1. 9R Final Review Final Multiple Choice – June 7th Essay – June 6th

2. 9R – Final Essay Theme: Movement of People and Goods- Trade
Identify two trade routes and /or trade organizations and for each:
Explain one reason for the establishment of the trade route or trade organization. (Time Period, Where, Why)
Discuss one positive effect or one negative effect of the trade route or trade organization on a specific nation or region.
Suggestions: Mediterranean Sea, the Silk Road, Trans-Saharan Trade Route in Africa, Triangular Trade in the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean Trade Network, Hanseatic League

3. Reason for its establishment
Final Essay
Trade Route/ Trade Organization
Reason for its establishment
(Where, Time Period, Why?)
One positive or one negative effect on a SPECIFIC nation or region

4. The Silk Road - Beginning ca. 2nd Century B.C.
Final Essay
The Silk Road - Beginning ca. 2nd Century B.C.
Reason for its establishment
Connected China to the Eastern Mediterranean Sea and Europe
Created so silk, spices and other eastern goods could be traded for European gold and other commodities
One positive or one negative effect on a SPECIFIC nation or region
Positive- Trade flourished during the Mongol era – provided safety
Prosperous for both merchants and Mongols (collected tribute)
Negative- In the Late Middle Ages, merchants moving along the road spread the Bubonic Plague to Asia and Europe
Millions died – hurt the economy and existing social structure

5. Trans-Saharan trade routes - African kingdoms - 7th -14th centuries
Final Essay
Trans-Saharan trade routes - African kingdoms - 7th -14th centuries
Reason for its establishment
Spanned from North Africa across the Sahara Desert to West Africa
Traveled by Arab and Berber traders by camel caravan
Created out of a need in West African Kingdoms for gold, salt, and ivory to be traded for European and Middle Eastern goods
One positive or one negative effect on a SPECIFIC nation or region
Positive – Cultural Diffusion – Islam spread to Africa along the trade routes
Muslim scholars traveled to the university at Timbuktu
Negative – Groups outside of West Africa learned about its enormous wealth
Europeans came to take over land, resources, and take slaves