Question 1: How did trade affect the spread of religion during the Middle Ages? Write one to two paragraphs in your own words (3-5 sentences minimum) answering the following question.

Question 2: How does the art of the Middle Ages reflect the events and ideas of the Middle Ages?
Write one to two paragraphs in your own words (3-5 sentences minimum) answering the following question

Question 3: Is ‘the Dark Ages’ an appropriate term to describe the Middle Ages? Why or why not?
Write one to two paragraphs in your own words (3-5 sentences minimum) answering the following question.

1). The trade resulted in sharing of technologies, goods, ideas, but also religion. ... This led to spreading of the Christianity and Islam the most, and they managed to get to new territories gradually by propagating their religions in regions where it was not yet accepted or known. Religious belief may influence trade in two ways. First, a shared religious belief may enhance trust and therefore reduce transaction costs between trading partners.

2).  Much of the art in Europe during the Middle Ages was religious art with Catholic subjects and themes. The different types of art included painting, sculpture, metal work, engraving, stained glass windows, and manuscripts.The works that remain in large numbers include sculpture, illuminated manuscripts, stained glass, metalwork, and mosaics, all of which have had a higher survival rate than fresco wall-paintings and works in precious metals or textiles such as tapestries.

3) The term dark ages is no longer in use because of the negative feedback it was given so we call it the middle Ages instead and also more was known from the early middle ages so dark ages is okay for describing the middle ages. The idea of the “Dark Ages” came from later scholars who were heavily biased toward ancient Rome. ... The negative view of the so-called “Dark Ages”

Explanation:

a free market economy requires less state intervention. concurrently, it often requires a degree of democratisation of its institutions which- to a certain extent- facilitates economic activity. at the same time, a free market economy appears to be reliant on democracy for its functioning.

the expansion of the rule of empires over other territories took place as a result of several reasons including economic, ethnocentric, political, and religious, and exploratory purposes.

in terms of economic purposes: imperial governments aimed to maximize profits and with that purpose they neeeded cheap labor, access to or control of markets to sell or buy products. they also desired to find natural resources (precious metals and land). in the awake of   industrial revolution, dependent colonies provided the necessary raw materials that european factories and market needed to manufacture products.  

ethnocentric: many territories were conquered by imperial territories in an attempt to spread their cultures, values and belief as they considered them to be superior. in the late 19th century, for example, european powers held   the racist belief that inferior races should be conquered in order to “civilize” them.

political: another reason that drove conquer and expansion was patriotism and growing imperial power. it refers to national prestige, pride, and security. empires sought strategic territory to ensure access for their navies and armies around the world.

religious: the aim of converting new member of other religions was another factor that prompted expansion.   christian missionaries from europe established churches in conquered territories during the nineteenth century. thus, they spread western cultural values. furthermore, the imperial nation’s language was spread as well, through educational and religious interactions.

exploratory: imperial nations or their citizens aimed to explore territory that was unknown to them,   for different purposes including medical or scientific research, however, at the very   beginning, they did it to embark on adventure. furthermore, imperial explorers sought to discover, map, and claim territory before their imperial competition did, for national and personal glory as well as to realize the imperialist goal of expansion.