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AP World History Chapter 7 Flashcards

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14778940807Silk RoadAn ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean Sea extending some 6,440 km (4,000 mi) and linking China with the Roman Empire. Marco Polo followed the route on his journey to Cathay.0
14778940808Black DeathA deadly plague that swept through Europe between 1347 and 13511
14778940809Indian Ocean trading networkThe 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.2
14778940810SrivijayaA Malay kingdom that dominated the Straits of Malacca between 670 and 1025 C.E.; noted for its creation of a native/Indian hybrid culture.3
14778940811Angkor WatA temple complex built in the Khmer Empire and dedicated to the Hindu God, Vishnu.4
14778940812Swahili CivilizationAn East African civilization that emerged in the eighth century C.E. from a blending of Bantu, Islamic, and other Indian Ocean trade elements.5
14778940813Great ZimbabweCity, 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.6
14778940814Sand RoadsA term used to describe the routes of the trans-Sahara trade in Africa.7
14778940815Arabian CamelAn important way of transportation on the Sand and Silk roads for thousands of years8
14778940816Ghana, Mali, SonghaiWest African kingdoms that built wealth and power through trans-Saharan trade of salt and gold9
14778940817trans-Saharan slave tradeA fairly small-scale trade that developed in the twelfth century C.E., exporting West African slaves captured in raids across the Sahara for sale mostly as household servants in Islamic North Africa; the difficulty of travel across the desert limited the scope of this trade.10
14778940818American WebA term used 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.11
14778940819Thorfinn KarlsfeniA well-born, wealthy merchant and seaman of Norwegian Viking background, Karlsfeni led an unscuccessful expedition to establish a colony on the coast of what is now Newfoundland, Canada, in the early eleventh century C.E.12
14778940820PochtecaSpecial merchant class in Aztec society; specialized in long-distance trade in luxury items13
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