Indian Ocean Trade Review

Which of the following statements about the effect of monsoon pattern on Indian Ocean trade are correct.

• Unpredictable monsoon patterns facilitated trade on the Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf

• Changing wind patterns made nonstop round trips possible.

• Predictable monsoon patterns led to trade being conducted in stages

• The size and stability of large ships did not play a role in how many mariners plotted their course around monsoon patterns

Which is true about the Indian Ocean Trade?
1) It spread Buddhism to West Africa
2) It made many cities grow and become rich
3) the traders determined the price of goods
4) it spread Islam to Indonesia

• 1, 2 and 3 only
• 1, 3 and 4 only
• 2, 3 and 4 only
• 1, 2, 3 and 4

What is bartering?

• A product

• Giving money away

• Trading without using money

• Trading by using money

Indian Ocean trade was like the silk roads in that it was 

• a one way route in which goods traveled
• the way pirates traveled
• a network of trade routes
• the only way to sell silk

Different Indian ocean trade routes connected various _______ cities.

• port
• Muslim
• African
• rich

Created a school for exploration, sailing and map reading

• Prince Henry
• Christopher Colombus
• Leif Eriksson
• Vasco de Gama

A device used in early navigation to chart the position of stars

• Compass
• Astrolabe
• Caravels
• Magnets

Where did the Portuguese focus their early exploration at?

• Africa
• North America
• South America
• Asia

How did the Portuguese get to India?

• Sailing west through the Americas
• Sailing north of the Americas
• Sailing south around Africa
• Sailing south around South America

Who set the terms of trade in the Indian Ocean?

• Kings

• Queens

• The demands of the market

• The monsoon winds