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Indian Ocean Trade

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The _____ compass was an invention of the time that helped sailors hold their bearings without sight of the sun.
Because of the Indian Ocean trade, some island nations adopted the religion of ____, which made trade with Muslim merchants easier.
This was a delicate type of dishware that was exported from China.
This invention allowed sailors use the stars to calculate latitude, so it improved ship navigation.
During the ____ ____ time period trade along the Indian Ocean trade route declined because overland trade became cheap and safe since it was a peaceful time.
Economic prosperity in ____ during the Tang and Song Dynasties allowed them to export lots of goods.
The _____ civilization began as a bunch of city-states in East Africa that traded things like ivory, slaves, and gold.
Located in Southeast ____, Srivijaya was a kingdom that developed in between some islands and dominated Indian Ocean trade for some time.
Which region of the world, located north of Africa, was not really part of Indian Ocean Trade network?
The monsoon _____ were very predictable; since people could calculate when the rains and these breezes would come, they could plan the best times to sail certain directions.
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African states had many raw _____ to export, like animal skins, gold, and ivory. These all needed to be processed or were used to make into something useful.
A special sail, called a ____ lateen sail, helped ships go against the wind when trading across the Indian Ocean.
The ____ Ocean Trade network included many more people and places than the Silk Road.
Ivory and gold were exported from the coastal areas in East _____.
As Islam spread throughout the region, the trade flourished because the lands were now connected through their ____.
The ____ Marketplace is a nickname given to the Indian Ocean Trade Route.
Cotton cloth and black pepper were two products that were exported from _____.
Each individual city-state in the East African trade areas had its own _____ to make the rules and govern the people.
The Chinese _____ were huge flat-bottomed ships with six masts jutting out; they could carry 500 men and lots of stuff to trade.
One benefit of rich Muslim merchants being involved in the Indian Ocean trade is that they had the ____ to build ships.