| A | B |
| Himalayas | separates India and Nepal from China |
| Byzantine empire | ends because of the fall of Constantinople |
| Akbar | ended the tax on all people in the Mogul empire who were non- Muslims |
| god-kings | rulers of the ancient Khmer people were thought to be |
| Mongols | Kublai Khan controlled China by having __________ oversee the government |
| Genghis Khan | united the Mongols |
| Suleyman | sultan of the Ottoman empire |
| Yorimoto | Japan's first shogun |
| Shah Jahan | built the Taj Mahal |
| Kublai Khan | Mongol leader developed all paper money system |
| feudalism | system of government started in the 800's |
| Middle Ages began | end of the western Roman empire |
| kingdoms of Africa | became wealthy by controlling gold trade |
| distribution map | show how one feature is spread over an area |
| generalization | broad statement of observations |
| distortion | stretching and cutting that cartographers need to do to make a flat map |
| Khmer | civilization that is now in the land called Cambodia |
| Incas | built empire along the Andes Mountains |
| Ottoman | empire that expanded over parts of three continents |
| Oligarchy | rule by a few people |
| Monarchy | rule by one |
| Democracy | rule by many by vote |
| Mercator projection | distorts areas near the poles |
| Polar projection | shows only half the globe |
| Equal Area projection | useful for comparing sizes of N. America and South America |