Social Studies - 2019-20
WHI.11a - Major Global and Regional Trade Routes
The student will apply social science skills to understand the civilizations and empires of Asia, with emphasis on Japan and China, by
a) locating and explaining major global and regional trade routes;
BIG IDEAS
UNDERSTANDING THE STANDARD
During the medieval period, several major trading routes developed in the Eastern Hemisphere. These trading routes developed among Europe, Africa, and Asia.
ESSENTIALS
Major trade patterns of the Eastern Hemisphere from 1000 to 1500 A.D. (C.E.)
Silk Routes across Asia to the Mediterranean Basin
Maritime routes across the Indian Ocean
Trans-Saharan routes across North Africa
Northern European links with the Black Sea
South China Sea and lands of Southeast Asia
KEY VOCABULARY
Terms
Maritime (10a)
Amber (10b)
Textiles (10b)
Watermills (10b)
Windmills (10b)
Lateen sails (10b)
Archipelago (10c)
Shinto (10c)
Animism (10d)
Torri
People
Samurai
Mansa Musa (10d)
Places
Indian Ocean (10a,b,d)
China Sea (10a)
Black Sea (10a)
Middle East (10b)
Korea (10b)
Japan (10b)
Sea of Japan (10c)
East Sea (10c)
Ghana (10d)
Mali (10d)
Songhai (10d)
Axum (10d)
Ethiopian highlands (10d)
Zimbabwe (10d)
Great Zimbabwe (10d)
Sahara (10d)
Timbuktu (10d)
Zambezi River (10d)
Limpopo River (10d)
Niger River (10d)