Commerce on the Indian Ocean was possible thanks to alternating wind currents caused by these storms
What is monsoons
100
This Chinese invention helps tell direction by using magnetic north
What is a compass
100
The sand roads traveled across this desert
What is the Sahara
100
There was no sustained interaction between the Western and Eastern hemispheres before the voyages of this man in 1492
Who is Christopher Columbus
100
What trade route saw the trading of salt and gold in Africa
What is Sand Roads
200
This Italian port city was the European center of commerce from Asia by 1000 C.E.
What is Venice
200
These were not garbage, they were efficient and sturdy Chinese ships that sailed long distances as early as the 2nd century CE. They incorporated numerous technical advances in sail plan and hull designs that were later adopted in Western shipbuilding.
What is Junks
200
What animal made travel on the Salt Roads possible
What is the camel
200
A lack of animals that were able to be this, hindered trade in the Americas
What is domesticatable
200
Which trade route saw the trading of bulk goods such as textiles, pepper, timber, rice, sugar, wheat
What is the Sea Roads
300
Evidence suggests Malay sailors reached this African island famous for its lemur population in the first millennium B.C.E.
What is Madacascar
300
This device, and underwater attached under the back of a ship was used to steer a ship
What is a rudder
300
Copper and this resource was found in the desert regions of Northern Africa.
What is Salt
300
The Americas and their civilizations were oriented in this direction which hindered trade because of different climates
What is North to South
300
According to this internet company's slogan "What ever it is, you can get it" at this company which started in 1995
What is eBay
400
This civilization of East Africa developed from blend of Bantu with commercial life of the Indian Ocean
What is the Swahili civilization
400
This type of sail became the favorite sail of the Age of Discovery, mainly because it allowed a boat to tack "against the wind".
What is lateen (latin-rig) sail
400
Merchants traded for ivory, Kola nuts, slaves and this valuable resource from West Africa
What is Gold
400
Which of the following (Eurasia, Africa, or the Americas) had the least developed long distance trade networks between 500 CE and 1500 CE
What is the Americas
400
This American international e-commerce business slogan is "Powering the People Economy" allows payments and money transfers to be made through the Internet.
What is PayPal
500
Southeast Asian sailors opened an all-sea route in this strait between India and China through the Strait of this in 350 C.E.
What is Straits of Malacca
500
This device was used to determine a ship's latitude using the North Star
What is an Astrolabe
500
This was a wealthy trading city of the West African nation of Mali. Hint: short for Timothy + dollar + 1 plus 1
What is Timbuktu
500
In the fifteenth century this Mesoamerican civilization had professional merchants known as pochteca
Who are the Aztecs
500
This company is China’s — and by some measures, the world’s — biggest online commerce company. It's revenues are more than Amazon and ebay combined