The Silk Roads
Pg. 240-246
Map (pg. 243): Draw the Silk Road and label major cities along the entire route.
1. What two developments ca. 100-500 C.E. spurred the development of long-distance trade?
2. How did knowledge of the monsoons facilitate trade?
3. Describe the Silk Roads.
4. What trade goods moved along the Silk Road?
5. How was long distance trade organized?
6. Where did Buddhism spread and why was it successful?
Indian Ocean Basin
Pg. 318-322
Map (pg.321): Draw the Indian Ocean Basin (trade network) and label cities in China, India and East
Africa.
1. List the cities in India that grew due to trade.
2. Explain Dhows and Junks and their impact on trade.
3. Explain emporia and warehouses.
4. Which part of Africa is included in the Indian Ocean trade network?
5. Why was the Indian Ocean Basin referred to as a “network of maritime Silk Roads?
6. What products was India known for?
7. What products did East Africa provide to the trade network?
Trans-Saharan
Pg. 386-390
Map (pg. 388): Draw the Trans-Saharan trade routes and label the kingdom/empires that Muslim
merchants interacted with. Include major cities.
1. What was the main mode of transportation? How did it improve trade?
2. Who brought Islam to West Africa? Why did African kings convert to Islam?
3. What was the main commodity of West Africa and where was it exported to?
4. What did they receive in return?