ECONOMICS
TRADE EXCHANGE AND INTERDEPENDENCE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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“We crossed the Mediterranean Sea in just a few days on our way from Egypt to Greece.”
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“The journey across the Atlantic Ocean is long and dangerous.”
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“The desert heat is worst. Thankfully, we have camels to carry the loads.”
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“We cannot leave for East Africa until December. Then the monsoon winds will be right.”
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Indian Ocean trade network was similar to the Silk Road because they were both a network of trade roads that connected people who wanted goods to people who had the goods they wanted. There were a lot of Indian Ocean trade routes just like their were a lot of trade routes in the Silk Road.
Detailed explanation-2: -For example, in the Indian Ocean, monsoon winds blow from the northeast in the winter and from the southwest in the summer. With a southwestern wind pushing them east, merchants were able to travel from the Red Sea between Egypt and Arabia to India in the summer and then back to the Red Sea in the winter.
Detailed explanation-3: -There has been trading in and throughout the Indian Ocean for millennia (I’ve listed some prior periods in the timeline), but the period of interest is from 600 AD to 1497. During this time period, the Austronesian people’s enjoyed a relatively peaceful trading network.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Indian Ocean trade was a network of trade routes that connected the countries and regions around the Indian Ocean, including parts of Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.