AP Chapter 4

3. The introduction of new technology such as this and the astrolabe lead to an increase in travel over open water
5. Describes cities that are made up of many people from various cultures, religions, and customs
9. This was the preferred animal used to transport goods across the Saharan Desert
11. A lifestyle of people that are self-sufficient such as meat and milk, and lived in portable dwellings
14. This became a profitable crop after spreading to Iran
15. Bordering Mesopotamia, these places offered Greeks a place to buy Chinese Silk
18. A Muslim scholar from Morocco who traveled widely and wrote important memoirs of his journey

1. The use of Chinese Junks and this type of ship increased trade in the Indian Ocean Maritime System
2. Portable huts made of felt and used by nomadic peoples as homes
4. Refers to caravan routes connecting China and the Middle East
6. Major trading port city that also controlled local waterways
7. Chinese admiral who lead trading expeditions through the Indian Ocean
8. This is a trading network that linked North Africa with sub-Saharan Africa across the Sahara
10. Improvements made to these sails allowed vessels to go without oars
12. This refers to the network of Indian Ocean seaports, trade routes, and culture that linked countries on the rim of said ocean
13. A metal from Ghana and Zimbabwe that became an important item of trade
16. City-states along this African Coast rose to prominence because of trade
17. The fall of these states led to a reduction of traffic on the Silk Roads