APWH Unit 2 The Silk Roads and the Mongol Empire

Which Empire contributed greatly to the second golden age of the Silk Road?

• Mongol Empire

• Abbasid Empire

• Roman Empire

• Byzantine Empire

What role did the city of Kashgar play in the Silk Road?

• Kashgar provided entertainment for those traveling along the Silk Road

• Kashgar provided the only Christian churches along the Silk Road

• Kashgar provided food and water to travelers along the Silk Road

• Kashgar provided travelers with most comfortable beds along the Silk Road

Why were caravanserais around 100 miles apart?

• Travelers liked to rest every 100 miles

• Travelers would travel an average of 100 miles per day

• Camels couldn’t travel more than 100 miles without getting too tired

• Camels needed to drink water every 100 miles

Which was not an advance in naval technology by China?

• Magnetic Compass

• Improved Rudder

• Junk

• Dhow

Which was NOT an advance that caused the expansion of exchange networks? (choose all the apply)

• caravanserai

• flying money

• improved design for camel saddles to allow for increased weight

• banking house

• walled cities

Which one is NOT true about the Hanseatic League?

• First common market

• Major trading city on the Silk Road

• Confederation of merchant guilds

• Commercial Alliance

What is a bill of exchange?

• the bill a trader gave to the purcharer of the goods

• a form of trade used in Samarkand

• a document stating the holder was legally promised payment

• a place along the Silk Road were traders could rest themselves and their animals

What was a caravanserai?

• inns along the Silk Road where traders could rest themselves and their animals

• a type of caravan that consisted of hundred of pack animals and traders

• a trade caravan across the ocean to a distant place

• the Mongol Empires method of controlling trade along the Silk Road

Mongol men and women were both skilled horse riders.

• True

• False

What is the Pax Mongolica?

• The period of Eurasia history in the 13th and 14th centuries when the Mongols maintained peace in their empire and allowed trade to increase

• The name of the Mongolian capital city.

• The title of the person that ruled the Mongolican empire.

• The writing system the Mongols used to communicate long distances across the empire that was kept secret so that others couldn't read their messages.