AP World Ch. 3/4 Vocabulary

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  1. 4. Symbol for monks; Buddhism changed along the Silk Road to become more secular and in touch with the world.
  2. 6. Period of major agricultural innovation during the Abbasid Caliphate; led to new agricultural techniques.
  3. 10. Nickname for European explorers who traveled the sea, drawing parallels to the Mongols.
  4. 11. Rule of Mali; undertook the hajj, gave gold to people while building mosques as he traveled.
  5. 12. New kinds of ships that made travel along the Indian Ocean trade routes easier.
  6. 16. West African story tellers, historians, poets, etc. Transferred and preserved culture.
  7. 17. Castrated men in the Mongol Empire who showed loyalty to the emperor and exercised great authority.
  8. 19. Grandson of Chinggis Khan who became the first il-khan (subordinate khan) of Persia.
  9. 20. Capital of the Mongol Empire, centralized bureaucracy + new languages and cultural diffusion.
  10. 21. Chinese Philosophy that rejected the religious aspects of Buddhism but kept the moral teachings.
  11. 23. Inns/Guesthouses that Caravans of the Silk Road stopped at; centers of cultural exchange.
  12. 25. Form of Buddhism that became popular in Japan with the samurai/warrior class.
  13. 26. Hindu temple built by the Angkor Kingdom; centered around Mount Meru, later used by Buddhist, largest in the world.
  14. 27. Kingdom in central Java; agriculturally rich with Borobudur and Hindu + Buddhist temples/monuments.
  15. 28. Chinese dynastic title that was used by the Mongols as part of their borrowing of Chinese administrative policies.
  16. 29. Tower located in Delhi, India; built by the Delhi Sultanate, decorated with Arabic art and geometry + earliest Mosques built in India.
  17. 30. Military tactic used by the Mongols in order to surround a city; proved highly effective.
Down
  1. 1. The name of the bacteria responsible for causing the Black Death plague.
  2. 2. Form of Buddhism that became highly popular and authentically Chinese.
  3. 3. Civilization in North America/Lake Superior that had a bureaucracy and social stratification.
  4. 5. Term for paper money; made payment easier along the Silk Road.
  5. 7. Foreign merchants that permanently settled along various points of the Indian Ocean routes; commercial + religious exchange
  6. 8. Major commercial city of West African civilization; center of Islamic scholarship
  7. 9. Name of settlement that emerged among the people of the Chaco Canyon.
  8. 13. State-approved associations of merchants that allowed them to pool thier resources and limit losses by spreading the risk.
  9. 14. Language spoken in East Africa today; contains Arabic script and a number of loan words.
  10. 15. Communication system used by the Mongols in order to transfer information faster across the Empire.
  11. 17. Mongolian emperor who sponsored an enormous Encyclopedia of some 11,000 volumes with contributions from thousands of scholars. Also extended Chinese power and rebuilt the Empire.
  12. 18. Chinese admiral who commanded fleet of ships in a series of voyages in the Indian Ocean; intended to enroll states in the tribute system.
  13. 22. Arab scholar/merchat who visited the Swahili coast in the early fourteenth century; documented cultural diffusion around the world.
  14. 24. Animal used for transportation on Sand Roads; made Trans-saharan commerce possible.