Historical trade networks Questionbank

Trade routes were designed to avoid all water sources to protect goods from moisture

Geography was irrelevant because camel caravans could cross any terrain with ease

Empires built walls to ensure trade routes only followed flat plains

Networks depended on physical features like rivers, monsoons, oases, and ports to facilitate movement

Kilwa and Zimbabwe

Mali and Ghana

Egypt and Carthage

Songhai and Ethiopia

They were usually abandoned due to frequent raids.

They prohibited the entry of foreign religious ideas.

They became isolated and culturally stagnant.

They became multicultural hubs and centers of wealth.

They invented the ships used to cross the Indian Ocean

They controlled the overland routes through which spices reached the Mediterranean

They held a monopoly on silk production

They grew nutmeg and cloves in the Arabian desert

Military alliances formed to protect borders

The internal distribution of goods within a single city

Exclusively sea-based routes for transporting bulk grain

Systems of connected routes through which people, goods, and ideas move

Standardized democratic laws

Languages and artistic styles

Modern industrial machinery

Digital communication protocols

Monsoon winds made it impossible for pirates to intercept ships

Sea routes were faster than camel caravans crossing the Sahara

Cheaper transport by water allowed for the movement of bulk goods like timber and grain

Water transport was exclusively used for luxury items like silk and glassware

While silk reached ancient Rome and became a symbol of elite wealth, the Romans were largely unaware of how the material was manufactured.

Romans possessed a detailed understanding of sericulture and the life cycle of the silkworm.

Silk was an inexpensive material that was widely available to all social classes in the Roman Empire.

The Roman government successfully established domestic silk production centers in Italy during the 1st century BCE.

The Portuguese Navy

The East India Company (British)

The Dutch East India Company

The Hanseatic League

True

False