1. Trade Routes Notes

2. 1. Why were regional trading patterns important about 1500 a.d.?
The exchange of products and ideas

3. 2. What technological and scientific advancements were exchanged by about 1500 a.d. (c.e.)?
Paper, compass, silk, porcelain (China)
Textiles (India)
Numeral system, astronomy, mathematics, medicine (Middle East)

4. 3. What products were traded on the Silk Routes?
Paper, compass, silk, porcelain

5. 4. What products were traded on Trans-Saharan routes?
Gold, salt

6. 5. What products were traded on South China Sea routes?
Spices

7. 6. What products were traded on Indian Ocean routes?
Spices, textiles

8. 7. What products were traded on European routes?
Products and ideas from Asia

9. Northern European
Baltic/Black Sea
Trade Routes
Northern
European
Trade
Routes
Northern
European
Trade Routes
(Sea and River)
Silk Road
Southeast
Asian Trade
Trans-Saharan
Trade Routes
Indian Ocean
Trade Routes
(Also Maritime)