Question

When the Portuguese rounded the southern tip of Africa and sailed north in 1488, they encountered an established, vast, and wealthy trading network MOSTLY comprised of which groups?

A) Aztec, Arab, and Indian merchants
B) Arab, Swahili, and Roman merchants
C) Arab, Swahili, and Indian merchants
D) Aztec, Swahili, and Indian merchants

Answer 1

Answer: C). Arab, Swahili, and Indian Merchants

Explanation:

The Aztecs were in the Americas so those answers containing Aztecs we can cross out. The Romans were in Europe so we can scratch that answer out too. So that leaves us with C. Arab, Swahili, and Indian merchants.