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Fast and the Curious: Trade Routes

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which trade pattern shown connected Asia to the Mediterranean basin?

a)

A Silk routes

b)

B Maritime routes

c)

C Western Europe river trade

d)

D Trans-Saharan routes

2.

Which trade pattern shown existed around 1000 to 1500 A.D.

(C.E.)?

a)

F Maritime routes

b)

G Trans-Saharan routes

c)

H Silk routes

d)

J Black Sea route

3.

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The shaded area shown was known for trading which good?

a)

A Textiles

b)

B Amber

c)

C Gold

d)

D Porcelain

4.

Muslim expansion helped diffuse which technological

advancements used for grinding, irrigation and energy use?

a)

F Metal molds and wooden blocks

b)

G Wedges and iron picks

c)

H Compasses and lateen sails

d)

J Waterwheels and windmills

5.

Which idea replaces the question mark in the graphic?

a)

A Islam

b)

B Christianity

c)

C Judaism

d)

D Buddhism

6.

India was the origin of –

a)

F new crops such as sugarcane

b)

G paper money

c)

H the compass

d)

J porcelain products

7.

The Baltic region was best known for –

a)

A porcelain

b)

B amber

c)

C sugarcane

d)

D the lateen sail

8.

The ideas of which religion spread from the Arabian Peninsula to parts of Africa, and then to Central and Southeast Asia?

a)

F Hinduism

b)

G Buddhism

c)

H Islam

d)

J Shinto

9.

Which Asian archipelago is being described?

a)

A Korea

b)

B China

c)

C Japan

d)

D Vietnam

10.

The city of Timbuktu was –

a)

F located near the Zambezi River

b)

G the center of learning and trade

c)

H where Hinduism originated

d)

J known for its large sugarcane crops

11.

Which mainly influenced the pagoda architecture shown in

Japan?

a)

A Astronomy practices from Africa

b)

B Islam spread by Indian traders

c)

C Code of the samurai

d)

D Buddhism from China

12.

Which religion is indigenous to Japan and has been able to

coexist with Buddhism?

a)

F Islam

b)

G Judaism

c)

H Hinduism

d)

J Shinto

13.

The “X” on the map identifies the location of –

a)

A mainland China

b)

B the East Sea

c)

C Pacific Ocean

d)

D East China Sea

14.

Christianity was introduced through trading into which African kingdom?

a)

F Axum

b)

G Zimbabwe

c)

H Ghana

d)

J Hausa

15.

Which city is being described?

a)

A Great Zimbabwe

b)

B Gao

c)

C Cairo

d)

D Axum

16.

A negative effect of the use of trade routes was the spread of -

a)

New Technology

b)

Bubonic Plague

c)

Knowledge

d)

Religion

17.

What TWO seas were important in the trade for northern Europe?

a)

Mediterranean

b)

Black

c)

Aegean

d)

Baltic

18.

From where did the goods originate:

Silk, Paper, Porcelain, Compass

a)

India

b)

North Africa

c)

Southeast Asia

d)

China

19.

What trade routes are pictures here?

a)

Silk Roads

b)

Indian Ocean Maritime Routes

c)

River Links to Black Sea

d)

Trans-Saharan Routes

20.

Which route allowed Asia to connect with the Mediterranean basin?

a)

South China Sea routes

b)

Silk Road

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Trans-Saharan routes

21.

In the 14th and 15th centuries, most goods arrived in northern Europe from Constantinople after crossing the —

a)

Black Sea

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Red Sea

d)

Pacific Ocean

22.

Route across the Indian Ocean

a)

Silk Road

b)

Maritime Route

c)

Trans-Saharan Route

d)

North European Route

23.

Which idea or technology did NOT come from China?

a)

Paper money

b)

Compass

c)

Shipbuilding

24.
Record keepers who often kept records for government officals
a)
irrigation
b)
nomads
c)
ziggurat
d)
scribes
25.

What is a famous landmark in India?

a)

Krishna

b)

The Taj Mahal

c)

Gandhi

d)

Mumbai

26.

Who was the founder of the Mongols?

a)

Genghis Khan

b)

Marco Polo

c)

Mrs. Wayman

d)

Justinian

27.

Trade Routes:

What is the orange trade route?

a)

Western European Sea & River

b)

Baltic-Black Sea

c)

Trans-Saharan

d)

Arabian-Maritime

28.

Trade Routes:

What is the red trade routes?

a)

Trans-Saharan

b)

Baltic-Black Sea

c)

Silk Roads

d)

Southeast Asia

29.

Trade Routes:

What is the blue trade route?

a)

Western European Sea & River

b)

Baltic-Black Sea

c)

Trans-Saharan

d)

Arabian-Maritime

30.

Trade Routes:

What is the green trade route?

a)

Trans-Saharan

b)

Baltic-Black Sea

c)

Silk Roads

d)

Southeast Asia

31.

Trade Routes: What is the yellow trade route?

a)

Southeast Asia

b)

Silk Roads

c)

Trans-Saharan

d)

Arabian Maritime

32.

Trade Routes: What is the purple trade route?

a)

Southeast Asia

b)

Silk Roads

c)

Trans-Saharan

d)

Arabian Maritime

33.

Where was paper from?

a)

China

b)

India

c)

Baltic Region

d)

Indian Ocean region

34.

Where was the lateen sail invented?

a)

Indian Ocean Region

b)

Africa

c)

Europe

d)

Americas

35.

Where are waterwheels and windmills from?

a)

Indian Ocean Region

b)

Middle East

c)

Africa

d)

Japan

36.

Where was the compass invented?

a)

India

b)

China

c)

Middle East

d)

West Africa