WHAP Midterm Review Unit 2

What time period is Unit 2?

1200-1450

What did the Silk Roads connect and pass through?

Connected East Asia to Europe, passed through Central and Southwest Asia

What did the Indian Ocean Trade routes connect and pass through?

Connected East Asia to East Africa, passed through Southwest, Southeast, and South Asia

What did the Trans Saharan Trade routes connect and pass through?

Connected North Africa and Mediterranean Basin to Sub Saharan Africa

Was the trade route dependence a similarity or difference?

Similarity

What was the effect of the trade route dependency on large state?

Merchants felt safe to travel

Was new technology a similarity or difference?

Similarity

What was the effect of new technology?

Made trade profitable and manageable

What was the primary purpose of the trade routes?

Trade

What were the secondary consequences of the trade routes?

cultural exchange and introduction of new crops

How were cultures exchanged on trade routes?

Merchants shared religions and Missionaries

What crops were introduced on the trade routes?

Champa Rice and Bananas

Where was Champa Rice introduced to and what was the effect?

China, population increase

From who were Bananas introduced and to who were they introduced to?

Indonesian merchants introduced to east African Bantu speaking people

What was the effect of the introduction of Bananas?

increased migration- Bantus could move to places where bananas grew instead of staying in places where yams grew

What word should you say if you are struggling with WHAP?

YAM

Was the growth or trading cities a similarity or difference?

Similarity

What is a trading city?

a place where the trade routes converted

What is Chang’an?

a trading city in China as a result of the Silk Roads

What is Calicut?

a trading city in India as a result of the Indian Ocean trade networks

What is Srivijaya?

a trading city in southeast Asia as a result of the Indian Ocean trade routes

What is Timbaktu?

a trading city in Mali as a result of the Trans Saharan trade routes

What goods were exchanged on the Silk Roads?

Luxury goods: porcelain, silk, gunpowder, horses, textiles

What goods were exchanged on the Indian Ocean trade routes?

Bulk goods: Gold, Ivory, Fruit, Textiles, Pepper, Rice

What goods were exchanged on the Trans Saharan trade routes?

Horses, salt, gold, slaves

What religions were spread on the Silk Roads?

Buddhism, Neo-Confucianism, Islam

Where did Buddhism spread?

South Asia to Southeast Asia

Where did Neo-Confucianism spread?

China to Japan

Where did Islam spread (Indian Ocean)?

From Southwest Asia to South Asia

What religions spread on the Indian Ocean trade routes?

Christianity, Buddhism, Neo-Confucianism, Islam

Where did Christianity come from?

Mediterranean Basin

What religions spread on the Trans Saharan trade routes?

Islam

Where did Islam spread (Trans Saharan)?

From Southwest Asia and North Africa to Sub Saharan Africa

What technology was used on the Silk Roads?

Saddles, Caravanserai

What is a caravanserai?

stops on trade routes so merchants can refresh

What technology was used on the Indian Ocean trade routes?

Navigational: Astrolabe, Magnetic Compass, Sternpost rudder, lateen sail

What technology was used on the Trans Saharan trade routes?

Saddles

What did interconnectivity cause?

Change- cultural and environmental consequences

Where did Zen Buddhism originated and where did it spread to?

Originated in China and spread to Korea, Japan, and Vietnam

How did Zen Buddhism spread?

Trade

What Buddhism was practiced in Masses?

Zen Buddhism

Did the Chinese embrace Zen Buddhism?

Yes

What religion did the African Bantu speaking convert to?

Islam

What languages birthed Swahilli?

Arabic and Bantu

Who is Iban Battuta?

a Muslim traveler who went all over Dar Al Islam and kept notes on the people he interacted with

Who is Marco Polo?

and Italian traveler who went to China and served in the court of Kublai Khan

Who was Kublai Khan?

the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty

What was the effect of travelers?

Opened the imagination of people- the traveler’s stories were published and caused people to want goods from those places

The introduction of crops like champa rice and bananas was an…

environmental consequence

What disease was spread on trade routes?

The black death/bubonic plague

Where did the black death start and spread?

from China to Afro-Eurasia

What was the effect of the black death?

wiped populations, meaning work population in Europe diminished causing surviving workers to fight for their rights

When did the Mongols form?

1209

The mongols were the…

largest land based empire

Who brought the cluster of tribes together to from the Mongols?

Gingyus Khan

What was the Mongol army like and what did they focus on?

the army was fierce and brutal and focused on conquest

What reputation did the Mongols have?

a reputation for brutality

What did the Mongols establish?

Pax Mongolica

What does Pax Mongolica mean?

The peace of the Mongols

What did the security of the Pax Mongolica cause?

flourishing trade

How did the Mongols contribute to the spread of the black death?

They were the main reason the black death spread

How did the Mongols affect the formation of later states?

The Mongols used centralized power which was used by later states to consolidate power

Who created the Golden Horde?

Batu

Where was the Golden Horde?

Eastern Europe to Siberia

What did the Golden Horde have?

a large army

What trade route did the Mongols control?

The Silk Roads

Who established the ll-Khanate?

Hulegu

Where was the ll-Khanate located?

Iran, Azerbaijan, Turkey

What did the ll-Khanate do?

attack the Abbaside Empire

What religion did the ll-Khanate practice?

Islam

Who established the Yuan Dynasty?

Kublai Khan

Where was the Yuan Dynasty located?

China

What did the Yuan Dynasty do?

Defeat the Song Dynasty

During what time of the Silk Roads did the Mongols control?

the 4th Golden Age of the Silk Roads

Where did Islam spread to?

Africa

What economic change occurred?

the establishment of banking house and flying money

What new religion was established?

Neo-Confucianism