Vocab
What is cultural diffusion?
The spread of ideas, technology, and culture b/w societies through trade and contact
Who is Mansa Musa
The famous West African ruler who became legendary for his gold-filled pilgrimage to Mecca
The Trans-Saharan Trade Routes
A government system where power is spread among local leaders rather than a central authority
What is decentralization?
This belief system from China emphasized order, hierarchy, and respect for authority and family.
What is Confucianism
What is feudalism
Who is Zheng He?
Chinese admiral led massive fleets across the Indian Ocean in the early 1400's
The devasting 14th century pandemic spread along trade routes and killed millions, a product of inceased trade.
The Black Death
The Aztec and Inca are examples of this type of political unit
What is an Empire?
Caravans crossing deserts relied heavily on this animal, which made Trans-Saharan trade possible.
What is the Camel
The rebirth of art, learning, and classical ideas that began in Europe after the Middle Ages?
What is the Renaissance?
Who is Ibn Battuta
The North African traveler who documented his journeys across Africa and Asia in the 1300's
Trade networks connected Afro-Eurasia, meaning they connected which continents?
Africa, Europe, and Asia
This governing strategy replaces local nobles with trained officials to strengthen central authority.
What is a bureaucracy?
This term describes the period of relative peace across Eurasia under Mongol rule that made trade safer and easier.
What is the Pax Mongolica?
A large political unit that rules many peoples and territories
What is an empire?
This Venetian merchant’s travel accounts helped Europeans learn about Asia and long-distance trade.
Who is Marco Polo
A negative effect of trade was increased competition and conflict over this.
What are resources/wealth?
This Mongol leader united steppe tribes and created the foundation for the largest land empire in history.
Who is Genghis Khan? (Double points if you can tell me his birth name)
This West African empire became a major center of learning, Islamic scholarship, and trans-Saharan trade after its ruler’s famous pilgrimage spread news of its immense wealth across Afro-Eurasia
What is the Mali Empire?
The movement of people from one place to another.
What is migration
Wrote The Divine Comedy
Who is Dante Alighieri?
Trade allowed societies to access goods they could not produce themselves; this is called __________________
What is economic interdependence?
This group of skilled workers formed organizations to regulate training and quality of goods.
What are guilds
This Incan city high in the Andes Mountains demonstrates agricultural innovation through terrace farming, which allowed farmers to grow crops on steep slopes while preventing soil erosion and maximizing food production.
What is Machu Picchu?