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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Authority | The right, power, or ability to give orders, make decisions, or demand obedience. |
| Caravan | A band of people traveling together for safety, especially across a desert. |
| Commerce | The exchange of goods or services for money. |
| Diaspora | A scattering of people with a common culture. |
| Economy | The system within a country or region of handling wealth and resources. |
| Empire | Territory controlled by a central government with one supreme ruler. |
| Indigenous | Having origin in a country or locality. |
| Maritime | Related to the sea, ships, or navigation at sea. |
| Merchant | A person who buys goods and sells them for a profit. |
| Monsoon | Predictable winds that helped sailors travel across the Indian Ocean. |
| Navigate | To direct the course of a vessel or find the way to a destination. |
| Network | A connected system of roads, lines, canals, or similar routes. |
| Pastoral | Of or relating to the country or country life. |
| Plague | A disaster affecting a large population, especially a disease epidemic. |
| Society | A community of people who live in the same area and are linked by laws and customs. |
| Subjugation | The act of gaining mastery over something, especially by conquest. |
| Technology | Inventions and methods of solving problems resulting from research. |
| Trade | The act of buying and selling goods. |
| Urbanization | The process whereby towns and cities grow and societies become more urban. |
| Caliphate | A state ruled by a caliph who is both a political ruler and religious leader. |
| Feudalism | A system where lords granted land to vassals in return for service. |
| Serf | An agricultural laborer tied to the land and heavily taxed by a lord. |
| Hajj | The pilgrimage to Mecca that Muslims are expected to make at least once. |
| Crusades | Medieval European Christian attempts to recover the Holy Land from Muslim control. |
| Caravanserai | A large roadside inn where travelers and traders could rest and get supplies. |
| Guild | An association of craftsmen or merchants formed to protect common interests. |
| Clergy | People authorized to conduct religious services, such as priests or imams. |
| Mosque | A Muslim place of worship. |
| Famine | An extreme and widespread shortage of food. |
| Tribute | Payment given by a subordinate power to a dominant power to show submission. |
| Famine | An extreme and widespread shortage of food. |
| Tribute | Payment given by a subordinate power to a dominant one to show submission. |