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World Trade Topical Questions and Answers: Form 2 History and Government

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Find in-depth topical questions and answers on World Trade, designed for Form 2 History and Government students.

1. a) State five factors which contributed to the development of Trans –
Sahara trade.
i) Availability of commodities of trade especially gold and salt.
ii) Introduction and use of camels for transport.
iii) Existence of local trade in the region.
iv) Existence of a strong economy based on agriculture/rich agricultural goods.
v) Existence of rich merchants who invested in the trade/middle mean/ availability of capital.
vi) Strong and able leaders provided security to traders,
vii) Demand for commodities of trade.
b) Explain five factors which contributed to the decline of the Trans -Sharan Trade.
i) The minefields got exhausted - this discouraged traders from coming to West Africa/lack of trade commodities,
ii) Political instability in the region brought about anarchy and insecurity. This affected trading activities in the region/fall of empires.
iii) Invasion of the region brought about anarchy and insecurity,
iv) The Moroccan invasion of the Western Sudan in the 16th Century undermined the trade as it created anarchy and insecurity in the region.
v) Trans - Atlantic trade grew and attracted some of the traders from the Trans - Saharan trade thus weakening the trade in terms of the volume of commodities and traders,
vi) After the colonization of North and West Africa, the resources were taken over by Europeans and commercial activities by Africans were undermined/invasion of West Africa by Europeans,
vii) The invasion of North Africa by the Turkey created insecurity along the caravan routes leading to the decline of the trade,
viii) The ant slave pressure from the British from 1840 and the abolition of the slave trade in the Ottoman Empire in 1857 led to the end of Trans - Saharan slaves trade thus undermining the trade,
ix) Change of the laws from guiding and protecting to attacking.
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