WHAP Modern - Unit 2 Review

The Chinese invention of paper would have influenced which new commercial practice between 1200 to 1450?

• Use of the # 0 in accounting

• Coercive slave labor

• The giving of tributes

• Creation of printed money

BEST vocab phrase to describe Chinese silk & porcelain, Malaccan spices, Persian rugs & laquerware, etc. is...

• Commercial practices

• Luxury Goods

• Monetary Exchange

• Relay Trade

Europe (West) increased DEMAND for luxuries (like silk) = what happened to Asian (East) SUPPLY of luxuries?

• Supply went down as Asian artisans reduced luxury goods production.

• Supply increased as Asian artisans increased luxury goods production.

• Supply stayed constant because Asian artisans ignored European demand.

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

• The Silk Roads

• Trans-Saharan (sand) Routes

• The Indian Ocean (Sea) Routes

• European Mediterranean Routes

Which set of tech./innovations most helped Silk Road travellers overcome ENVIRONMENTAL challenges on the Silk Roads

• Paper making, gunpowder, & the astrolabe

• Dhow ships, junks, & the magnetic compass

• Bills of exchange, checks, & paper currency

• Yokes, saddles, & stirrups for domesticated pack animals like camels

While all of these were carried on the Silk Roads, what would have been the most valuable & prized by a merchant 🤑?

• Luxury goods like fine cloth & rugs

• Religious relics and books

• Staple items like food & water

• Bulk raw materials like lumber

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

• Caravanserai

• Diasporic Communities

• Entrepots

• Imperial Capitals

Which culture began in South Asia, but then spread rapidly on the Silk Roads to East Asia?

• Christianity

• Buddhism

• Islam

• Confucianism

Which pastoralist peoples controlled Silk Road trade in 1279 C.E., sparking a "golden age" of trade?

• the Turks

• the Mongol Empire

• the Ming Dynasty

• the Ottoman Empire

Which ocean network of exchange linked all of the regions bordering the Indian Ocean?

• Pacific Ocean Trade Route

• Atlantic Ocean Trade Route

• Indian Ocean Trade Route

• Arctic Ocean Trade Route