Social Studies - 2019-20
WHI.11b - Regional Trade Networks
The student will apply social science skills to understand the civilizations and empires of Asia, with emphasis on Japan and China, by
b) explaining technological advances and transfers, networks of economic interdependence, and cultural interactions;
BIG IDEAS
UNDERSTANDING THE STANDARD
Regional trade networks and long-distance trade routes in Asia aided the diffusion and exchange of technology and culture.
ESSENTIALS
Goods
Spices from lands around the Indian Ocean
Textiles from India, China, the Middle East, and later Europe
Porcelain from China and Persia
Technology
Paper from China through the Muslim world to Byzantium and Western Europe
New crops from India (e.g., for making sugar)
Waterwheels and windmills from the Middle East
Navigation: Compass from China, lateen sail from Indian Ocean region
Ideas
Spread of religions across the hemisphere
o Buddhism from China to Korea and Japan
o Hinduism and Buddhism from India to Southeast Asia
o Islam into West Africa, Central and Southeast Asia
Printing and paper money from China
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)