Trade Routes, Japan, Mayan, Inca, Aztecs

What was the major trade route across Asia to the Mediterranean basin?

What were the major items traded from China?

• porcelain

• paper/printing

• compass

• silk

• salt

What were the major items traded in West Africa via the Trans-Saharan Trade Routes?

• gold

• silk

• paper

• salt

• horses

What was the major item that was traded from the Baltic Sea Region?

(a)  

• amber
• gold
• silk
• paper
• compass

What trade route extended through the Sahara Desert in Northwestern Africa?

• Persian Royal Road

• Indian Maritime

• Trans-Saharan

• Silk Road

What was this famous water route known as?

a

The Silk Road

Indian Maritime Trade Routes

Trans-Saharan Trade Routes

Persian Royal Road

What was the major religion spread from West Africa due to the Sub-Saharan trade routes?

What are the religions that spread from India to Southeast Asia, via the Silk Road?

• Taoism

• Hinduism

• Islam

• Buddhism

• Christianity

What religion spread from China to Korea and Japan?

(a)  

• Buddhism
• Hinduism
• Islam
• Christianity

What African kingdom adopted Christianity?

• Axum

• Zimbabwe

• Mali

• Songhai