AP WORLD UNITS 3-4

6. Inns or guesthouses where merchants rested and mingled amongst each other
8. Permanent settlements of foreign traders along trade routes
12. The largest Hindu religious structure that emphasized understanding of the cosmos on Mount Meru. It transitioned to Buddhism.
13. Major settlements among the Chaco Canyon that encompassed 25,000 miles and linked 150 towns to main centers
14. Helped introduce contracts into trade to promise payment, or create a legal framework in trading
15. Special Arab ships designed for the monsoons.
17. A Japanese adaptation of Buddhism that was popular amongst samurai.
19. A popular learning center that attracted thousands of students from all over West Africa and beyond.
20. A widely travelled Arab scholar, merchant, and public official. He is known for travelling all over Asia.
21. Special Chinese ships designed for the monsoons.
22. West African storytellers who preserved knowledge amongst generations orally.

1. African Bantu languages written in Arabic script.
2. A blend of Confucian ethics with aspects of Buddhism and Daoism.
3. An agriculturally rich region allied with Srivijaya. They built the Borobudur.
4. This religion emphasized salvation by faith instead of by intense study or meditation.
5. A period of increased food production that led to many successful empires
7. The animal who made the journey across the Sahara possible.
9. Made it unnecessary for merchants to carry heavy metal coins
10. A pre-Columbian city in America ruled between the 12th and 14th century, most characterized by its pyramid-like grass mounds of 4 levels.
11. It signifies their renunciation of their own goods, emphasizing simplicity and non-attachment.
16. The captain who led the enormous Chinese fleet that travelled around the world to enroll people/states into the Chinese tribute system.
18. The Ruler of Mali who was and is considered the richest man in the world