Ch. 14 AP World Vocab. for Packet
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| 248729379 | Tropics | the part of the Earth's surface between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn | 0 | |
| 248729380 | Monsoon | rainy season in southern Asia when the southwestern monsoon blows, bringing heavy rains | 1 | |
| 248729381 | Mali | Empire created by indigenous Muslims in western Sudan of West Africa from the thirteenth to fifteenth century. It was famous for its role in the trans-Saharan gold trade. | 2 | |
| 248729382 | Dhow | Ship of small to moderate size used in the western Indian Ocean, traditionally with a triangular sail and a sewn timber hull. | 3 | |
| 248729383 | Swahili Coast | East African shores of the Indian Ocean between the Horn of Africa and the Zambezi River; from the Arabic sawahil, meaning 'shores.' | 4 | |
| 248729384 | Great Zimbabwe | City, now in ruins (in the modern African country of Zimbabwe), whose many stone structures were built between about 1250 and 1450, when it was a trading center and the capital of a large state. | 5 | |
| 248729385 | Aden | Port city in the modern south Arabian country of Yemen. It has been a major trading center in the Indian Ocean since ancient times. | 6 | |
| 248729386 | Timbuktu | City on the Niger River in the modern country of Mali. It was founded by the Tuareg as a seasonal camp sometime after 1000. As part of the Mali empire, Timbuktu became a major major terminus of the trans-Saharan trade and a center of Islamic learning | 7 |
