Indian Ocean Trade Website Assignment

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Indian Ocean Trade Website Assignment

• AP World History
• Unit 2

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Connections, Continuities, and Changes on the
Indian Ocean

• Answer the following questions by visiting the
  website links on Mr. Nelsons webpage.
• On the web site The Traveler Ibn Battuta,
  provide five examples of how Ibn Battuta lived in
  a cosmopolitan world.
• Think about trade, textiles, influence in foods,
  and so on.
• What effect did trade have on urban areas along
  the Indian Ocean?
• Name specific examples.
• What does this say about the types of commodities
  that flowed on the Indian Ocean trade routes?
• Visit the World History Traveler. Launch the
  traveler, then select Find a Thematic Pathway.
  Choose Indian Ocean Trade and then Connections
  Encounters. Click the Go button and then
  select Ship and Caravan Trade Move Goods. Look
  at the short reading and the images.
• What types of obstacles did Ibn Battuta face in
  his journey?
• Look at the photographs of the journey.