WorksheetsGrade 8 Social - The Expansion of Trade
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is the Silk Road?
A network of trade routes
The route the Crusaders took
An area where silk is grown
The area around a city state
What was the most valuable coin in Italy called?
Pound
Frank
Shilling
Florin
What were the Crusades?
A Christian military expedition
A trade route to China
The rural area around a city-state
An effort to increase trade
What is a city state?
A politically independant city
The main city in a kingdom
A type of city built along the Silk Road
A capital city of a country
Which of the following banking practices would repay merchants for damaged goods on risky journeys?
Loans
Interest
Insurance
Bills of Exchange
Which was the most valuable trade good brought in on the Silk Road?
Wool
Gold
Spices
Fruit
Which region controlled trade in the Mediterranean sea?
France
Italy
North Africa
The Byzantine Empire
What was the most efficient way to transport goods during the Renaissance?
Roads
Elephants
Railway
Water
True or false: Italian city states were monarchies
True
False
What is a merchant?
A type of crusader
A rank in the Catholic Church
The leader of a city state
Someone who buys and sells goods for a profit
Who was Marco Polo?
A banker
A priest
A merchant
An artist
The Silk Road connected Europe to what parts of the world?
Africa
Asia
The Middle East
All of the above
What is the name for the rural area around a city state?
County
Pasture
Orchard
Hinterland
Why was Italy able to transport goods easily and cheaply?
It had many ports on the Mediterranean Sea
It was located on a major river
It had lots of horses
They invented a new type of cart
How did the climate help Italian city-states grow powerful?
A longer growing season
Weather didn't provide barriers to trade
Icy winters froze bodies of water and connected trade routes
Intense heat forced city states to trade to survive
What was an unintended result of the Crusades?
Conquests of large areas of land
Decline in the variety of goods being traded in Europe
Increase in numbers of Muslim settlers in Europe
Contact with the Muslim’s knowledge and culture
Who were the leaders in most city-states?
King
The strongest warrior
The head of the largest guild
Wealthy business people
Who was the most famous and powerful family in 1400s Italy?
Florin
Polo
Medici
Da Vinci
1. One of the main reasons the expansion of trade in the late Middle Ages had its greatest impact on northern Italy was because:
a. other areas of Europe were more heavily affected by the Black Death
b. the feudal system was weaker in Italy than in the rest of Europe
c. agricultural production in Italy was greater than production in the rest of Europe
d. the government of Italy was controlled by a single, absolute King
4. The information on the map of trading routes in Renaissance Europe would be most useful in supporting the statement that:
a. most trade in Renaissance Europe was carried on sea routes
b. western Europe was the centre of Renaissance trading routes
c. Renaissance Europe traded mostly in exotic items from Asia
d. Renaissance Europe developed a wide-ranging trade system
