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AP World Modern Unit 2Silk road - correct answer-An ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean Sea
Trans-Saharan Trade Route - correct answer-gold-salt trade; linked North and West Africa;
across Sahara Desert; spread Islam
Indian Ocean Trade - correct answer-connected to Europe, Africa, and China.; worlds richest
maritime trading network and an area of rapid Muslim expansion.
Mongols - correct answer-People from Central Asia when united ended up creating the
largest single land empire in history.
Camel Saddle - correct answer-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 - correct answer-Groups of people traveling together for safety over long distances
Ibn Battuta - correct answer-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 - correct answer-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 - correct answer-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 - correct answer-Also known as Temujin; he united the Mongol tribes into an
unstoppable fighting force; created largest single land empire in history.
Khanate - correct answer-one of several separate territories into which Genghis Khan's
empire was split, each under the rule of one of his sons
Bubonic Plague - correct answer-disease brought to Europe from the Mongols during the
Middle Ages. It killed 1/3 of the population
Caravansaries - correct answer-an inn where desert travelers found food and shelter
overgrazing - correct answer-Destruction of vegetation caused by too many grazing animals
consuming the plants in a particular area so they cannot recover
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