The+World+of+the+Indian+Ocean


 * Put the following names on the appropriate locations on the map.**


 * Strait of Hormuz:** Only sea passage to the Persian Gulf; key to controlling trade in the Indian Ocean World System


 * Niger River**: F ocal point of trade across the western Sahara, and the centre of the [|kingdoms] of [|Mali] and [|Gao]


 * Ganges River**: Longest River in India, flowing through India and Bangladesh; sacred river to Hindus


 * Amur River**: Border between Russian Far North and China; site for struggles for territorial control


 * Yangtze River**: Longest river in Asia; central to economy of China; early humans settled in the Three Gorges area


 * Yellow River**: Second longest river in Asia flowing through China


 * Strait of Bab-el Mandeb**: Strategic link between Indian Ocean and Mediterranean Sea through the Red Sea


 * Cape Verde**: Islands off the west coast of Africa. Key part of the Transatlantic Slave Trade.


 * Java**: Island in Indonesia; center of the Dutch East Indies and Dutch East India Company. Noted for rice production


 * Moluccas:** Spice Islands in Indonesia; Portuguese control in 1512; key for the trade of cloves and nutmeg


 * Madagascar**: Important transoceanic trading hub; Arab traders in the 10th century; French trading post in 17th century


 * Sumatra:** Indonesian island, 6th largest in the world, west of Java. Part of the Dutch East Indies; involved in production of pepper, rubber and oil; Marco Polo visited in 1292; Ibn Battuta visited in 1345-1346


 * Malay Peninsula**: In Southeast Asia encompassing parts of Myanmar and Southern Thailand


 * Xinjiang**: Autonomous region in northwest China; Northern silk road passed through this area; controlled by Mongols under Genghis Kahn


 * Batavia (Djakarta)**: Economic center of the island of Java; defacto capital of Dutch East Indies 1619; now capital of Indonesia


 * Calicut**: City of Spices in southern and eastern India; Vasco da Gama opened trade for Portugal in 1498


 * Aden**: Port city in Yemen among sea route between Europe and India; visited by Zheng He and Chinese Treasure Fleet; rule by Ottoman Empire and later Britain


 * Mogadishu**: Capital of Somalia; important Indian Ocean port. Height of prosperity in 1331; resisted Portuguese attempts at occupation


 * Kilwa**: Island off the southwest coast of Tanzania. Most powerful city in 12th century. Brief Portuguese conquest and then defeat


 * Nanjing**: City on Yangtze River; capital for many Chinese dynasties. 2000 ships for the Treasure Fleets were built there


 * Sichuan**: Second largest province in China; economic and politically prosperous because of its fertile soil and abundant forests


 * Kunming:** Capital of Yunnan province; important trade center on the southern Silk Road; visited by Marco Polo


 * Macau**: Autonomous region in China; settled by Portuguese traders in 1550s; in 1999 was the last remaining European colony in Asia; today it is an international center for manufacturing and gambling


 * Hong Kong**: British colony from Treaty of Nanjing, 1842; Britain imported tea and exported luxury items and opium; Opium Wars


 * Calcutta**: British took control in the 1700s; headquarters of the British East India Company, 1772; center of opium trade; first Indian nationalist organization in 1883


 * Singapore**: Initially under Dutch control; then controlled by the British East India Company; early pepper trade; then rubber


 * Zanzibar**: Island part of Tanzania; trading center in the Portuguese Empire for two centuries when it entered the British Empire


 * Mombasa**: City on the coast of Kenya; Portuguese control; export center for ivory, millet and coconuts


 * Damascus**: City in Syria; major caravan center on the Silk Road; ruled by Muslims and then part of the Ottoman Empire from 1500s to World War I


 * Timbuktu**: City in Mali, west Africa. 12th century Mali Empire center for Trans-Sahara trade in salt, gold, ivory and slaves; major center of Islamic learning


 * Malindi:** City on the coast of Kenya: major port in the Indian Ocean trade; visited by Zheng He; Portuguese center in 1500s


 * Maldives**: Indian Ocean country southwest of India.; central stop on Indian Ocean trade; Islam as primary religion; British rule in 1887