Africa, Trade, Japan

The major trade route across Asia to the east coast of the Mediterranean was called the

• Maritime routes

• Hanseatic routes

• Trans-Saharan route

• Silk Roads

The trade routes that connected Northern Europe (Russia) with Constantinople crossed what sea?

• Black

• Mediterranean

• Aegean

• Red

In addition to trade goods, ideas often traveled across the trade routes. Using trade routes, Buddhism spread from India to China to what areas?

• India and Southeast Asia

• Japan and West Africa

• Central Asia and East Africa

• Korea and Japan

One similarity between the ancient African kingdoms of Egypt, Nubia (Kush), and Axum is that all of these kingdoms were located –

• In coastal areas

• On the Nile RIver

• In rain forest areas

• On the edge of the Gobi Desert

The goods traded across the Trans-Saharan trade routes mainly included gold and –

• Spices

• Textiles

• Fruits

• Salt

The technology to make porecilin, block printing and paper making crossed from what Asian country into Europe?

• India

• Japan

• China

• Arabia

What civilization produced these goods for trade?

• Roman

• Byzantine

• Muslim

• Chinese

What is the name of the West African city that became a center of learning and trade under Mali rule?

• Mecca

• Timbuktu

• Constantinople

• Alexandria

The only south African kingdom to develop a prosperous empire based on trade was that of –

• Mali

• Ghana

• Zimbabwae

• Songhai

This ship uses what type of sail?

• Mizzen

• Lateral

• Lateen

• Topsail