Indian Ocean Trade

AP World History Unit 2

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In-class Questions on the Southernization article Describe the interactions that you see in the Indian Ocean basin.

What commodities were being transported through the Indian Ocean?

► To where? From where?

What is the global significance of southernization?

► Give at least 3 examples.

Explain this statement from the article: ► “Full southernization and the wealth that we now associate with northwestern Europe came about only after their outright seizure of tropical and subtropical territories and their rounding of Africa and participation in Southern Ocean trade.”

In-class Questions on the Southernization article 5.

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 Explain how all of the following were repercussions of southernization.

World-changing Chinese inventions of the compass, printing, and gunpowder.

   Transmission of the bubonic plague from China to the Middle East, Africa, and Europe.

Expansion of Islam.

Portuguese (European) exploration success (compass and lateen sail).

What do you think motivated the author to use the term “southernization” to describe these exchanges in world history?