In the lands around the Indian Ocean, the rainy and dry seasons reflect the influence of alternating winds known as monsoons. A
gigantic high-pressure zone over the Himalaya Mountains that peaks from December to March produces southern Asia's dry season by forcing strong ocean winds in the western Indian Ocean to blow toward southward and westward
toward Africa. This is the northeast monsoon. Between April and August, a low-pressure zone over India reverses the process by drawing moist oceanic air from the south and west to
form the southwest monsoon. This brings southern Asia the heavy rains of its wet season, usually called the monsoon season.
Bulliet et al., The Earth and Its Peoples, 7th edition, Boston: Cengage Learning, 2018, p.350.
How did human adaptation to the environmental patterns described in the passage impact the development of Eastern Africa during the period 600-1450?
A) Eastern Africa became a major trade center on the Indian Ocean trade route
b
East Africa remained sparsely populated due to difficulties travelling to and from the region
c) East Africa developed a homogenous culture because they remained cut off from major avenues of cultural interaction
d) east Africa became a center of maritime innovation
