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Indian Ocean Basin Trade

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Find THREE technological innovations created in East Asia.

a)

Junk Ships

b)

Paper Money

c)

Banking Houses

d)

Astrolabe

e)

Sternpost Rudder

2.

In the Indian Ocean Basin, ship design (junks and dhows) and maritime technology (compass, astrolabe) increased trade, but traders still relied on

a)

monsoon winds.

b)

European maps.

c)

caravan organization.

d)

a universal language of trade.

3.

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

a)

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

b)

Changing wind patterns made nonstop round trips possible.

c)

Predictable monsoon patterns led to trade being conducted in stages

d)

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

4.
The most popular items traded along these routes were spices and cotton.
a)
Trans-Saharan
b)
Indian Ocean
c)
Mediterranean
d)
Silk Road
5.
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
a)
1, 2 and 3 only
b)
1, 3 and 4 only
c)
2, 3 and 4 only
d)
1, 2, 3 and 4
6.

This desert in north Africa was crossed by traders moving mostly salt and gold.

a)

Gobi

b)

Taklimakan

c)

Savana

d)

Sahara

7.
This ocean is found between Africa, Asia, and Australia
a)
Atlantic Ocean
b)
Arctic Ocean
c)
Indian Ocean
d)
Pacific Ocean
8.

What is bartering?

a)

A product

b)

Giving money away

c)

Trading without using money

d)

Trading by using money

9.
Indian Ocean trade was like the silk roads in that it was 
a)
a one way route in which goods traveled
b)
the way pirates traveled
c)
a network of trade routes
d)
the only way to sell silk
10.
Different Indian ocean trade routes connected various _______ cities.
a)
port
b)
Muslim
c)
African
d)
rich
11.
Sailors learned the pattern of the ______ _______, that could take them to and from different cities.
a)
Dark Side
b)
Trade Routes
c)
Silk Roads
d)
Monsoon Winds
12.
On the western half of the Indian Ocean Basin, trade was dominated by _______ merchants because they had money to build ships.
a)
Chinese
b)
Indian
c)
Roman
d)
Muslim
13.
______ produced a lot of the raw materials such as wood, animal furs, and gold.
a)
India
b)
Africa
c)
China
d)
South East Asia

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