Question

Match each description to Either the Silk Road or the Maritime Routes to Asia.

Answer 1

The correct answer is:

Silk Road

• Created by the Chinese during the Han dynasty

• Used by soldiers, merchants, monks and others

• Was the first major route to connect Europe with Asia

Maritime Routes to Asia.

• Required technological advances in mapmaking and navigation technology

• Funded by European leaders in hope of increasing accumulated wealth

• Created to find reserves of precious metals and more raw materials