Ananya Madhavaneni APWH Unit 2 Vocab

Srivijaya empire 1.3

Def: A maritime and commercial kingdom in modern-day indonesia
LO8: The Srivijaya empire emerged from the wealth that trade brought the people of this society and continued because of this trade.

Inca empire 1.4

Def: The largest empire in the western hemisphere in the 15th century
LO9: The Incan empire emerged as a group of people built terraces and houses along the Andes mountains and sustained power through many different labor systems.

Mexica empire 1.4

Def: A major state that developed in modern-day Mexico
LO9: The mexica empire emerged as aztecs built a city on a lake and sustained power through the tribute system.

Great Zimbabwe 1.5

Def: a city known for its walled border
LO10: Great Zimbabwe developed from the bantu migrations and sustained itself by trading.

Ethiopia 1.5

Def: A Christian kingdom that developed in the highlands of eastern Africa
LO10: Ethiopia emerged as christian merchants moved here to form their own community and sustained itself through trade

Mali empire 1.5

Def: a strong empire of Western African
LO10: Mali emerged as a small group took over the ghana kingdom and sustained itself by trading.

Mansa Musa 1.5

Def: Mali King brought Mali to its peak of power and wealth
LO10: Mansa Musa brought attention to mali and made more empires willing to trade with mali by showing off his wealth and gifting so much gold that he caused inflation.

Flying Cash 2.1

Def: A system of credit that allowed merchants to deposit money under their name in one location and withdraw the same amount at another location
LO1: As people traded it became inconvenient to carry physical notes everywhere and exchanging money became more difficult so flying cash was used to exchange money.

Caravanserai 2.1

Def: an inn in some Eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans
LO1: Since travellers were travelling long distances and needed places to stop and rest in between, caravanserai were buolt as resting places for merchants.

Silk roads trade 2.1

Def: a vast trade network connecting Eurasia and North Africa via land and sea routes.
LO1: As the demand for luxury goods from East Asia increased, the silk road was used as a way to get these luxary goods.

Samarkand 2.1

Def: city in east-central Uzbekistan that is one of the oldest cities of Central Asia
LO1: As people passed through cities along trade routes, cities such as Samarkand grew because they could control trade.

Genghis Khan 2.2

Def: Mongol leader
LO2: As the mongol empire grew, trade in eurasia made it more connected and easier for the mongold to rule.
LO3: As the mongol empire rose, trade became easier under pax mongolica so eurasia became more interconnected.

Pax Mongolica 2.2

Def: a period of relative stability in Eurasia under the Mongol Empire
LO3: Under pax mongolica, it was wasier to travel between different parts of eurasia so more people traded and communicated and many ideas were spread.
LO4: Under pax mongolica, many greco-roman texts and philosophies were reintroduced and improved upon by many different peoples.

Effects of Mongols: Russia 2.2

Def: Princes were forced to submit as vassals of the khan of the golden horde and to pay tribute. peasants became serfs, the Russian ruling class offering protection. Some towns increased trade.
LO2: As the mongols had rule of russia they only required tribute so they held russia for a long period of time.
LO3: As the mongols took over russia they allowed many aspects of russian culture to remain the same but brought back serfdom.

Effects of Mongols: Abbasid 2.2

Def: Knowledge from Baghdad was transferred to other parts of the world
LO2: As the mongols settled into persia, they assimilated very easily into persian culture therefore ending mongol rule in perisa.
LO3: As the mongols conquered persia, they allowed other civilizations to use abbasid texts and brought practices developed in the house fo wisdom to other places.

Effects of Mongols: China 2.2

Def: Not much changed except for the fact that Mongols were now on top of the social hierarchy
LO2: As the yuan dynasty took over in china, they continued to use chinese ideals but because the mongols thought they were superior to the chinese, many peasants revolted and the yuan lost the madate of heaven.
LO3: Under the rule of Kublai Khan, china traded more with many different countries so many more contries were aware of china's wealth.

Astrolabe 2.3

Def: Navigational instrument for determining latitude.
LO5: As the astrolabe was spread around my many merchants, people could navigate easier and more people engaged in trade.

Swahili city-states 2.3

Def: East African city-state society that dominated the coast and was active in trade
LO5: As trade increased the Swahili city-states grew because they were hubs for coastal and maritime trade.

Malacca 2.3

Def: Muslim port city that came to prominence on the waterway between Sumatra and Malaya
LO5: As people traded along the indian ocean network and passed throught the strait, they would have to pass through malacca so malacca grew because it was in control of trade.

Malay diasporic communities 2.3

Def: a group of merchants of similar origin that settled in a place for a longer period of time.
LO6: Because so many people were passing through malacca during a certain time of year they needed a place to stay so they set up temporary communities in port cities.

Monsoon winds 2.3

Def: alternating wind currents that blew eastward across the Indian Ocean in the summer and westward in the winter, Facilitating trade
LO7: Because monsoon winds were so predictable, it led to trade increasing during certain times of the year and diasporic communites forming in many places.

Indian Ocean Trade 2.3

Def: The world's largest sea-based system of communication and exchange
LO5: As the desire for certain goods increased, people used the indian ocean to ship goods from africa to asia through the indian ocean and this led to trade increasing in this region.

Mali Empire 2.4

Def: a strong empire of Western African
LO9: As the mali empire expanded, more people converted to islam and traded with mali.

Trans-Saharan Trade 2.4

Def: A trade route across the Saharan dessert
LO8: As the trans saharan trade route grew and more people used it, culture spread, an example of this is the spread of islam.

Mansa Musa 2.4

Def: Mali King brought Mali to its peak of power and wealth
LO9: Becuase mansa musa's pilgrimage brought attention to mali's wealth people were more willing to trade with mali.

Marco Polo 2.5

Def: Venetian merchant traveler and trader
LO10: As marco polo travelled on his voyages, he brought back goods and ideals from the places he visited spreading culture.

Champa Rice 2.6

Def: quick-maturing, very resistant rice that allow 2 harvests in one growing seasons
LO11: As champa rice became more popular, people could grow more rice and the economy expanded as well as the population