Key Concepts: Terms in this set (45) Mongols. Religions like Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, and even traditional Chinese customs spread via the trade routes, along with goods such as, With such simple ways to travel now, common people were more free to travel the world and share their observations through writing, such as, New trading cities emerged along these routes, Bills of exchange, Banking houses, Use of paper money, Emergence of global economy, Increased access to capital, Ethnic enclaves emerged in new regions as communities migrated, Diffusion of Literary, Cultural, and Artistic Traditions, Spread of Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, and Hinduism, 1. Learn. Additionally, the ideas of the merchants carrying the goods would travel along the roads. This is the main reason why most trade routes at the time (but the Silk Roads in particular), traded mostly luxury goods, such as sugar, gold, porcelain, and silk (duh!). 2. Review Test Procedures 3. Review Units 1 and 2. Trading cities such as, Additionally, the ideas of the merchants carrying the goods would travel along the roads. Spell. The second unit in AP WORLD HISTORY: MODERN is all about the inter-connectivity of the 1200-1450. Along with goods and beliefs, diseases and crops spread along these routes too-- some of which would alter the way the world worked forever. STUDY. Map of the Silk Road (can you find Kashgar and Samarkand? The trans-Saharan trade route transformed West Africa by connecting it to the larger parts of the world. But how to make all of this happen? Homework: STUDY. Additionally, the economies of the countries trading expanded as demand for their goods increased. The Indian Ocean became the largest sea-based trade network in this time frame. Great question! ), Image Courtesy of encyclopediabritannica.com. Religions like Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, and even traditional Chinese customs spread via the trade routes, along with goods such as Champa rice (a specific kind of rice resistant to drought). Theme 1 (ENV) - Humans and the Environment, Theme 2 (CDI) - Cultural Developments and Interactions, Theme 5 (SOC) - Social Interactions and Organizations, Theme 6 (TECH) - Technology and Innovation, 1.0Overview of Unit 1: The Global Tapestry, 1.3South and Southeast Asia from 1200-1450, 1.7Comparisons in the Period from 1200-1450, 2.0Overview of Unit 2: Networks of Exchange, 3.0Overview of Unit 3: Land-Based Empires, 4.0Overview of Unit 4: Transoceanic Interconnections,   Unit 6: Consequences of Industrialization, 6.0Overview of Unit 6: Consequences of Industrialization, 6.4Global Economic Development from 1750 to 1900, 6.7Effects of Migration from 1750 to 1900, 8.0Overview of Unit 8: Cold War & Decolonization, 8.9Causation in the Age of the Cold War and Decolonization, Continuity and Change Over Time in the AP Histories. Now the moment we’ve all been waiting for… the Mongols! But although these economies were expanding as fast as they could, sometimes they couldn’t provide everything. Now I wonder how it got all the way to Europe…, 2.0 Overview of Unit 2: Networks of Exchange, Fiveable Community students are already meeting new friends, starting study groups, and sharing tons of opportunities for other high schoolers. , Causes and Effects of a specific historical development or process, The Relationship between Causes and Effects of a specific Historical Event or Process, Understanding the difference between primary and secondary causes and between short-term and long-term effects, The Historical Significance of Different Causes and/or Effects, Industrial Decline in Response to European Industrialization, Government Responses to the Great Depression.