Vocab List: Unit 2 Networks of Exchange

An instrument used to determine latitude by measuring the position of the stars. ________

• Astrolabe

• Barometer

• Thermometer

• Anemometer

Issued bills of exchange; model for modern banks. ________

• Banking Houses

• Silk Merchants

• Feudal Lords

• Guild Artisans

The son of Genghis Khan’s oldest son who led an army of 100,000 Mongolian soldiers into Russia conquering small Russian kingdoms. ________

• Batu Khan

• Kublai Khan

• Ogedei Khan

• Tolui Khan

Documents stating the holder was legally promised payment of a set amount on a set date. ________

• Bills of Exchange

• Share Certificates

• Debenture Bonds

• Promissory Notes

Mongol conquests brought fleas that carried the bubonic plague to Asia and Europe. ________

• The Bubonic Plague

• The Industrial Revolution

• The Renaissance

• The Silk Road

City on the west coast of India that became a thriving center of trade. ________

• Calicut

• Delhi

• Chennai

• Hyderabad

Groups of people traveling together for mutual protection, often with pack animals such as camels. ________

• Caravans

• Carousels

• Carpenters

• Caracals

Inns that popped up about 100 miles apart (the distance camels could go before they needed water) along the routes of the Silk Roads. ________

• Caravanserai (or caravanserays)

• Pagodas

• Yurts

• Oases

Saddles developed by South Arabians as the use of the camel spread. ________

• Camel Saddle

• Horse Bridle

• Chariot Wheel

• Ox Yoke

A medieval Central Asian empire and successor state to the Mongol Empire, ruled by the descendants of Genghis Khan's son, Chagatai Khan, encompassing territories in present-day Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and parts of Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Afghanistan.

• Chagatai Khanate

• Golden Horde

• Ilkhanate

• Timurid Empire