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AsianTrade-BEMS
Question | Answer |
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some of the early traders in the Eastern Mediterranean. | Phoenicians and Romans |
were important trade products carried along the Silk Road | Silk, paper, and spices |
from China to South Asia to the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. | sea routes |
sections of the trade routes were dominated by the Muslim empires | Western |
The Muslim empires became very wealthy for centuries because they had | monopoly on the routes for goods traded from China to the Eastern Mediterranean. |
Europeans established trade directly with South Asia and China when | Portuguese sailors rounded Africa and arrived on the west coast of India. |
In addition to products for trade _________were carried along the trade routes. | religion, ideas, and disease |
The British in India were an example of | imperialism. |
leader of the Indian independence movement | Mohandas K. Gandhi |
was formed to be a forum to discuss India’s problems. | The Indian National Congress and the Muslim League |
was a solution given to India in 1947 | India and Pakistan became independent countries: India for Hindus and Pakistan for Muslims |
considered the world’s largest democracy | India |
were never under direct British rule | Afghanistan, Nepal, and Bhutan |
An example of the impact of globalization in India | is the growing information technology industry. |
India and Pakistan have fought wars over their | competing claims to Kashmir. |
Upon independence, Pakistan was divided into | West Pakistan and East Pakistan |
East Pakistan later broke away and is now called | Bangladesh |
caused tension between India and Pakistan to increase in 1998 | Nuclear weapons testing |
South Asia’s richest country | Pakistan |
All of South Asia’s countries are | developing countries |
is a negative feature of the Green Revolution | Land and rivers becoming polluted |
The USA invaded Afghanistan in 2001 because | Al Qaida attacked the USA and their terrorist cells were in Afghanistan. |
some of the largest cities in India. | New Delhi, Mumbai, and Calcutta |
is a store of useful assets or advantages | Capital |
a buyer and seller of commodities for profit | Merchant |
rule or sovereignty by a single person. | Monarchy |
of or relating to a city. | Urban |
the moving from one country, place or locality to another | Migration |
is the making of something to involve or affect the entire world | Globalization |
is a practice by which a country increases its power by gaining control over other countries. | Imperialism |
a system in which goods are owned in common and are available to all as needed. | Communism |