merchant
Merchants have been central to trade throughout history. This topic is part of Trade within History. This page currently draws on 12 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
merchant trivia questions
A merchant is someone who buys and sells what?
Answer: Goods
Bonus fact: Merchants have been central to trade throughout history.
What did long-distance merchants often seek by moving goods between regions?
Answer: Profit from price differences
Bonus fact: Trade connects places with different supplies and demands.
Which medieval European league united many merchant cities around the Baltic and North Seas?
Answer: Hanseatic League
Bonus fact: The Hanseatic League dominated regional trade for centuries.
What is the name of the Syracusan merchant searching for his lost family in The Comedy of Errors?
Answer: Egeon
Bonus fact: Egeon tells the Duke how a shipwreck separated his family years earlier.
Marco Polo was a traveler from which city?
Answer: Venice
Bonus fact: Marco Polo was born into a Venetian merchant family.
The subject of the Mona Lisa is commonly identified as whom?
Answer: Lisa Gherardini
Bonus fact: She was the wife of Florentine merchant Francesco del Giocondo.
A credit card lets a user borrow money to make what?
Answer: Purchases
Bonus fact: The issuer pays the merchant and bills the cardholder.
What textile-production system before factories sent raw materials to workers' homes?
Answer: Putting-out system
Bonus fact: Merchants supplied materials and collected finished goods.
Melville's own early experiences in what occupation influenced his sea fiction?
Answer: Sailor
Bonus fact: He served on merchant, whaling, and naval vessels.
Who donated the trophy that became the Ryder Cup?
Answer: Samuel Ryder
Bonus fact: The English seed merchant presented the trophy for the international professional competition.
What city served as the cosmopolitan capital of Tang China?
Answer: Chang’an
Bonus fact: Merchants, clerics, and envoys from across Asia and beyond crowded the streets of Tang Chang’an.
Why did cities often grow along major trade routes?
Answer: Trade brought merchants, wealth, and travelers
Bonus fact: Commercial crossroads attracted services and settlement.