Apentix/AP World History/Unit 2: Networks of Exchange (1200-1450)/Question

AP World Historyhardmcq1 pt

A historian studying the spread of the compass from China to the Mediterranean would emphasize

A.technology diffusion through Indian Ocean and Islamic intermediaries

B.the independent European invention of the compass

C.Viking invention of navigation

D.the compass's invention in the Americas

Explanation

Core Concept

Navigation tools moved with sailors and scholars along the ocean network into European use.

Correct Answer

Atechnology diffusion through Indian Ocean and Islamic intermediaries

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