Ancient Trade Routes
What is the silk road?
This ancient trade route connected China and the Mediterranean, famous for transporting silk
What is the World trade organisation?
Sets global trade rules and helps settle trade disputes between countries.
Where did coffee originate?
From the Americas and become heavily traded over Europe
What is the most popular ONLINE trade facility
Amazon, making approximately $1.3-$1.4 billion on a daily basis
What resource is most traded in China?
Oil, with it mostly being exported to the USA
What is the Trans-Saharan Trade Route?
African trade route connecting North Africa to sub- Saharan kingdoms, main transport was camels
Who was Captain James Cook?
Colonised Australia with the British Empire in 1770
Why was sugar crucial for trade?
Fuelled the Atlantic Slave Trade
What is the most common way of transportation in 2025
Electronic Vehicles with there being more than 20 million units annually sold
What recourse is traded the most in Australia
Iron ore, with majority of it going to Asia
What country created the silk road
China in the year 130 BCE
What is Tariffs?
Tax on the importation of goods from overseas
Why is gold so valuable?
from its historical significance and unique properties
What country has the most trades coming in and out of it.
China with it having more then $590 billion in 2023 with most of its trades coming from the USA
What recourse is traded the most in the USA
Mineral Fuels and oils, accounting for 13% of the USA's total exports
what did the Mongol Empire do?
Controlled much of the silk road during its height.
What is digital Globalisation?
The internet and instant communication can exchange goods.
What is oil used for?
Global Energy/ Fuel commonly known as Black Gold due to its limited amount and rareity
How many flight happen per year on average?
There are roughly 22 million flights that are completed per year.
Most Traded recourse in the United Kingdom
Motorised vehicles, with it being valued at more than 30 billion British pounds
what is the Indian Ocean Trade Network?
links India, Southeast Asia and east Africa through monsoon winds
what is outsourcing?
when companies move production to other countries for lower costs.
What did coal do?
Fuel the industrial revolution
What year did cars become the most common mode of transportation in the world?
In the year 1910 cars became the most common mode of transportation in the world with more then 500000 vehicles, at the time being astronomical.
Most traded recourse in Japan
Cars, with more then 20% of Japan's exports being cars