2.4 Anew sea route to India

The different Muslim empires all needed _________________

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The trade with Europe was almost exclusively in the hands of ________________ traders.

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All most all the routes ended at the ports on the ______________

• Southern Red Sea

• Northern Pacific

• Eastern Mediterranean

The overland Silk Road started from _____________

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_____________ kind of island the Europeans wanted to reach

• Rubber producing Islands

• Wealth producing Spice Islands

• Oil producing Islands

What happened to the goods when the traders made lots of profit?

• The goods became cheap

• The goods became rare

• The goods became expensive

The ____________ and ______________ routes were well established and gave much control over trade.

• Spice and Incense.

• Amber and Salt

• Silk and Spice

The Arabs wanted to keep the secret of the original source of the special _______________ goods from the east.

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In the 15th century people did not had ___________ maps.

• perfect

• unreliable

• reliable

Anyone who could find an alternative route to Asia which allowed for goods to be transported in one journey would make a much greater profit for themselves. State whether the above statement is true or false.

• True

• False