Step 2

Use these resources to answer the questions below. Record your information on *Sheet 1*.

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Resources

• Along the Silk Road
• The Black Death ( Read the section called Trade was to blame)
• Exploration – Old World Trade
  • Gold & Salt trade route
  • The Silk Road
  • The spice trade route
• Medieval travel

Questions

1. Where did merchants during the Middle Ages travel to for trading? (Add a copy of the map to your notes to use during your group discussions)
2. Who did they trade with?
3. Why did they trade with them?
4. Why did they trade with China?
5. Why didn’t they have these goods at home?
6. What did they trade in return?
7. How did merchants travel?

When you have finished your notes you will need to download *Sheet 2* to take to your group discussion.