What are the Silk Roads?
Trade routes across Eurasia
What are luxury goods?
Expensive, high-value items
What are caravanserais?
Roadside inns for traders
What are forms of credit?
Trade without physical money
What is money economics?
Use of currency in trade
What is a conduit?
Channel for goods or ideas
Who were the Mongols?
Central Asian nomads
What is a khan?
Mongol leader
What is a khanate?
Territory ruled by a khan
What is the Uyghur script?
Writing system for Mongols
What does pastoral mean?
Herding-based lifestyle
Who was Genghis Khan?
Founder of the Mongol Empire
Who was Kublai Khan?
Yuan Dynasty ruler
What is siege warfare?
Attacking fortified cities
Who was Marco Polo?
European traveler in China
Who was Ibn Battuta?
Muslim world traveler
What is Pax Mongolica?
Mongol-enforced peace
What does kamikaze refer to?
Storms protecting Japan
What is the Khanate of the Golden Horde?
Mongol Russia region
What is the Yuan Dynasty?
Mongol-ruled China
What is Calicut?
Indian port city
What is Malacca?
Southeast Asian trade port
What is a compass?
Shows direction
What is an astrolabe?
Navigation by stars
