UNIT 1.5 Africa

For Arab and Indian merchants to get to East Africa, they would have to travel the Indian Ocean and rely on the winds called the _______.

• trade winds

• Auroras

• breakers

• monsoons

What was the main object that merchants traveled to Africa in search of?

• silver

• gold

• diamonds

• platinum

What was the name of the ship and the triangular sail that allowed Asian merchants a chance to get to East Africa for trade?

• the dhow and lateen sail

• the dhow and the square sail

• the junk and the front sail

• the junk and the halting sail

Asian languages blended with East African languages to create a new “trade language” called ______.

• Urdu

• Swahili

• Persian

• Arabic

The trade language called Swahili is an example of what kind of blended idea?

• alliteration

• syncretism

• ethos

• pathos

What was the importance of the city of Kilwa in the early East African trade?

• It sold gold from the inland areas

• There was a diamond mine nearby

• The city collected jewels and silver

• Kilwa was a kingdom based in a warlike region

Who was the well educated Muslim scholar who traveled all across Africa and Asia and wrote about his adventures? (He went to Kilwa)

• Marco Polo

• Gatama

• Avicenna

• Ibn Battuta

What religion became associated with the Indian Ocean Trade and converting African people?

• Buddhism

• Hinduism

• Islam

• Christianity

Many Arab traders began a trade that extended beyond gold and ivory. What was this trade?

• iron trade

• Silver trade

• East African slave trade

• East African salt trade

Some slaves from East Africa were sold to Arabs where they rebelled. what were these slaves called?

• zanj

• chattel

• serfs

• vassals