AMSCO Modern World History Vocabulary 2.4. 2.5, 2.6 & 2.7 correctly answered graded A+

AMSCO Modern World History Vocabulary 2.4. 2.5, 2.6 & 2.7Sahara Desert - correct answers the largest desert in the world, covering most of northern Africa Oases - correct answers a place, usually in a desert, where water can be found Camel Saddle - correct answers 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. Invented somewhere between 500 and 100 BCE by Bedouin tribes. Mali - correct answers an empire in West Africa from c. 1235 to 1670. The empire was founded by Sundiata Keita and became renowned for the wealth of its rulers, especially Musa Keita. Trans-Saharan Trade - correct answers route across the Sahara desert. Major trade route that traded for gold and salt, created caravan routes, economic benefit for controlling dessert, camels played a huge role in the trading Timbuktu - correct answers Mali trading city that became a center of wealth and learning Sundiata - correct answers The "Lion Prince"; a member of the Keita clan; created a unified state that became the Mali Empire; died about 1260 Mansa Musa - correct answers Ruler of Mali (r. CE) who made a hajj to Mecca; on the way there, he spread enormous amounts of gold showing the wealth of Mali; on the way back, he brought back education and Islamic culture. Songhay Empire - correct answers A state located in western Africa from the early 15th to the late 16th centuries following the decline of the Mali Empire. Diffusion - correct answers The process of spread of a feature or trend from one place to another over time from its place of origin Zen Buddhism - correct answers Known as Chan Buddhism in China; stressed meditation and the appreciation of natural and artistic beauty Neo-Confucianism - correct answers term that describes the resurgence of Confucianism and the influence of Confucian scholars during the T'ang Dynasty; a unification of Daoist or Buddhist metaphysics with Confucian pragmatism Black Death - correct answers A deadly plague that swept through Europe between 1347 and 1351 Marco Polo - correct answers () Italian explorer and author. He made numerous trips to China and returned to Europe to write of his journeys. He is responsible for much of the knowledge exchanged between Europe and China during this time period. Ibn Battuta - correct answers () Morrocan 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. His writings gave a glimpse into the world of that time period. Margery Kempe - correct answers Author of The Book of Margery Kempe (ca. 1438), a work considered by some to be the first autobiography in the English language. At around the age of 35, after a failed confession that resulted in a bout of self-described "madness," she had a vision that called her to leave aside the "vanities" of this world. Champa Rice - correct answers a quick-maturing, drought resistant rice that can allow two harvests, of sixty days each in one growing season; tributary gift from Vietnam to China, led to population increase Overgrazing - correct answers grazing so heavily that the vegetation is damaged and the ground erodes