Global Trade Routes & Asia

Trade Routes:

What is the orange trade route and the blue trade route? (SELECT 2)

• Western European Sea & River

• Baltic-Black Sea

• Trans-Saharan

• Arabian-Maritime

Trade Routes:

What are the green and red trade routes?

(SELECT 2)

• Trans-Saharan

• Baltic-Black Sea

• Silk Roads

• Southeast Asia

Trade Routes: What are the yellow and purple trade routes?

(SELECT 2)

• Southeast Asia

• Silk Roads

• Trans-Saharan

• Arabian Maritime

Which of the following was NOT a good that would have been traded along the Silk Road around year 1000 AD?

• Textiles

• Batteries

• Paper

• Porcelain

TRUE or FALSE: Ideas and beliefs, such as religions, also spread along the trade routes. This is known as cultural diffusion.

• TRUE

• FALSE

TRUE or FALSE: The Atlantic Ocean separates Japan from the Asian mainland (China, Korea, etc.).

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which vocabulary term am I?

A chain of islands. Japan is an example of this.

• Typhoons

• Shinto

• Amber

• Archipelago

Which vocabulary term am I?

Massive storms that form over the Pacific Ocean. These include heavy rain and high winds and are common in Japan.

• Archipelago

• Typhoons

• Arabian-Maritime Routes

• Hurricanes

Which vocabulary term am I?

A religion originating in Japan. It is a nature religion and believers of this recognize many spirits, or Kami.

• Buddhism

• Hinduism

• Shinto

• Animism

Which of the following is NOT a way that Ancient Chinese culture influences Ancient Japanese culture?

• Chinese geography and Japanese geography are pretty much the same

• Japanese writing characters and Chinese writing characters are similar

• Japanese temples/pagodas/palaces look like ones in China

• Religious traditions in China, like Buddhism are also present in Japan