WorksheetsThe Spice Route
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 5mins
What were the spices used by people during the 14th century?
European nations including Portugal, Spain and Netherlands used this route.
So spices became easier to get and less expensive.
Spices such as cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon and cardamom had arrived in Europe.
People had started growing spices in other areas of the world.
Where were the spices grown in the past?
Netherlands and Indonesia
Portugal and Spain
India and Indonesia
Spain and Netherlands
Why did the European need to find different ways to get spices?
Because they were close.
Because they were too long.
Because the Ottomans ended the Byzantine Empire.
Because the Byzantine Empire ended the Ottomans.
Who discovered the first spice route?
Vaco de Gama
Vasco Nuñez
Vasco de Gamarra
Vasco da Gama
When did he discover the route?
1492
1821
1879
1453
When did European people start growing spices?
By the end of the 16th century.
By the end of the 17th century.
By the end of the 18th century.
By the end of the 19th century.
Why was the spice trade important to discover by the European people?
New land were discovered and people came into contact with different cultures for the first time.
Europeans tried to travel by sea to the places, such as India and Indonesia
European could not travel freely along the Silk Road and needed to find different ways to get spices.
Portugal, Italy and Netherlands used this route and tried to control the spice trade in the East.
Why did spices become easier to get and less expensive?
They started growing spices in other areas of the world.
European could travel freely along the Silk Road.
New land were discovered
Nobody knew exactly where they came from.
