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trade route
A network of roads and waterways along which traders traveled. These economically and culturally influenced and reshaped societies in ways still evident today.
fauna
The animals of a given region or period of time/era.
flora
The plants of a particular region or period of time/era.
pathogens
Any disease-producing agent, especially a virus, bacteria or microorganism.
global
Relating to, or involving the entire world. (at any given time)
economy
An organized way in which people produce, sell/buy goods and services. (provides jobs for people)
foster
To help develop, grow or promote.
Silk Road
An ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean Sea, extending some 4,000 miles; linked China with the Roman Empire. Fostered the spread of ideas, technology, goods, and major world religions.
Columbian Exchange
The global exchange of plants, animals, goods, ideas, technologies, and even diseases and people between the Americas and Europe, Africa and Asia. (named after Christopher Columbus)
trans-Saharan slave trade (Gold-Salt)
A fairly small-scale trade route that developed in the 12th century (1100s), exporting gold, salt, and West African slaves captured in raids across the Sahara Desert for sale mostly as household servants in Islamic North Africa; the difficulty of travel across the desert limited the amount of trade.
exploration
The action of traveling through an unfamiliar area in order to learn about it. (for the purpose of discovery)
colonization
One country taking over another territory to be used for their benefit/profit.
colony
A settlement of people living in a new territory controlled by their home country.
settlers
People who traveled from their home country to a little known territory to make a new home.
