Module 10 Review

Trade between Europe and West Africa was carried on routes across the -

• Silk Road

• Sahara Desert

• Indian Ocean

• Mongolian Empire

Along which trade route was gold and salt traded?

• trans-Saharan

• Silk Road

• Maritime routes in the Indian Ocean

• Northern Europe to the Black Sea

What religion spreads from India to the rest of east Asia?

• Shinto

• Taoism

• Buddhism

• Confucianism

Many European wanted to travel to the east to trade with India and China. What goods did the Europeans desire from the east?

• gold and silver

• Beans and corn

• silk and spices

• metal tools and animals

Porcelain was an important trade good from:

• Mali

• India

• China

• Europe

What is an archipelago?

• a narrow body of water between two large land masses

• a raised, flat area

• water in the desert

• a series of islands created by volcanoes

The two primary religions practiced in Japan were -

• Islam and Christianity

• Buddhism and Judaism

• Shinto and Buddhism

• Taoism and Confucianism

Japan is separated from the rest of Asia by the

• Sea of Japan

• Siberian steppe

• Gobi desert

• Himalayan mountains

What two trade items made Ghana, Mali, and Songhai increase in wealth and importance?

• spices and silk

• slaves and timber

• gold and salt

• rum and tobacco

Timbuktu was known as

• a rich trading city in Scandinavia

• a center for trade and learning in west Africa

• the capital of the Ottoman Empire

• the major trading city on the Nile River