Hanseatic League

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the geographical core?Baltic and North Sea regions of Northern Europe
2. What is the peak period of influence?Roughly 13th to 15th centuries
3. Where did the Hanseatic League trade from?The League’s cities were around the Baltic and North Seas. They used rivers and the open sea to move goods.
4. Why were salt and fish important to the League?Salt kept food from spoiling before refrigerators existed. Fish, especially herring, gave people food and money.

Confederation: A union of sovereign states or cities united for purposes of common action.
Mercantile Republic: A republic in which the dominant class is composed of merchants.
Kontor: A fortified trading post or settlement established by Hanseatic merchants in foreign cities.
Commodity: A raw material or primary agricultural product that can be bought and sold.