AP World Chapter 7; Trade Routes – Flashcards
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Location of the Silk Road
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Linked China to Med. Sea, started in Chang'an
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Silk Road; Environmental factors
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Outer Eurasia= warm, well watered. Inner Eurasia= harsher and drier climate. Steppes and oases
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Silk Road; Transportation
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Camels and horses(stirrup)
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Silk Road; Goods traded
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China= silk, bamboo, rhubarb. India= cotton, spices. Middle East= almonds, dyes. Med. Basin= gold coins, olive oil, grapes. Central Asia= furs, horses, saddles
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Silk Road; Impact
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Linked pastoral and agricultural people, relay trade, focused on luxury trade= limited impact on most people, Buddhism and Islam spread, diseases spread
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Nomads on the Silk Road
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Provided animals, protection, food and drink, Silk Road could not have functioned without them
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Role of Zhang Jian
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Traveled Silk road, gained knowledge of Nomad lands, got to Fergana
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Indian Ocean Maritime Trade; Location
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Linked lands bordering Indian Ocean basin and South China sea, connected China and East Africa
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Indian Ocean Maritime Trade; Monsoons
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Sailors could cover long reaches at sea without oars
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Indian Ocean Maritime Trade; Products traded
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China= silk,tea. SE Asia= tin cloves, spices. India= grains, cotton, spices. Arabia= myrrh, pecans, perfume. East Africa= ivory, gold, exotic animals. Med. Basin; wine, olive oil
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Indian Ocean Maritime Trade; Impact
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Cheaper goods, Christianity spread into Ethiopia, Islam spread, cultural diversity with children and women
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Difference between Mediterranean Sea trade and Indian Ocean trade
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Med Sea; stayed close to shore, sails were square, used oars. Indian Ocean trade; monsoon winds, triangular sails, wider routes, didn't have to stick close to shore, no oars
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Sahara Desert
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Largest desert in Africa, dry little water
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Savanna
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Grassland, some trees, extensive
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Sahel
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"Coast," southern borderlands of the Sahara
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Steppes
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Treeless plains, good lands for nomads and their herds
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Tropical Rainforest
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High rainfall, lower Niger and in Zaire basin
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Trans-Saharan Trade; Role of camels
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Could travel long distances without water, allowed to roam free
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Trans-Saharan Trade; Gold-Salt trade
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Ghana and Mali= kingdoms that prospered bc of gold/salt trade, Timbuktu controlled trade
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Trans-Saharan Trade; Location
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South of the Sahara
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Great traditions vs. Small traditions
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Great; Written language, common legal and belief systems, shared by majority of the population. Small; local customs and beliefs, ex. blue and gold day
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Bantu people
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Spread iron and Bantu language
