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Indian Ocean Trade Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

2.
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
3.

What is bartering?

a)

A product

b)

Giving money away

c)

Trading without using money

d)

Trading by using money

4.
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
5.
Different Indian ocean trade routes connected various _______ cities.
a)
port
b)
Muslim
c)
African
d)
rich
6.
Created a school for exploration, sailing and map reading
a)
Prince Henry
b)
Christopher Colombus
c)
Leif Eriksson
d)
Vasco de Gama
7.
A device used in early navigation to chart the position of stars
a)
Compass
b)
Astrolabe
c)
Caravels
d)
Magnets
8.
Where did the Portuguese focus their early exploration at?
a)
Africa
b)
North America
c)
South America
d)
Asia
9.
How did the Portuguese get to India?
a)
Sailing west through the Americas
b)
Sailing north of the Americas
c)
Sailing south around Africa
d)
Sailing south around South America
10.

Who set the terms of trade in the Indian Ocean?

a)

Kings

b)

Queens

c)

The demands of the market

d)

The monsoon winds

11.

True or False: A country can become a "Center of Trade" by using their location to force passing ships to stop and/or pay taxes.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

What is the problem with relying on trade to build your economy on as a country?

a)

You won't make any money

b)

You are vulnerable to the highs and lows of the global economy

c)

You have too many enemies trying to compete

d)

You don't have enough land for the merchandise

13.

What culture/city-state was created in Africa because of the Indian Ocean trade network?

a)

Bahli

b)

Mamba

c)

Swahili

d)

Brazilian

14.

What happened when the Portuguese found the city-states of East Africa?

a)

They were willing to work with the new people

b)

They were shocked to learn that anybody lived there but were welcomed in

c)

They avoided all contact with them

15.

What did the Chinese do to countries that wanted to trade with them?

a)

They had to submit to the emperor and perform ritualistic acts (Kowtow, etc.)

b)

They had to prove their worth by showing how many men they had

c)

They were never interested

d)

They made new countries give them every woman that lived in the country

16.

What did the Chinese use to demonstrate their power and wealth to smaller countries that they traveled to?

a)

Piles of gold

b)

Human skulls on their spears

c)

Fireworks

d)

Huge treasure ships (bigger than a football field)

17.

True or False: The Chinese used force with EVERY country they came into contact with and forced them to submit.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Which of the following was NOT a goal that the Portuguese government had for the men who went back to Africa on a second mission?

a)

Take anything of value that they could find

b)

Start trading with the Chinese

c)

Force the kings of the cities to pay taxes to Portuguese tax collectors

d)

To gain control over the entire Indian Ocean trade

19.

What did the Portuguese do to the city-states when they returned?

a)

attacked cities and killed inhabitants that didn't leave.

b)

try to trade with them again.

c)

leave them alone and moved on

d)

forced them to marry their men

20.

How do we know so much about the Indian Ocean trade?

a)

By talking to Vasco Da Gama

b)

Archaeological evidence and the documents left by Da Gama and others

c)

Video evidence from the time period

d)

An article about the trading network

21.

Who was trading with Asian countries like India before the Portuguese showed up?

a)

Chinese

b)

English

c)

Americans

d)

Muslims

22.

What did the Muslim merchants say they would do if the Indian government tried to trade with the Portuguese?

a)

They would continue doing business with the Portuguese

b)

They would leave and do business elsewhere

c)

They would start a war with India

d)

They would go to the mountains and trade there.

23.

How well do you think the Portuguese transformed maritime trade in the Indian Ocean in the 16th century?

a)

Amazingly

b)

Pretty good

c)

Not good

d)

Terribly

24.

What did the Portuguese do to any competing countries' ship they could not stop and loot?

a)

Leave them alone

b)

Chase them to their destination

c)

Shoot them down

d)

Attack the people they were trading with

25.

What is a long journey involving travel by sea or in space?

a)

Culture

b)

Voyage

c)

Porcelain

d)

City-State