Key terms from Chapter 7 and vocabulary support.
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| 5206521050 | American Web | The network of trade that linked parts of the pre-Columbian Americas. Provided a means of exchange for luxury goods and ideas over large areas | 0 | |
| 5206521051 | Black Death | Name given to the massive epidemic that swept Eurasia in the 14th century | 1 | |
| 5206521052 | Ghana, Mali, Songhay | A series of important states that developed in the western and central Sudan, in response to the economic opportunities of trans-Saharan trade | 2 | |
| 5206521053 | Great Zimbabwe | A powerful state in the African interior that apparently emerged from the growing trade in gold to the East African coast | 3 | |
| 5206521054 | Indian Ocean Trade Network | The world's largest sea-based system of communication and trade before 1500ce | 4 | |
| 5206521055 | Pochteca | Professional merchants among the Aztecs | 5 | |
| 5206521056 | Sand Roads | the routes of the trans-Saharan trade in Africa | 6 | |
| 5206521057 | Silk Roads | Land based trade routes that linked the distant peoples of Eurasia | 7 | |
| 5206521058 | Swahili Civilization | An East African civilization that emerged in the 8th century from a blending of Bantu, Islamic and other Indian Ocean trade elements | 8 | |
| 5206521059 | Srivijaya | A Malay kingdom that dominated the straits of Malacca between 670 and 1025 ce. Noted for its creation of native/indian hybrid culture | 9 | |
| 5206521060 | trans-Saharan slave trade | A fairly small-scale trade that developed in the 12th century with west African slaves captured in raids being exported across the Sahara for sale mostly as household servants in Islamic North Africa | 10 | |
| 5206521061 | Angkor What | Constructed in the early twelfth century, the Angkor Wat complex was designed as a state temple dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu and Lavishly decorated with carved bas-releifs depicting scenes from Hindu mythology. Now in use by Buddhists | 11 | |
| 5206521062 | Arabian Camel | an important way of transportation on the Sand and Silk roads for thousands of years | 12 | |
| 5206521063 | Thorfinn Karlsefin | was an Icelandic explorer. Around the year 1010 AD, he followed Leif Eriksson's route to Vinland (North America), in a short-lived attempt to establish a permanent settlement there | 13 |
