Unit 7 cultural impact of trade

Trade brings many different things as people interact with each other. Culture is one area of civilization that gets shared as people trade over many years. Trading has brought different areas of the world together - including ways that we can still see today.

Multiple Choice

Name one way that culture can be spread by trade

• Exchange of goods, ideas, and customs
• Isolationism
• Language barriers
• trading goo

Around the 4th century AD, King Ezana of Aksum converted to Christianity, making Aksum one of the earliest Christian kingdoms in the world.
This conversion had significant cultural and political implications, as Christianity became the state religion and influenced Aksumite society.
Churches and monasteries were built, and Christianity spread throughout the region, shaping Aksum's identity and interactions with neighboring civilizations.

Multiple Choice

according to the passage, How was Christianity spread?

• Through military conquests and forced conversions
• Through the establishment of exclusive religious schools
• Through the building of churches and government issued religion

• Through the use of advanced technology and communication methods

Trade played a crucial role in the spread of Islam across North Africa. As merchants traversed the Sahara Desert and navigated the Mediterranean Sea, they carried not only commodities but also Islamic ideas and practices.

Multiple Choice

according to the passage, how was Islam spread?

• spread of ideas and practices

• Religious festivals
• Diplomatic negotiations
• Educational programs

​Trade had a profound impact on the spread of Buddhism across Asia.
As merchants traveled along ancient trade routes like the Silk Road and maritime paths, they carried not only goods but also ideas, including Buddhist teachings.
Through trade connections, Buddhist monks and merchants reached distant lands, establishing monasteries, and sharing scriptures.

Multiple Choice

according to the passage, how as Buddhism spread through trade?

• Merchants and travelers carried Buddhist teachings along trade routes.
• Buddhism was only spread through written texts
• Buddhist monks refused to travel along trade routes
• Buddhist teachings were spread through military conquests

Because trade winds brought merchants to Africa and India, it made for the perfect melting pot of cultures.
The different city-states of the Swahili Coast served as a vibrant hub where goods, ideas, and cultures from Africa, Arabia, Persia, India, and even farther lands converged.

Multiple Choice

What effect did trading have on the culture of the Swahili Coast

• It became a vibrant hub goods, ideas, and cultures from Africa, Arabia, Persia, India, and even farther lands converged.

• Trading on the Swahili Coast had no impact on the development of a unique culture
• Trading on the Swahili Coast led to isolation

• Trading on the Swahili Coast resulted in the complete end of local traditions

Open Ended

1. Would you rather...

2. have school start and end earlier or start and end later?