What is the scientific consensus from studying the evidence of iron-working in Africa?
a. It appears to have occurred at different times in northern and southern Africa.
b. Iron-working in both areas appears to indicate that northern and southern Africa developed independently of each other.
c. Iron-working techniques of both northern and southern Africa are very similar.
d. Metal-working appeared in Egypt before anywhere else in Africa.
e. Metal-working began in Sudan and moved north along trade routes.
Question 2
Before the commercial revolution, ____ was seen as a remote backwater.
a. south China
b. north China
c. India
d. Japan
e. central China