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WorksheetsGoing Global - History of trading
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 14mins
1. At the very beginning of building civilizations, what was the first extensive trade route made of?
The first extensive trade route was up and down the great rivers.
The first extensive trade route was back and forth between caves that cavemen lived in.
The first extensive trade route was up and down Africa because that's where the first people lived.
The first extensive trade route was between shipping ports on the Mediterranean Sea.
Define: Imports
Goods and services that a country produces and sells to another country.
Goods and services that a country buys from another country.
Define: Exports
Goods and services that a country buys from another country.
Goods that a country produces and sells to another country.
Which one was NOT a danger on the Silk Road?
Wild fires
Bandits
Lack of water
Bad weather
Which is the most important fact that makes the Silk Road significant to history ?
It brought Silk to Europe.
Marco Polo used the Silk Road.
It was the first time Europe and Asia were connected and products and cultures were exchanged.
It was so long ago.
Which product was NOT exchanged on the Silk Road?
silk
plastic
exotic animals
spices
Which of the items below originated from India and were traded along the Silk Road?
Spices, Jade, and Oil
Iron, Silk, and Gunpowder
Wool, Walnuts, and Glass
Cotton, Perfume, and Gold
Barter system is the exchange of goods and cash.
True
False
Barter system needs at least three parties.
True
False
To trade by exchange of commodities rather than by the use of money.
barter
trade
exchange
risk
Who was the famous trader on the Silk Road who brought the noodle back to Italy?
Ferdinand Magellan
Marco Polo
Christopher Coulombs
Admiral Zheng He
What was the biggest threat to merchants traveling on the Silk Road?
Diseases
Getting lost
Starvation
Bandits
