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Trade in Medieval Arabia

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who are the Bedouins?

a)

People who sleep on Beds

b)

People who farm in deserts

c)

People who trade gold in the deserts

d)

Arab herders who are Nomads

2.

Who are nomads

a)

People who live in homes and raise their families in a home

b)

People who travel from place to place usually following food or other resources

c)

People like in castles and are wealthy

d)

Samurais of the desert

3.

What is an oasis? (from the readings)

a)

A place with absolutely no water

b)

A home that has tons of food and water!

c)

The name of a song by Kygo, and a band

d)

A desert area that contains fresh water

4.

What are clans?

a)

A group of people who play video games together

b)

Not sure, but don't they clash?

c)

People who are not related at all, but they end of living together in harmony and peace

d)

Clans are families of people related by blood or marriage.

5.

What were the Bedouins known for

a)

Sleeping long hours on the most comfortable mattresses in the world

b)

trading gold and salt

c)

not helping or fighting anyone

d)

Adapting to life in the desert and fighting. They became the core of armies in the Islam empire.

6.

Why is the Arabian Peninsula so great for trade?

a)

It is at the crossroads of three continents and surrounded by water

b)

It is so hot there, so everyone around vacations there during the winter

c)

They have no taxes

d)

They use sand as a currency

7.

Why did Oasis prosper?

a)

There is no water there, so no one attacks

b)

There is water in the middle of the desert, so people stop to get water and to trade

c)

No taxes in Oasis towns

d)

They built a Disneyland there

8.

What is a Caravan?

a)

Groups of crows that flock together

b)

A type of car

c)

People who travel in groups

d)

People who travel by themselves

9.

What kinds of goods were traded?

a)

Nothing, they didn't trade goods, they traded Pokemon cards

b)

animals, textiles, metals, crops, and spices

c)

Things from Australia

d)

Recipes for cooking different foods

10.

Other than goods, what else was exchanged through trade?

a)

Recipes

b)

knowledge and information about religion

c)

coupons

d)

Yu-Gi-Oh Cards