The earth and its people Ch.7 Flashcards

Ch. 7

283925362	Silk Road	an ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean (4,000 miles)	0
283925363	Parthians	Iranian ruling dynasty between ca. 250 B.C.E. and 226 C.E. (p. 204)	1
283925364	Sasanid empire	Iranian empire, established ca. 226, with a capital in Ctesiphon, Mesopotamia. The Sasanid emperors established Zoroastrianism as the state religion. Islamic Arab armies overthrew the empire ca. 640. (p. 225)	2
283925365	Stirrup	support consisting of metal loops into which rider's feet go	3
283925366	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. (p. 207)	4
283925367	Trans-Saharan caravan route	The trade route in Africa that connected central Africa with its northern and eastern ends. It connected the various cultures dotted throughout Africa as well as the Roman society.	5
283925368	Sahel	a strip of dry grasslands on the southern border of the Sahara; also known as "the shore of the desert"	6
283925369	Sub-Saharan Africa	The region south of the Sahara Desert in Africa; includes some of the world's richest deposits of minerals, yet still remains one of the largest regions of undeveloped natural resources in the world.	7
283925370	Steppes	wide rolling grassy plains that stretch from the Black Sea to northern China	8
283925371	Savanna	a flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions	9
283925372	Tropical Rain Forest	biome near the equator with warm temperatures, wet weather, and lush plant growth	10
283925373	"great traditions	historians term for a literate, well-institutionalized complex of religiouis and socila beliefs and practices adhered to by diverse societies over a broad geographical area	11
283925374	"small traditions"	historians term for a localized, usually nonliterate, set of customs and beliefs adhered to by a single society	12
283925375	Bantu	of or relating to the African people who speak one of the Bantoid languages or to their culture	13
283925376	Armenia	a landlocked republic in southwestern Asia, One of the earliest Christian kingdoms, situated in eastern Anatolia and the western Caucasus and occupied by speakers of the Armenian language. (p. 221)	14
283925377	Ethopia	A Christian kingdom that developed in the highlands of eastern Africa under the dynasty of King Lalaibela; retained Christianity in the face of Muslim expansion elsewhere in Africa	15