Name ______Date ______Class ______

AP World History

Chapter 8

Commerce & Trade – Silk, Sand, and Sea

Self-Lectures: 3.1 The Silk Roads, 3.2 The Sea Roads, 3.3 The Sand Roads

Learning Targets

Analyze the impacts of various trade routes on the development of empires in the post-classical era.

Compare the methods of product transportation and the products being traded on the various trade routes.

Describe the process of cultural diffusion as it relates to the spread of religion and goods across the post classical world.

Key Terms

Silk RoadSand RoadSea RoadMediterranean Basin

Black DeathMalay – SrivijayaBorobudurIndianization

Swahili CivilizationIbn BattutaGreat ZimbabweTrans-Saharan

Timbuktu

Map- 20 points

Using the map on the next page draw and label the positions of the different trade routes (Silk, Sand, and Sea) of ERA III. Make sure to do this accurately and with detail. Also label the following items:

TimbuktuBorobudurGreat ZimbabweSwahili Civilization

HangzhouCalicutBaghdadMelaka

VeniceConstantinopleNovgorodCairo

Name ______Date ______Class ______

AP World History

Chapter 8

Commerce & Trade – Silk, Sand, and Sea

Name ______Date ______Class ______

AP World History

Chapter 8

Commerce & Trade – Silk, Sand, and Sea

Charts- 20 points

Complete the following charts on trade contributions.

Trade Along the Silk Roads
Region / Products Contributed
China
India
Middle East
Mediterranean Basin
Trade throughout the Indian Ocean
Region / Products Contributed
China
India
Arabia
Mediterranean Basin
Southeast Asia
East Africa

Short Answer- 60 points, -10 points/blank question – Write your answers in complete sentences, unless told otherwise. One sentence responses will result in a point deduction for not having enough details.

The Silk Roads

  1. What else was “traded” (besides goods) along the major trade networks discussed in this chapter?
  1. People in inner Asia were unable to produce much of their own agriculture. What goods did they trade with their neighbors in order to get agricultural and manufactured products from them?
  1. When did the Silk Roads prosper most?
  1. How were goods typically carried across the Silk Roads? What type of goods were typically carried?
  1. How did the Silk Roads affect the daily lives of Chinese farmers?
  1. How did Buddhism change as it spread along the Silk Roads?
  1. Which diseases, spread along the Silk Roads, plagued each of the following regions?
  2. Roman Empire and Han Dynasty =
  3. Mediterranean coast =
  4. European continent =
  1. How did the Black Death impact Europe?

The Indian Ocean

  1. How did Indian Ocean transportation costs differ from those of the Silk Roads? Why?
  1. How did these costs affect the types of goods traded throughout the Indian Ocean?
  1. What 2 major transformations lay behind the flourishing of Indian Ocean commerce between 500 and 1500 CE?
  1. Explain how the Malay kingdom of Srivijaya emerged.
  1. How did Srivijaya incorporate Buddhism within the kingdom?
  1. Describe the social set-up of the Swahili civilization.
  1. How does the Swahili language reflect cultural diffusion in this region?
  1. How did Indian Ocean commerce affect areas in the interior of Africa (such as Great Zimbabwe), even though these areas didn’t participate in this trade network?

Trans-Saharan Trade

  1. What made trans-Saharan trade possible?
  1. Describe the caravans that crossed the Sahara – include their size, when they traveled, for how long they traveled, etc.
  1. How did the trans-Saharan trade transform the political set up in West Africa?
  1. What did these West African kingdoms use slaves for? From where did they get these slaves?
  1. Describe the cities (like Timbuktu) within these West African kingdoms.

An American Network

  1. What did the Americas lack that prevented trade?
  1. How did the geographic and environmental differences throughout the Americas prevent trade?
  1. Where were the most active and dense trade networks in the Americas?
  1. Describe economic exchange in the Andean Inca Empire – be detailed! Include who controlled it, what they traded, how they recorded trade, how traders traveled, etc. Feel free to use bullet points.