Ap World Unit 2

Caravanserais

________ made travel safer and easier, there was more room /more goods could be transported because of "junks.

Interregional contacts

________ and conflicts between states and empires encouraged significant technological and cultural transfers, including during Chinese maritime activity led byMing Admiral Zheng He.

Islam

________ spreads via the Indian Ocean trade route to India, and Southeast Asia was introduced to Buddhism and Hinduism.

Black Death

The ________ made its way from China to Europe and devastated the population.

transportation technology

Improved ________ and commercial practices were another factor that led to the increase in trade.

biological diffusion

A deepening and widening of networks of human interaction within and across regions contributed to cultural, technological, and ________ within and between various societies.Improved commercial practices led to an increased volume of trade and expanded the geographical range of existing trade routes- including the Silk Roads- promoting the growth of powerful new trading cities.The growth of interregional trade in luxury goods was encouraged by innovations in previously existing transportation and commercial technologies, including the caravanserai, forms of credit, and the development of money economies.

Indian artisans

Chinese, Persian, and ________ and merchants expanded their production of textiles and porcelains for export; manufacture of iron and steel expanded in China.

China

Diffusion of scientific or technological innovations: Gunpowderfrom ChinaPaper from ________.

camel saddles

Improved ________ and caravans were some of the technologies that facilitated trade along the Trans- Saharan trade networks.

Paper money

________ and silk were also examples of technological innovations at the time.

commercial practices

Improved ________ led to an increased volume of trade and expanded the geographical range of existing trade routes- including theSilk Roads- promoting the growth of powerful new trading cities.

Prompt 3

________: Evaluate the extent to which trade networks influenced the expansion of empires in the 1200 to 1450 time period.

West Africa

The expansion of empires- includingMali in ________- facilitated Afro- Eurasian trade and communication as new people were drawn into the economies and trade networks.

Prompt 4

________: Evaluate the extent to which trade networks facilitated cultural and technological transfers in the 1200 to 1450 time period.

Indian Ocean

Improved transportation technologies and commercial practices led to an increased volume of trade and expanded the geographical range of existing trade routes, including the ________, promoting the growth of powerful new trading cities.

Prompt 1

________: Evaluate the extent to which new transportation technologies changed economic activity in the period circa 1200 to 1450.

Trade

________ brought communication and influenced many to join the empires because of the draw of booming economies and ________.

trade routes

The expansion and intensification of long distance ________ often depended on environmental knowledge, including advanced knowledge of themonsoon winds.

Indian Ocean trading network

The ________ fostered the growth of states such as: City- states of the Swahili- CoastGujaratSultanate of Malacca.

transportation technologies

Improved ________ and commercial practices led to an increased volume of trade and expanded the geographical range of existing trade routes, including the trans- Saharan trade network.

Unit 2

Networks of Exchange Exam Study Guide

C. 1200

c. 1450

Improved commercial practices led to an increased volume of trade and expanded the geographical range of existing trade routes

including theSilk Roads-promoting the growth of powerful new trading cities

Trading cities

 KashgarSamarkand

New forms of credit and money economies

Bills of exchangeBanking housesUse of paper money

Explain how the Mongol Khanates developed

 Following the death of Möngke Khan, the 4 Khanates developed due to a lack of a declared successor

Explain how the Mongol Khanates facilitated trade in Afro-Eurasia

 The Mongol Khanates facilitated trade in Afro-Eurasia by encouraging it

Describe some of the cultural transfers that resulted from the Mongol khanates

 Some cultural transfers during the Mongol Khanates were the transfer of religions such as Buddhism and Christianity, the transfer of medical knowledge to western Europe, and the adoption of the Uyghur script

The Indian Ocean trading network fostered the growth of states such as

 City-states of the Swahili-CoastGujaratSultanate of Malacca

Explain the various factors that led to the growth of the Indian Ocean trade networks in the 1200

1450 time period

Explain the impact that Indian Ocean trade had on the Swahili city-states

 Indian Ocean trade had a large impact on Swahili city states as it brought the art of writing to a group of people whose history up until that point had been entirely oral

Diasporic communities

Arab and Persian communities in East AfricaChinese merchant communities in Southeast AsiaMalay communities in the Indian Ocean basin

Describe a diasporic community that resulted from the Indian Ocean trade

 An example of a diasporic community that resulted from the Indian ocean trade would be Chinese merchant communities in Southeast Asia

Technologies encouraging interregional trade

Camel saddle**Caravans**

Diffusion of cultural traditions

The influence of Buddhism in East AsiaThe spread of Hinduism and Buddhism into Southeast AsiaThe spread of Islam in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia

Diffusion of scientific or technological innovations

Gunpowderfrom ChinaPaper from China

Travelers

Ibn BattutaMargery KempeMarco Polo

Give a few examples of cultural transfers that occurred as a result of trade networks in the 1200-1450 time period

Some examples of cultural transfers that occurred as a result of trade networks in the 1200-1450 time period were the spread of religions

Diffusion of crops

Bananas in AfricaNew rice varieties in East AsiaSpread of citrus in the Mediterranean

Instructions

  Write a contextual statement for each of the prompts below

Prompt 1

Evaluate the extent to which new transportation technologies changed economic activity in the period circa 1200 to 1450

Prompt 2

Evaluate the extent to which networks of exchange impacted religious activities in the period 1200 to 1450 CE

Prompt 3

Evaluate the extent to which trade networks influenced the expansion of empires in the 1200 to 1450 time period

Prompt 4

Evaluate the extent to which trade networks facilitated cultural and technological transfers in the 1200 to 1450 time period

Biological diffusion

what is this term for when bio products spread through countries and mix together

Silk, Cotton, Porcelain, Spices

What luxury goods were often traded along the Silk Roads

The mongol Empire

What empire does Unit 2 mainly surround?

Gun Powder

What Item was a staple product in some communities/ empires?

Ibn Battuta, Marco Polo, Margery Kempe

What three people increased travels along the silk road?

Camel saddle, Caravans

what technology encouraged interregional trade?