trade routes

What made the Silk Road possible? (causes)

The saftey the mongols provided and camels

Mahayana Buddhism - What is it? Why was it created? How is it different from the original form?

New form of Buddhism, to make it more popular, lets you keep all your possessions, keep local gods and lets you view Buddha as God

Why was silk significant to the working class

It made jobs for them

What advantages did the Indian Ocean have over the Silk Road?

more efficient, easier to travel and much faster

Monsoon winds made trade ____ & _____

safer and predictable (also lowered the price on items)

Lateen sail (was from.. Was helpful because..)

allowed ships to sail against the wind and came from the Indian Ocean

Magnetic compass - Where is it from? What did it do?

China, allowed long distance trade

Astrolabe - Where is it from? What did it do?

Invented in the Arab world, helped with long distance trade and used the stars to determine latitude.

Banana (was from.. Ended up in?

from Vietnam to Madagascar via Indian Ocean

Islam – from where & where did it spread to?

from the Arabian Peninsula spread to east Africa and Indonesia

What did East Africa, China, the Middle East and India trade on the Indian Ocean? (see John Green)

EA: gold, ivory, lumber, slaves CH: silk, porcelain, gunpowder. ME: coffee, books, IN: spices

What empires were the first to control Indian Ocean Trade? How was this done?

The Arab (Islamic) empires bc of the port cities and navigating the ocean with their inventions

Camel from where? Was used for

Arabian Peninsula, used to travel

Purpose of the Caravan System

used in sahara, saftey in numbers

Ghana & Mali – trade what for what? Because… (Who was exporting gold? Why was gold valuable? Who was exporting salt? Why was salt valuable, 3 reasons)

1. They lost it from their bodies in the heat
2. Used to preserve food
3. You need salt to live

What belief system spread to West Africa? Why?

Islam because the east africans traveled to west africa