Unit 2 Quiz (APWH)

Definition: very large Chinese ships designed for long-distance commercial travel and trade

• junk

• caravanserai

• astrolabe

• urdu

Definition: an empire founded in the 13th century by Genghis Khan, and it would go on to be the largest empire the world had ever seen

• Mongol Empire

• Songhai Kingdom

• Hanseatic League

• Ming Dynasty

a central trading point where the Eastern and Western Silk Roads met

• Kashgar

• Timbuktu

• Mecca

• Hangzhou

Definition: influential capital city during the rule of Timur, and it was a wealthy trading center known for decorated mosques and tombs

• Samarkand

• Gujarat

• Urdu

• Constantinople

Definition: inn or rest stations for travelers, especially along the Silk Roads

• caravanserai

• astrolabe

• junk

• lateen sail

Definition: a certificate issued by a banker in one city to merchants who could exchange it for currency in another city, thus freeing them from traveling with gold

• bill of exchange

• lateen sail

• caravanserai

• astrolabe

Definition: an economic and defensive alliance of the free towns in northern Germany, founded about 1241 and most powerful in the fourteenth century

• Hanseatic League

• White Lotus Society

• Pax Mongolica

• Swahili City-States

1. Definition: the period of approximately 150 years of relative peace and stability created by the Mongol Empire

• 1. Pax Mongolica

• Gobi Desert

• Samarkand

• White Lotus Society

1. Definition: grandson of Genghis Khan and founder of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty in China

• Kublai Khan

• Zheng He

• Mansa Musa

• Ibn Battuta

Definition: Chinese dynasty established and ruled by the Mongols

• Yuan Dynasty

• Ming Dynasty

• Songhai Kingdom

• Hangzhou