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Trade Routes Unit Te
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What body of water is between Europe and Africa | Mediterranean Sea |
| Where is the Sahara Desert? | Africa |
| What did the Silk Road connect? | Many Trade Routes between East Asia (China) and the West (Turkey and Europe) |
| What empire dominated the Mediterranean Sea? | Roman |
| What is a difference between the Indian Ocean Trade and the Silk Road? | Indian Ocean was on water (Maritime) and the Silk Road was on land |
| What is similar about the Silk ROad and Indian Ocean Trade | Both were based in Asia |
| What is true about all transregional Trade routes | They spread goods, ideas and religions |
| What geographic features can be found on the Silk Road | Mountains, deserts, and cold |
| What geographic features can be found on the Indian Ocean | Monsoons |
| What geographic feature can be found on the Trans Saharan | Desert |
| A group of travelers, usually merchants, crossing a large area and traveling together for protection is called a/an | caravan |
| Where would you find caravans? | Silk Road, Trans Saharan |
| How did caravans make cities lucrative (Rich) | Caravans were needed to move goods, therefore increasing the amount of trade happening, bringing in money to many cities. |
| Why would people travel in caravans | it was safer to travel in groups |
| People would use boats like a junk to travel | on Maritime networks |
| Where would you find a junk (boat) | Indian Ocean Trade complex |
| Why was trade on the Silk Road successful? | Stable societies were established between China and Europe |
| Based on its location, what is true of Persia? | Persia is located near many trade networks therefore it had a stable government and economy |
| What is true about people trading on the Indian Ocean? | People had to adapt to the monsoon winds |
| What item made people on the Trans Saharan rich | Gold and salt |
| What empires controlled trade in Trans Saharan? | Ghana Mali and Songhai |