APWH Unit 2 Review

The Trans-Saharan Trade Network led to the diffusion of which religion to Sub-Saharan Africa?

• Islam

• Christianity

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

Arabs during this time period generally travelled to India for which reason?

• as part of diasporic communities

• religious conversion

• commerce- pepper is delicious!

• military conquest

Understanding which weather pattern facilitated trade on the Indian Ocean?

• Gulf Steam

• Monsoon

• El Nino

• Hurricanes

One negative effect of the Silk Road was...

• the lack of safety due to banditry

• precious resources quickly dried up when demand was high

• its complex map often led merchants astray

• its facilitation of the spread of the Bubonic Plague

Which Chinese invention allowed for greater circulation of trade currency?

• compass

• junk

• flying cash

• Grand Canal

Early paper currency was usually produced...

• by merchants themselves

• by woodblock printing

• in sizes corresponding to monetary value

• at one central location, and dispersed throughout the Indian Ocean from there

Pepper was a prized trade good sourced at...

• Great Zimbabwe

• Timbuktu

• Baghdad

• Calicut

The two main goods of the Trans-Saharan Trade Network were...

• Salt and gold

• Silk and indigo

• Nutmeg and pepper

• Tobacco and maize

Which Mongol leader tried unsuccessfully to invade Japan?

• Chinggis

• Berke

• Hulegu

• Kublai

The Mongols, when taking over the Song, established which dynasty?

• Ming

• Yuan

• Tang

• Qing