Chapter 4 Unit Assessment

Fill in the blank.

_ is an important theme of history.

• trade

• presents

How did later cultures trade?

• they did not use money, they traded an item for an item

• They used credit cards

True or False?

Cultures traveled long distances to trade.

• True, cultures traveled long distances to trade.

• False, they only traded in their culture.

Where did trading usually take place?

• market

• library

True or False?

People from different cultures needed to talk to each other.

• True, they needed to share a language.

• False, they didn't have to communicate.

What became a common trading language in ancient times?

• Greek

• Polish

Fill in the blank.

Sharing a language helped spread __ and __.

• ideas and customs

• books and timers

True or False?

Religion and disease spread through trade.

• True, they spread across countries when people traveled.

• False, religion and disease did not spread.

What did people use to trade when they did not speak the same language?

• silent barter system

• Google translate

What was the silent barter system?

• people traded without using words

• they talked to each other to trade items