AP World Modern Unit 2, Questions sections and answers, 100% Accurate, rated A+

AP World Modern Unit 2, Questions sections and answers, 100% Accurate, rated A+ Silk road - ✔✔An ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean Sea Trans-Saharan Trade Route - ✔✔gold-salt trade; linked Nort ...

AP World Modern Unit 2, Questions sections and answers, 100% Accurate, rated A+ Silk road - ✔✔An ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean Sea Trans-Saharan Trade Route - ✔✔gold-salt trade; linked North and West Africa; across Sahara Desert; spread Islam Indian Ocean Trade - ✔✔connected to Europe, Africa, and China.; worlds richest maritime trading network and an area of rapid Muslim expansion. Mongols - ✔✔People from Central Asia when united ended up creating the largest single land empire in history. Camel Saddle - ✔✔An invention which gives camel riders more stability on the animal and its invention and basic idea traveled along the Trans-Saharan Caravan Trade Route Caravans - ✔✔Groups of people traveling together for safety over long distances Ibn Battuta - ✔✔Moroccan Muslim scholar, the most widely traveled individual of his time. He wrote a detailed account of his visits to Islamic lands from China to Spain and the western Sudan. Marco Polo - ✔✔Venetian merchant and traveler. His accounts of his travels to China offered Europeans a firsthand view of Asian lands and stimulated interest in Asian trade. Margery Kempe - ✔✔Wrote the Book of Margery Kempe - considered the 1st autobiography in the Eng. language. Chronicles her pilgrimages to holy sites in Europe and Asia. Genghis Khan - ✔✔Also known as Temujin; he united the Mongol tribes into an unstoppable fighting force; created largest single land empire in history. Khanate - ✔✔one of several separate territories into which Genghis Khan's empire was split, each under the rule of one of his sons Bubonic Plague - ✔✔disease brought to Europe from the Mongols during the Middle Ages. It killed 1/3 of the population Caravansaries - ✔✔an inn where desert travelers found food and shelter overgrazing - ✔✔Destruction of vegetation caused by too many grazing animals consuming the plants in a particular area so they cannot recover deforestation - ✔✔The removal of trees faster than forests can replace themselves. soil erosion - ✔✔wearing away of surface soil by water and wind Champa Rice - ✔✔a quick-maturing, drought resistant rice brought to China from Vietnam Diffusion - ✔✔The process of spread of an item or trend from one place to another over time Zheng He - ✔✔(1371-1433?) Chinese naval explorer who sailed along most of the coast of Asia, Japan, and half way down the east coast of Africa before his death. Lateen sail - ✔✔triangular sail that made it possible to sail against the wind; used in the Indian Ocean trade Stern Rudder - ✔✔controls the sailing direction of a ship Astrolabe - ✔✔An instrument used by sailors to determine their location by observing the position of the stars and planets Magnetic Compass - ✔✔Chinese invention that aided navigation by showing which direction was north Monsoon winds - ✔✔The seasonal wind of the Indian Ocean and southern Asia, blowing from the southwest in summer and from the northeast in winter. Diaspora - ✔✔A dispersion of people from their homeland Yuan dynasty - ✔✔Dynasty in China set up by the Mongols under the leadership of Kublai Khan, replaced the Song (1279-1368) Ming Dynasty - ✔✔Chinese dynasty that ruled from 1368 to 1644; took over after the fall of the Yuan dynasty Pax Mongolica - ✔✔Era of relative peace and stability created by the Mongol Empire Junk - ✔✔A very large flat bottom sailing ship produced in the Tang and Song Empires, specially designed for long-distance commercial travel. Hanseatic League - ✔✔An economic and defensive alliance of the free towns in northern Germany, founded about 1241 and most powerful in the fourteenth century. Nomadic - ✔✔wandering from place to place Mansa Musa - ✔✔Emperor of the kingdom of Mali in Africa. He made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca and established trade routes to the Middle E