AP world unit 2 (1200-1450)

• Was there a single silk road or multiple?

  multiple
• What were the chinese the first to use?

  Paper money
• What is a caravanserai?


  They were rest stops which provided safety and allowed for the exchange and diffusion of culture and technology.
• What rose up along the silk road as a result of these new innovations in travel?

  New trading cities.
• How did Kashgar become a destination itself?


  It hosted profitable markets and eventually became a thriving center for Islamic scholarship.
• the demand for what luxury items caused Chinese, Indian, and Persian artisans to increase their production of these goods?

  silk and porcelain
• Silk roads-a vast network of roads and trails that facilitated trade and the spread of culture and ideas across Eurasia in and before the period 1200-1450.
• cultural diffusion-the spread of ideas, customs, and behaviors from one culture to another.
• networks of exchange-the exchange of goods, services, and ideas between people and places.
• proto-industrialization-is the first stage of industrialization wherein the economy is still based on agriculture. A process by which china began producing more goods than their own population could consume, which were then sold in distant markets.
• Temujin(ghengis khan) was born holding what?

  A blood clot
• Who united the Mongols during the post-classical era?

  Chinggis khan
• what are 3 main qualities of the mongols that allowed them to conquer so much territory?

  Superior weaponry, military organization, and skilled horseback riding.
• What was the most notorious cause for the Mongols spreading empire?

  Their reputation for brutality
• Pax Mongolia was..?


  a period of peace under Mongol rule which facilitated trade and interaction between Eurasia
• Why were the Mongols able to rule China?

  Most Chinese believed that the Mongols possessed the mandate of heaven.
• How did the Mongols impact trade on the silk road?

  They improved it by protecting the trade routes.
• mongols-pastoral nomads, united under ghenggis khan (temujin)
• Genghis Khan-Mongolian leader who conquered most of asia
• Kublan khan-1200 CE, Mongolian empire, 1206 CE, Mongolian empire,1227 CE Mongolian empire
• Why would the collapse of the Mongol empire cause maritime trade to flourish?

  Without the Mongol empire, land-based trade became more dangerous. Thus, traders chose maritime trade, which was comparatively safer.
• Which of the following is NOT a transportation technology that improved trade in the Indian ocean basin?

  Water Wheel
• The silk roads mainly specialized in bulk goods whereas the indian ocean Basin specialized in luxury goods.
• Which states benefited from the Indian ocean basin trade?

  Swahili city-states and Malacca
• Who was Zhang He?

  A Chinese admiral commissioned by the Ming dynasty to collect tribute
• Indian ocean trade-A network of sea routes that connected the various states throughout Afro-Eurasia through trade.
• Maritime=sea based
• Diaspora-A group of people from one place who establish a home in another while retaining their cultural customs
• The cultural and technological exchanges that occur over trade routes are just as significant as the goods exchanged over those trade routes.
• The Mongol empire facilitated many cultural transfers across many parts of Eurasia
• Networks of exchange led to the increasing wealth and power of trading cities.
• Baghdad-Capital of Islamic cultural and artistic achievements
• Constantinople-Largest city in the word during this period, and the political and religious capital of the byzantine empire.
• Trans-Saharan network- A series of trade routes that connected north Africa and the Mediterranean world with the interior of west Africa and the rest of sub-Saharan Africa.
• Trans-Saharan goods-Slaves, Ivory, Gold, Salt, Horses, and Kola nuts
• When bananas were introduced, the diets of the people were expanded and that led to population growth
• Thanks to champa rice, China experinced a population explosion during this period.
• What was historically used to traverse the trans-Sahara? How did this change?

  Camels;They began using camel saddles.
• Why did Mali grow so wealthy?

  By converting to Islam, They gained access to Dar-al-Islams trade network
• Mali is most similar to...?

  Malacca