ap world test units 1 & 2 🌍💞

what was traded along trade routes?

goods, religion, innovation, technology

trade routes facilitated…

cultural diffusion

trade routes expanded due to…

commercial and technological innovations

increased connectivity increased…

wealth

increased connectivity caused…

the rise of power and the collapse of some cities

what was traded along the silk roads?

luxury goods (silk and porcelain)

along the silk roads, increased _____ led to increased _____

demand, production

merchants traveling were targets for _____

theft

cultural innovations along the silk roads

caravanserai, flying money (paper money), credit forms (banks)

which cities rose to power along the silk roads and why?

kashgar, built around lush valleys that made it an attractive stop

along the indian ocean network, understanding of _____ helped travel

monsoon winds

cheaper goods such as _____ and _____ were traded along the indian ocean

spices and textiles

innovations that made indian ocean trade possible

magnetic compass, improved astrolabe, better ships, credit (money)

which states grew along the indian ocean network?

swahilli city states (became islamic, expanded their trade), disaporic communities (people moving to other places but keeping their culture), shown through zheng he (went to different places, spread chinese culture and innovation)

innovations that helped the trans-saharan network expand

improved camel saddle (more cargo)

states that grew with trans-saharan trade and why

mali (taxed merchants, got rich from gold trade, mansa musa improved wealth)

cultural consequences of trade

transfer of religion (buddhism), literary and artistic transfers (translated classic greek documents), scientific and technological innovations (gunpowder), rise and fall of cities, travelers wrote about their experiences (ibn buttuta)

environmental consequences of trade

transfer of crops (champa rice, bananas), transfer of diease (bubonic plague)

characteristics of mongol empire

established largest empire of all time, trade routes increased significantly under their rule (encouraged international trade & facilitated increase in communication and cooperation), facilitated tech and cultural transfers (transferred islamic medical knowledge, adopted uyghur script)

the song dynasty characteristics

confucianism, imperial bureaucracy, influenced japan, vietnam, and korea, commercialized economy

dar al-islam characterstics

abbasid caliphate (lost power, ethnic turks gained power such as the seljuk), advancements (house of wisdom in baghdad), expansion of muslim rule through merchants, military, and missionaries

south asia characteristics

religion (buddhism, hinduism, islam), bhakti movement (edited version of hinduism), delhi sultanate, rajput kingdom, vijayanagar empire

se asia characteristics

majapahit kingdom, khmer empire

characteristics of the americas

aztec (tribute states), inca (mit’a system), missisipian culture (cahokia)

characteristics of africa

swahili, great zimbabwe, ethiopia

characteristics of europe

eastern orthodox and roman catholicism, no large empires, decentralization, feudalism, manorialism