Networks of Exchange – Unit 2 Vocabulary

Fill in the blank: ________ refers to anything related to navigation, shipping, trade, etc.

• Maritime

• Agricultural

• Industrial

• Medical

Fill in the blank: A ________ is a seasonal wind in the Indian Ocean and southern Asia, blowing from the southwest in summer and from the northeast in winter.

• monsoon

• cyclone

• tornado

• hurricane

Fill in the blank: ________ trading post where merchandise can be imported and exported without paying import duties, often at a profit. Made merchants more willing to sell

• entrepot

• Barter

• Colonization

• Industrialization

Fill in the blank: ________ an inn usually with a large courtyard, for travelers with caravans that crossed the desert routes in Asia and North Africa

• desert routes

• mountain passes

• Caravanserais

• forest trails

Fill in the blank: ________ in Asia and North Africa were determined from their ability to transfer cash across vast distances without physical transport of money.

• flying money

• paper coins

• golden notes

• traveling checks

Fill in the blank: ________ is an instrument for determining directions, as by means of a freely rotating magnetized needle that indicates magnetic north.

• Compass

• Barometer

• Telescope

• Altimeter

Fill in the blank: ________ is an instrument used by astronomers and navigators to measure the altitude above the horizon of a celestial body.

• Astrolabe

• Barometer

• Microscope

• Telescope

Fill in the blank: ________ is trading vessels allowed sailors to sail further distances from the shore, determining latitude on land or on calm seas and blow, and used by the Han dynasty and first used for fortune-telling.

• Dhow

• Caravel

• Junk

• Trireme

Fill in the blank: ________ is the dispersal of any people from their original homeland, especially the involuntary mass dispersions of populations.

• Diaspora

• Assimilation

• Colonization

• Annexation

Fill in the blank: ________ is a community separated from racial or ethnic identity, displaced population either permanently or temporarily.

• Diasporic community

• Urban community

• Nomadic community

• Indigenous community