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WorksheetsAncient Trade Routes: Silk, Spice & Tin Routes
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which trade route connected China and the Roman Empire?
Silk Road
Spice Route
Tin Route
Salt Route
What were the goods traded between China and the Roman Empire?
Silk, wool, silver, and gold
Spices and herbs
Tin and bronze
Salt and pepper
Besides trade, what else spread along the Silk Road?
Culture, religion, ideas, knowledge, and diseases
Technology and inventions
Art and literature
Animals and plants
When did the Silk Road fall out of use?
4th century CE
1st century BCE
13th century
15th century
Who revitalized the Silk Road in the 13th century?
Mongols
Romans
Chinese
Arabs
Which European traveler reached China by following the Silk Road?
Marco Polo
Christopher Columbus
Vasco da Gama
Ferdinand Magellan
Which trade routes were rivers/seas that connected the East and West?
Spice Routes
Silk Road
Tin Route
Salt Route
Who controlled access to commerce with the East before the 15th century?
North African and Arab middlemen
Chinese traders
European explorers
Indian merchants
What enabled Europeans to establish direct trading links with the East?
New navigation technology
Silk production
Discovery of new territories
Spice trade
What did some historians claim the spice trade fueled?
Creation of faster vessels, discovery of new territories, and new diplomatic contacts
Spread of diseases and epidemics
Development of new technologies
Expansion of empires
Which trade network provided early communities with access to tin?
Tin Route
Silk Road
Spice Route
Salt Route
What is the main element required for making bronze?
Tin
Copper
Silver
Gold
Where were Cornwall's tin mines located?
Far southwest of Britain
Near East
Greece
France
When did the breakthrough of alloying copper with tin occur?
Approximately 2800 BCE
4th century CE
1st century BCE
15th century
What did the new technology of alloying copper with tin produce?
Stronger and superior metal
Faster vessels
New trade routes
Improved navigation technology
