AMSCO AP World History Modern fully solved 2023/2024

AMSCO AP World History Modernmagnetic compass - correct answers Chinese invention that aided navigation by showing which direction was north rudder - correct answers the hinged plate at the back and bottom of a boat, used for steering junk - correct answers A very large flat bottom sailing ship produced in the Tang and Song Empires, specially designed for long-distance commercial travel. Mongol Empire - correct answers an empire founded in the 12th century by Genghis Khan, which reached its greatest territorial extent in the 13th century, encompassing the larger part of Asia and extending westward to the Dnieper River in eastern Europe. Trade Cities - correct answers Cities that grew because of trade Kashgar - correct answers a central trading point where the Eastern and Western Silk Roads met. Samarkand - correct answers During the rule of Timur Lane was the most influential captial city, a wealthy trading center known for decorated mosques and tombs. Caravanserai - correct answers inn or rest station for caravans money economy - correct answers an economic system based on money rather than barter flying cash - correct answers Enabled merchants to deposit good or cash at one location and draw the equivalent in cash or merchandise elsewhere in China. paper money - correct answers legal currency issued on paper; it developed in China as a convenient alternative to metal coins Banking Houses - correct answers These European banks developed during the Middle Ages to aid trade. Along with innovations such as bills of exchange, or bank drafts, and credit, the rise of banking houses supported the development of interregional trade in luxury goods. bill of exchange - correct answers issued by a banker in one city to a merchant who could exchange it for cash in a distant city, thus freeing him from traveling with gold, which was easily stolen Hanseatic League - correct answers An economic and defensive alliance of the free towns in northern Germany, founded about 1241 and most powerful in the fourteenth century. Mongols - correct answers A people of this name is mentioned as early as the records of the Tang Empire, living as nomads in northern Eurasia. After 1206 they established an enormous empire under Genghis Khan, linking western and eastern Eurasia. Khan - correct answers A Mongol ruler Kuriltai - correct answers Meeting of all Mongol chieftains at which the supreme ruler of all tribes was selected Genghis Khan - correct answers Founder of the Mongol Empire. Khanates - correct answers Four regional Mongol kingdoms that arose following the death of Chinggis Khan. Pax Mongolica - correct answers The period of approximately 150 years of relative peace and stability created by the Mongol Empire. Batu - correct answers ruler of the golden horde; one of Chinggis Khan's grandsons; responsible for the invasion of Russia beginning in 1236. Golden Horde - correct answers Mongol khanate founded by Genghis Khan's. It was based in southern Russia and quickly adopted both the Turkic language and Islam. Also known as