Unit 2: Networks of Exchange ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Religions that spread along trade routes across Afro-Eurasia - Correct answers✔✔Islam,
Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity
Silk Road - Correct answers✔✔Connected China, India, Central Asia, Middle East, and Europe.
Traded goods,spread culture, and disease.
Role of nomads in Silk Road - Correct answers✔✔Facilitated trade along the Silk Road by
providing animals, protection, and technology like the stirrup; spread military technology along
Silk Road
Kashgar - Correct answers✔✔City in China that served as rest stop for traders. Travelers stopped
for goods since the area was good for growing crops; goods were sold at a bustling marketplace,
important along the Silk Road
Methods of rule over Golden Horde - Correct answers✔✔Indirect rule; local princes collected
tribute on behalf of Mongols
Methods Mongols used to gain territory - Correct answers✔✔Used skills with bow and as horse
riders to conduct brutal raids and attacks; forced towns to surrender or face slaughter; used tech
of people conquered to scale city walls; used conquered people in military and as skilled
laborers; invented cannon
Magnetic compass - Correct answers✔✔Chinese invention that aided sailing navigation
Mamluks - Correct answers✔✔Group that stopped Mongol advance in Egypt
, Dhow - Correct answers✔✔Ship used in Indian Ocean Trade Network - had lateen sails and
could carry heavy weights. Did not use nails, but fiber ropes for fastening so flexible; smaller
than Chinese junk
Diasporic communities within Indian Ocean trade networks - Correct answers✔✔Travelers had
to wait for favorable winds to be able to travel, so they stayed in foreign lands and interacted
with the local culture; intermarriage and spread of religion was a result; common on Swahili
coast
Impact of Mongols on Silk Road - Correct answers✔✔Mongol empire helped this trade route to
flourish. Mongols protected merchants and helped the trade routes to flourish
Chinese Junk - Correct answers✔✔Ship used in Indian Ocean Trade Network -Had watertight
compartments. Could carry heavy weight cargo and the largest of their time, with 6 masts. They
used nails to hold the hull together.
Sternpost Rudder - Correct answers✔✔Invented in China. Allowed for better navigation and
control of ships; Helped in Indian Ocean Trade. The Europeans received it through trade.
Zheng He voyages - Correct answers✔✔7 voyages that occured between 1405-1433 CE under
Ming; Displayed might of Chinese empire and received tribute; Included 300 ships and 27,000
people;
Opened new markets for Chinese goods
Brought back exotic goods (Ex. 1st giraffe)
Advances in astronomy under Mongol Khanates - Correct answers✔✔Predicted eclipse (info
reaches Europe and India)
Improved astrolabe
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Religions that spread along trade routes across Afro-Eurasia - Correct answers✔✔Islam,
Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity
Silk Road - Correct answers✔✔Connected China, India, Central Asia, Middle East, and Europe.
Traded goods,spread culture, and disease.
Role of nomads in Silk Road - Correct answers✔✔Facilitated trade along the Silk Road by
providing animals, protection, and technology like the stirrup; spread military technology along
Silk Road
Kashgar - Correct answers✔✔City in China that served as rest stop for traders. Travelers stopped
for goods since the area was good for growing crops; goods were sold at a bustling marketplace,
important along the Silk Road
Methods of rule over Golden Horde - Correct answers✔✔Indirect rule; local princes collected
tribute on behalf of Mongols
Methods Mongols used to gain territory - Correct answers✔✔Used skills with bow and as horse
riders to conduct brutal raids and attacks; forced towns to surrender or face slaughter; used tech
of people conquered to scale city walls; used conquered people in military and as skilled
laborers; invented cannon
Magnetic compass - Correct answers✔✔Chinese invention that aided sailing navigation
Mamluks - Correct answers✔✔Group that stopped Mongol advance in Egypt
, Dhow - Correct answers✔✔Ship used in Indian Ocean Trade Network - had lateen sails and
could carry heavy weights. Did not use nails, but fiber ropes for fastening so flexible; smaller
than Chinese junk
Diasporic communities within Indian Ocean trade networks - Correct answers✔✔Travelers had
to wait for favorable winds to be able to travel, so they stayed in foreign lands and interacted
with the local culture; intermarriage and spread of religion was a result; common on Swahili
coast
Impact of Mongols on Silk Road - Correct answers✔✔Mongol empire helped this trade route to
flourish. Mongols protected merchants and helped the trade routes to flourish
Chinese Junk - Correct answers✔✔Ship used in Indian Ocean Trade Network -Had watertight
compartments. Could carry heavy weight cargo and the largest of their time, with 6 masts. They
used nails to hold the hull together.
Sternpost Rudder - Correct answers✔✔Invented in China. Allowed for better navigation and
control of ships; Helped in Indian Ocean Trade. The Europeans received it through trade.
Zheng He voyages - Correct answers✔✔7 voyages that occured between 1405-1433 CE under
Ming; Displayed might of Chinese empire and received tribute; Included 300 ships and 27,000
people;
Opened new markets for Chinese goods
Brought back exotic goods (Ex. 1st giraffe)
Advances in astronomy under Mongol Khanates - Correct answers✔✔Predicted eclipse (info
reaches Europe and India)
Improved astrolabe
