Chapter 7 Flashcards

232501347	Armenia	One of the earliest Christian kingdoms, situated in eastern Anatolia and the western Caucasus and occupied by speakers of the Armenian language.	0
232501348	Bantu	Collective name of a large group of sub-Saharan African languages and of the peoples speaking these languages.	1
232501349	tropical rain forest	High-precipitation forest zones of the Americas, Africa, and Asia lying between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.	2
232501350	trans-Saharan caravan routes	Trading network linking North Africa with sub-Saharan Africa across the Sahara.	3
232501351	sub-Saharan Africa	Portion of the African continent lying south of the Sahara.	4
232501352	Stirrup	Device for securing a horseman's feet, enabling him to wield weapons more effectively. First evidence of the use of stirrups was among the Kushan people of northern Afghanistan in approximately the first century C.E.	5
232501353	Steppes	Treeless plains, especially the high, flat expanses of northern Eurasia, which usually have little rain and are covered with coarse grass. They are good lands for nomads and their herds. Living on the steppes promoted the breeding of horses and the development of military skills that were essential to the rise of the Mongol Empire.	6
232501354	Small Traditions	Historians' term for a localized, usually nonliterate, set of customs and beliefs adhered to by a single society, often in conjunction with a "great tradition."	7
232501355	Silk Road	Caravan routes connecting China and the Middle East across Central Asia and Iran.	8
232501356	Savanna	Tropical or subtropical grassland, either treeless or with occasional clumps of trees. Most extensive in sub-Saharan Africa but also present in South America.	9
232501357	Sahel	Belt south of the Sahara; literally "coastland" in Arabic.	10
232501358	Parthians	Iranian ruling dynasty between ca. 250 B.C.E. and 226 C.E.	11
232501359	Indian Ocean Maritime System	In premodern times, a network of seaports, trade routes, and maritime culture linking countries on the rim of the Indian Ocean from Africa to Indonesia.	12
232501360	Great Traditions	Historians' term for a literate, well-institutionalized complex of religious and social beliefs and practices adhered to by diverse societies over a broad geographical area. (See also "small traditions.")"	13
232501361	Ghana	First known kingdom in sub-Saharan West Africa between the sixth and thirteenth centuries C.E. Also the modern West African country once known as the Gold Coast.	14
232501362	Ethiopia	East African highland nation lying east of the Nile River. (See also Menelik II; Selassie, Haile.)	15