33.2 Quiz: The Growth of Trade and Commerce

What was one reason for the cultural flourishing during the Renaissance?

• The decline of feudalism

• The growth of trade and commerce

• The decrease in population

• The invention of the printing press

Which event in the 11th century strengthened contacts between western Europe and Byzantine and Muslim cultures?

• The Hundred Years' War

• The signing of the Magna Carta

• The Black Death

• The Crusades

What did the Mongol conquests in the 13th century facilitate?

• Safer travel along the Silk Road to China

• The discovery of the Americas

• The spread of the Black Death

• The fall of Constantinople

Which Italian city was known as a prosperous trading center due to its location on trade routes?

• Rome

• Naples

• Venice

• Milan

What marked the transition from a barter system to a new kind of economy during the Renaissance?

• The use of coins to buy merchandise

• The use of credit notes

• The establishment of stock exchanges

• The introduction of paper money

Who became more important in society due to increased trade and commerce?

• Craftspeople, merchants, and bankers

• Military leaders

• Feudal lords

• Religious figures

What role did wealthy merchants and bankers play in the beautification of cities during the Renaissance?

• They restricted trade

• They commissioned new buildings and art

• They led military campaigns

• They imposed taxes on art

The Silk Road was what?

• One road that was the color of silk. 
• A network of roads used for trading.
• A road that only silk was traded on.
• The name of the first road in Asia. 

The buying and selling of goods; business.

• commerce

• Humanism

• arts

• patron

Reopening of the "Silk Road" primarily allowed which of the following events to occur?

• the immigration of Chinese throughout Asia
• the increase of trade and spread of new ideas
• the spread of diseases to Europe
• allowed for quicker travel from China to Europe