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 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

______________________________ 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

European _____________ ______________ were institutions that loaned money for merchants.

• Banking Houses

• Coffee Houses

• Insurance Houses

• Business Loans

A time period of extended peace on the Silk Road..

• Pax Mongolia

• Pax Romana

• Indian Ocean Pax

• Convassarai

Chinese term for paper money.

• Flying Monkees

• Flying Cash

• Bills of Exchange

• Bill of sale

Overland trade between Europe to Asia on the Silk Road increased with

• the revival of commercial cities, such as Samarkand, along the way.

• the discovery of gold in the Hindu Kush.

• the collapse of the Roman empire.

• the development of a new breed of camel.

Which of these accurate describes the political status of China in Marco Polo’s time?

• China was under foreign influence by European commercial interests
• China was experiencing a series of civil wars led by regional warlords
• China was under the control of Mongol rulers
• China was controlled by religious leaders who chose the emperor