Chapter 7: Vocabulary Ap World History Flashcards

11820060151	American Web	A term to describe the network of trade that linked parts of the pre-Columbian Americas; although less intense and complete than the Afro-Eurasian trade networks, this web nonetheless provided a means of exchange for luxury goods and ideas over large areas.	0
12428770465	Black Death	the epidemic form of bubonic plague experienced during the Middle Ages when it killed nearly half the people of western Europe	1
12428783265	Borobudur	The largest Buddhist monument ever built. It is a mountainous ten-level monument with an elaborate carving program probably built in the ninth century C.E. by the Sailendras rulers of central Java; it is an outstanding example of cultural exchange and syncretism.	2
12428801356	Bubonic Plague: Ghana, Mali, Songhay	All drew on the wealth of trans-Saharan trade, taxing merchants who conducted it. In the wider world, these states soon acquired a reputation for great riches and monopolies soon followed.	3
12428878940	Great Zimbabwe	A powerful state in the African interior that apparently emerged from the growing trade in gold to the East African coast; flourished between 1250 and 1350 C.E.	4
12428899254	Ibn Battuta	Moroccan Muslim scholar, the most widely traveled individual of his time. He wrote a detailed account of his visits to Islamic lands from China to Spain and the western Sudan.	5
12428917775	Indian Ocean trading network	The world's largest sea-based system of communication and exchange before 1500 C.E., Indian Ocean commerce stretched from southern China to eastern Africa and included not only the exchange of luxury and bulk goods but also the exchange of ideas and crops.	6
12428930844	Jie people	A nomadic people who controlled much of northern China in the third and fourth centuries; many converted to Buddhism.	7
12434190062	Malaysians	Speakers of Austronesian languages from what is now Indonesia who became major traders in Southeast Asia and Madagascar.	8
12434197304	Monsoons	A seasonal wind pattern that causes wet and dry seasons.	9
12434200258	oasis cities of Central Asia	Cities such as Merv, Samarkand, Khotan, and Dunhuang which became centers of trans-Eurasian trade.	10
12434203279	Pochteca	Special merchant class in Aztec society; specialized in long-distance trade in luxury items	11
12434206148	Sailendras	a kingdom of central Java that flourished from the eight century to the tenth century CE; noted for being deeply influenced by Indian culture	12
12434213441	Sand Roads	A term used to describe the routes of the trans-Sahara trade in Africa.	13
12434215526	Silk Roads	Land-based trade routes that linked Eurasia.	14
12434217291	Srivijaya	A Malay kingdom that dominated the Straits of Malacca between 670 and 1025 C.E.; noted for its creation of a native/Indian hybrid culture.	15
12434220898	Sudan	From the Arabic term for "land of black people," a large region of West Africa that became part of a major exchange circuit.	16
12434224323	Swahili Civilization	An East African civilization that emerged in the eighth century C.E. from a blending of Bantu, Islamic, and other Indian Ocean trade elements.	17
12434226467	Third-Wave Civilizations	Civilizations that emerged between 500 and 1500 C.E. and were typified by intensifying trade networks.	18
12434229923	trans-Saharan slave trade	Small scale trade, West African salves captured in raids being exported across the Saharan for sale	19
12434233620	Venice	An Italian city that by 1000 C.E. emerged as a major center of Mediterranean trade.	20