Unit 3 history vocab (required for unit 4)

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Across
  1. 6. was a Venetian merchant believed to have journeyed across Asia at the height of the Mongol Empire
  2. 8. a white vitrified translucent ceramic; china.
  3. 9. an economic policy that is designed to maximize the exports and minimize the imports for an economy.
  4. 11. a major religious and cultural tradition of South Asia, which developed from Vedic religion.
  5. 17. can vary from things to silk, clothing, and jewelry, etc.
  6. 19. is home to major sea routes connecting the Middle East, Africa and East Asia with Europe and the Americas
  7. 20. a Muslim Moroccan scholar and explorer who travelled extensively in Afro-Eurasia, largely in the lands of Dar al-Islam, travelling more than any other explorer in pre-modern history.
  8. 21. when people traveled across the Sahara to reach sub-Saharan Africa from the North African coast
  9. 23. a line of hereditary rulers of a country.
  10. 24. a period of relative stability in Eurasia under the Mongol Empire during the 13th and 14th centuries
Down
  1. 1. refers to a community of people who live outside their shared country of origin or ancestry but maintain active connections with it.
  2. 2. an ancient astronomical instrument that was a handheld model of the universe.
  3. 3. was the ruler of the Mali Empire in West Africa from 1312 to 1337
  4. 4. an instrument containing a magnetized pointer which shows the direction of magnetic north and bearings from it.
  5. 5. an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress.
  6. 7. a city in Mali, situated 20 km north of the Niger River.
  7. 10. Mongolian emperor whose empire stretched from the Black Sea to the Pacific Ocean (1162-1227)
  8. 12. the religion of the Muslims, a monotheistic faith regarded as revealed through Muhammad as the Prophet of Allah.
  9. 13. the policy of territorial or economic expansion.
  10. 14. the idea that there could be only one legitimate ruler of China at a time, and that this ruler had the blessing of the gods.
  11. 15. the amalgamation or attempted amalgamation of different religions, cultures, or schools of thought.
  12. 16. the process by which plants, animals, diseases, people, and ideas have been introduced from Europe, Asia, and Africa to the Americas and vice versa.
  13. 18. a series of ancient trade networks that connected China and the Far East with countries in Europe and the Middle East.
  14. 22. the dispersion of the Jewish people beyond Israel.