Use the map to answer the following questions:

Question

How did the Abbasid dynasty benefit from its central location?

(1 point)
Responses

They could get to different places quickly
They could get to different places quickly

They could expand territory easily
They could expand territory easily

They had easy access to the Indian Ocean
They had easy access to the Indian Ocean

The central location allowed them to control trade routes
The central location allowed them to control trade routes
Question 2
Based on your knowledge of cultural diffusion, what else travels along trade routes?(4 points)
Responses

knowledge
knowledge

religion
religion

new technology
new technology

language
language
Question 3
History teachers constantly talk about how important trade routes are because________.(1 point)
Responses

we just like to say 'trade route'
we just like to say 'trade route'

merchants like to make money
merchants like to make money

trade routes connect civilizations together
trade routes connect civilizations together

people like to buy things
people like to buy things
Question 4
The Abbasid Dynasty was connected to west Africa through trade routes. (1 point)
Responses

True
True

False
False
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Answer 1

Here are the answers to your questions:

Question 1: How did the Abbasid dynasty benefit from its central location?
Response: The central location allowed them to control trade routes.

Question 2: Based on your knowledge of cultural diffusion, what else travels along trade routes?
Responses:

• knowledge
• religion
• new technology
• language

(All of the options are correct.)

Question 3: History teachers constantly talk about how important trade routes are because________.
Response: trade routes connect civilizations together.

Question 4: The Abbasid Dynasty was connected to west Africa through trade routes.
Response: True.