

The Trans-Sahara trade route was known for trading

• Amber and Spices

• Salt and Pepper

• Gold and Salt

• Gold and Silk

Which cultural belief system diffused MOST along the trade routes of the Middle East and Western Africa

• Christianity

• Islam

• Hinduism

• Buddhism