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20 Cards in this Set
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What was the silk road?
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A trade route from the Mediterranean to China.
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What did the chineese want from the silk road?
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Horses.
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What did the chineese export on the silk road?
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Paper, silk, and pottery.
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What was the signifigance of the stirrup?
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It gave riders greater stablity in the saddle.
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What was the Indian Ocean Maritime System?
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A trade route between India, Southeast Asia, East Africa, and China.
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What was the difference in sails in the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean?
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The Medditerranean sails were square, and the Indian Ocean sails were lateen.
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What were some differences between the indian ocean trade and the mediterranean trade?
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Indian Ocean did not have colonies, it was larger, it was less competitive, and it did not engage in war.
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Who settled Madagascar?
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The Southeast Asians.
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What was the periplus of the erythreaean sea?
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It was a book that described ports of the Indian Ocean Maritime System.
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What were some goods traded on the ioms?
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Animals, Ivory, Wood, Frankincense, myrrh, pearls, copper, spices, pottery, and manufactured goods.
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How were the Phonecians and Syrijavayans similar?
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They both are maritime peoples.
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How was the culture of port cities affected by ioms trade?
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Their cultures mixed together.
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What was traded across the Sahara?
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Gold and salt.
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What animal made Saharan trade possible?
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The CAMELS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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What was Ghana?
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A Sub-Saharan Kingdom that benefited from the gold-salt trade.
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What two people groups discovered iron?
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Hittites and Bantu.
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Why was no one able to conquer Sub Saharan Africa?
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They couldn't cross the desert.
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Who were the Almoravids?
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Morrocan people who conquered Ghana.
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Where did Christianity spread to?
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Eithiopia, Armenia, and Rome.
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What was the significance of the Bantu?
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They were the original Sub-Saharan people?
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