AP World Unit 2 Vocabulary

This was established by Kublai Khan in 1271 and was tolerant towards various religious groups in China.

• Song Dynasty

• Mecca

• Yuan Dynasty

• Ming Dynasty

This was Batu’s army that pushed westward through Russia and then into Europe.

• Calicut

• Golden Horde

• Kashgar

• Hulegu

This is an instrument used to determine latitude by measuring the position of the stars.

• Compass

• Astrolabe

• Porcelain

• Stern Rudder

This was the first of the great medieval trading empires of western Africa and was known as the "Land of Gold."

• Ghana Empire

• Samarkand

• Mali Empire

• The Hanseatic League

He was a Buddhist monk that led the revolt to overthrow the Yuan Dynasty and established the Ming Dynasty in 1368.

• Sundiata

• Zheng He

• Kublai Khan

• Zhu Yuanzhang

These are documents stating the holder was legally promised payment of a set amount on a set date.

• Flying Money

• Bills of Exchange

• Banking Houses

• Money Economy

The period of Mongolian peace between the 13th and 14th centuries is called

• Mogadishu

• Caravanserai

• Pax Mongolica

• Golden Horde

This is a Muslim city-state that became wealthy by building a navy and collecting fees from ships that passed through the Strait of Malacca.

• Kashgar

• Mogadishu

• Malacca

• Swahili City-States

This was Hulegu’s kingdom in Central Asia that stretched from Byzantium to the Oxus River.

• Kuriltai

• Il-Khanate

• Gujarat

• Songhai Kingdom

This was a commercial alliance that formed between northern German cities and Scandinavia in the 13th century.

• Calicut

• White Lotus Society

• Pax Mongolica

• The Hanseatic League