WHAP Vocab

4. Arab ships with triangular sails allowing them to wail against the wind.
6. A European invention, documents promising money.
8. A powerful state that drew it's wealth from it's large herds of cattle, it constructed a huge stone enclosure around itself.
9. An animal that could survive 10 days without water and carry heavy loads which increased trade along the Sand Roads.
11. The King of Mali who traveled to Mecca for pilgrimage and distributed vast amounts of gold along the way.
13. A form of Buddhism that existed in Japan.
15. The language of the people living on the East African coast, it was written in Arabic script and contained several Arabic loan words.
16. A form of Buddhism that existed along the Silk Roads.
17. These crops, originally from Southeast Asia, were introduced to Africa, increasing agricultural productivity and population , along with laying the economic foundation for the growth of states.
18. A Chinese invention, "paper money", stopped the need for merchants to carry heavy metal coins.
20. communities that lived in a place that was not their home but retained the culture of their place of origin and therefore facilitated trade among different groups of people.
21. A Chinese explorer who commanded the massive Chinese Treasure fleet and collected tribute for China from other places in the Indian Ocean trade basin.

1. As asceticism ended in Mahayana Buddhism, these became more symbols rather than a part of daily use.
2. A form of Buddhism that existed in China.
3. A strait on Southeast Asia that created an all sea route from India to China, this place also made the Southeast Asian kingdoms surrounding it very wealthy.
5. An ideology which formed in China and combined Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism.
7. Stops along the silk road for merchants to rest and trade goods with locals, developed into large cities.
10. Predictable wind currents that facilitated Indian Ocean basin trade,flowing northeast during winter and southwest during summer.
12. An Arab traveler, scholar, and merchant who traveled in Dar-al-Islam.
14. Chinese ships with hollow trunks allowing them to maneuver more easily.
19. The death of this emperor caused the end of the Chinese Treasure fleet.