How geography and trade routes shaped the world

How geography and trade routes shaped the world

​By Mr. Zehr

Multiple Choice

Early civilizations developed mainly in

• areas with abundant mineral resources

• valleys near rivers

• areas with climatic diversity

• mountainous areas

​Notice how the LARGEST CITIES in the WORLD in 1500 nearly perfectly trace several

​of the MAJOR TRADE ROUTES.

Multiple Choice

Globalization involves:

• A stretching of social, political, and economic activities across political frontiers.

• A growing magnitude of interconnectedness in almost every sphere of social existence.

• An accelerating pace of global interactions and processes associated with a deepening enmeshment of the local and the global

• All of the answer options given are correct