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...
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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
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