Unit 2 Key Terms and Vocabulary Crossword
Across
- 5. the exchange of goods or services for money
- 6. the various inventions and means of solving problems that result from research for use of industrial arts and applied science to achieve practical objectives
- 7. a scattering of any people with a common culture
- 9. a respectable or credible source
- 11. an inn that provided lodging for travelers, merchants, and caravans.They were present throughout much of the Islamic world
- 13. Battuta was a medieval Muslim traveler and the author of one of the most famous travel books, the Riḥlah (Travels).
- 14. having origin in a country or locality; native
- 16. a person who buys goods and sells them for a profit; the owner of a retail shop
- 19. a highly contagious and usually fatal disease in which victims suffer high fever, chills, and severe exhaustion
- 20. a band of people traveling together for safety, especially across a desert
- 21. the movement of persons from one country or locality to another
- 22. the act of buying and selling commodities, or all such acts collectively
- 24. He was a Chinese admiral and diplomat from the early Ming dynasty, who is often regarded as the greatest admiral in Chinese history
- 25. seasonal winds in South and Southeast Asia that occur twice a year
Down
- 1. a community or group of people who live in the same country or area and are linked with each other by such things as laws and customs
- 2. Polo a Venetian merchant, explorer and writer who travelled through Asia along the Silk Road in the 13th century. His travels are recorded in The Travels of Marco Polo
- 3. diffusion the spread of ideas, religions and products often resulting from trade
- 4. of or relating to the country or country life; rural
- 8. a chain of islands
- 10. Network a series of roads, waterways, railroads, and air routes that allow groups to trade goods with one another; a loose organization of societies that exchange goods with each other
- 12. a combination or reconciliation of opposing principles, beliefs, or practices, especially in religion or philosophy
- 15. a system or process that involves a number of persons, groups or organizations
- 17. the action of bringing someone or something under domination or control
- 18. of or concerning seagoing vessels, or intended for use in navigation at sea
- 23. the system, within a particular country, or region, of handling wealth and resources, producing goods and services, and consuming goods and services