AP World Modern Unit 2

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