Unit 8

Question 1

Amber

Answer 1

Fossilized tree resin; used in jewelry, medicine, perfume

Question 2

Animism

Answer 2

Nature worship; the attribution of a soul to plants, inanimate objects, and natural phenomena

Question 3

Archipelago

Answer 3

Group of islands

Question 4

Feudalism

Answer 4

system of governing &landowning in exchange for loyalty, military service, and protection

Question 5

Khanate

Answer 5

Land ruled by a Khan(Mongol ruler)

Question 6

Lateen sail

Answer 6

Triangular sail

Question 7

Pagoda

Answer 7

Tiered building

Question 8

Printing press

Answer 8

invented in the Holy Roman Empire by the German Johannes Gutenberg around 1440

Question 9

Samurai

Answer 9

Military nobility; warriors in Japan; lived by a code of honor called Bushido

Question 10

Shogun

Answer 10

Military dictator of Japan

Question 11

Textiles

Answer 11

Cloth or woven fabric

Question 12

Waterwheel

Answer 12

large wheel driven by flowing water, used to work machinery

Question 13

Windmill

Answer 13

a building with sails or vanes that turn in the wind and generate power to grind grain into flour

Question 14

Silk road

Answer 14

Across Asia to the Mediterranean, basin, and Europe

Question 15

Maritime routes across the Indian ocean

Answer 15

Europe, SW Asia, Africa, and, SE Asia

Question 16

Trans Saharan trade routes across North Africa

Answer 16

North Africa, West Africa, Saharan desert

Question 17

Northern Europe link w/black sea

Answer 17

Vikings & Slavs Byzantine empire

Question 18

Western European Sea and river trade routes

Answer 18

Europe, Italy, Africa to Constantinople

Question 19

South China sea and lands of SE Asia

Answer 19

SE Asia, India, china