FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT APWH UNIT 2 VOCAB

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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT APWH UNIT 2 VOCAB

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Question 1: Caravanserai

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Stopping points on the Silk Roads where travelers could rest and trade their animals.

Question 2: Pax Mongolica

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Period of Eurasian history between the 13th and 14th centuries, also known as "Mongolian Peace".

Question 3: Mansa Musa

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Sundiata's grand-nephew who began a pilgrimage in 1324 to Mecca, which displayed Mali's wealth and deepened the support for Islam.

Question 4: Kashgar

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City on Western edge of China where northern and southern routes crossed, creating crossroads of goods + ideas.

Question 5: Monsoon Winds

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Winds originating from certain locations that made travel much easier, knowledge of them was essential for trading in the Indian Ocean.

Question 6: Temujin

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Mongol leader, intensely focused on building power, ruthless, and considered personal loyalty the best way to run his kingdom.

Question 7: Overgrazing

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A form of environmental degradation from major pressure put on resources, causing people to have abandoned cities in the last 1400s.

Question 8: White Lotus

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1350s, quietly organized to put an end to the Yuan Dynasty.

Question 9: Samarkand

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Zeravshan River Valley stopping point between China and the Mediterranean, center of cultural exchange and trading goods.

Question 10: Calicut

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City on the West Coast of India, bustling port city for merchants looking for spices from Southern India, city had much wealth and prominence in the Indian Ocean Basin.

Question 11: Silk Roads

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A vast commercial network across Afro-Eurasia, driving a growth in trade and exchanges of goods and ideas in the 14th century.

Question 12: Zen Buddhism

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Syncretic religion, Buddhist doctrines fused with Daoist traditions, adopted by many Confucians among scholar gentry from 960-1279 under Song Dynasty.

Question 13: Zheng He

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Muslim admiral, traveled 7 voyages which brought might to the Ming Dynasty and great interaction, which threatened China's social order.

Question 14: Diffusion

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Spread of something from its place of origin

Question 15: Khan

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Ruler of the Mongol empire, Temujin took the name Genghis Khan which meant "ruler of all".

Question 16: Golden Horde

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Batu's army (Khan's grandson), conquered small Russian kingdoms and made them pay tributes, destroying Kiev.

Question 17: Mali

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Powerful trading society in place of Ghana in the 12th century, profited from gold trade and taxing trade.

Question 18: Mongol Empire

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Empire of Mongols of Central Asia who conquered much of Eurasia in the 13th century, leaving much destruction/slaughter but also much cultural exchange and a huge impact on trade.

Question 19: Camel Saddles

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Developed as camel use became more common, allowed for camels to carry heavier loads of goods in trade.

Question 20: Il-Khanate

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Hulegu's Kingdom, stretched from Byzantium to the Oxus River, ruled by Mongols.

Question 21: Lateen Sails

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Triangular sails used by Arab sailors, caught wind coming from many different directions.

Question 22: Timbuktu

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Great city in Mali that became a center of Islamic learning.

Question 23: Sahara Desert

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Immense desert with arid climate, which made farming nearly impossible, and trade across the Sahara spread ideas and customs.

Question 24: Oases

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Places where human settlement is possible because water is brought to the surface of fertile land.

Question 25: Karakorum

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Capital of the Mongol Empire in the 13th century, Obdei Khan died and Batu lost interest in conquering the rest of Western Europe.

Question 26: Hanseatic League

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Alliance by northern Germany and Scandinavia to organize European trade and acquire valuable goods.

Question 27: Trans-Sahara Trade

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Trade routes across the Sahara, led to exchange of goods + ideas and spreading of Islam into Sub_Saharan Africa in the 13th century.