Which of these was a stone town port on the Swahili coast?

• Timbuktu
• Gao
• Kilwa

Which wind pattern does the lesson describe for much of the northern Indian Ocean, using northern hemisphere seasons?

• Summer winds favour travel toward India; winter winds toward East Africa.
• Summer winds favour travel toward East Africa; winter winds toward India.
• Summer and winter winds favour travel toward India; direction never changes.

Chinese pottery found on the Swahili coast is evidence of distant trade, even if it passed through several traders.

Viewed from a Swahili port, which exchange matches the examples of overseas cargo in the lesson?

• Cloth and pottery sent out; gold and ivory brought in.
• Gold and ivory sent out; no cargo ever brought back from overseas.
• Gold and ivory sent out; cloth and pottery brought in.

A merchant follows the lesson's summer sailing plan from East Africa to India. Which return plan uses the seasonal wind change?

• Return straight away, expecting the summer winds to favour the opposite direction.
• Wait for winter winds that favour the return journey toward East Africa.
• Wait for the wind to stop for the year, then sail with no wind in either direction.

A dhow's triangular lateen sail meant its crew no longer needed to plan around seasonal winds.

A guide argues, "Swahili towns imported cloth and pots, so nobody there made those goods." Which evidence challenges that conclusion?

• Swahili craftspeople also made cloth and pottery.
• All the local cloth and pottery came from distant ports in Asia.
• Only foreign merchants knew how to make cloth and pottery.

Suppose archaeologists find a Chinese pot at Great Zimbabwe, an inland city. Which explanation fits the network without claiming an exact route?

• An ocean ship could sail directly to the city without any overland transport.
• Goods could arrive by sea, then travel overland to the city.
• The find would show that Great Zimbabwe once stood on the Indian Ocean shore.