Chapter 8 Vocabulary from Ways of the World
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| 11505045072 | American Web | Network of trade that linked the Americas | 0 | |
| 11505045073 | Black Death | Massive epidemic that swept Eurasia | 1 | |
| 11505045074 | Borobudur | Largest Buddhist monument ever built - shows syncretism | 2 | |
| 11505045075 | Bubonic Plague | A highly fatal disease transmitted by fleas (Mediterranean twice) | 3 | |
| 11505045076 | Ghana, Mali, Songhay | States that developed in Africa in response to gold | 4 | |
| 11505045077 | Great Zimbabwe | A powerful state in the African interior that emerged from trade of gold | 5 | |
| 11505045078 | Ibn Battuta | Muslim traveler who wrote about his explorations across Africa, the Middle East, India, and Asia. | 6 | |
| 11505045079 | Indian Ocean Trading Network | Sea-based system of communication and exchange from China to Africa | 7 | |
| 11505045081 | Malaysians | Speakers of Austronesian languages: became major traders in Southeast Asia and Madagascar. | 8 | |
| 11505045082 | Monsoons | Alternating wind currents in the Indian Ocean that facilitated trade | 9 | |
| 11505045084 | Pochteca | Professional merchants among the Aztecs. | 10 | |
| 11505045086 | Sand Roads | A term used to describe the routes of the trans-Saharan trade in Africa. | 11 | |
| 11505045087 | Silk Roads | Land-based trade routes that linked Eurasia. | 12 | |
| 11505045088 | Srivijaya | A Malay kingdom noted for its native/Indian hybrid culture. | 13 | |
| 11505045089 | Sudan | A large region of West Africa that became part of a major exchange circuit. | 14 | |
| 11505045090 | Swahili Civilization | African civilization from a blending of Bantu, Islamic, and other Indian Ocean trade elements. | 15 | |
| 11505045092 | Trans-Saharan Slave Trade | A fairly small-scale trade that exported West African slaves; the difficulty of travel across the desert limited the scope of this trade. | 16 | |
| 11505045093 | Venice | An Italian city that emerged as a major center of Mediterranean trade. | 17 |
