AP World History Ways of the World Chapter 8 Flashcards

Chapter 8 Vocabulary from Ways of the World

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