Silk Road Vocabulary

Silk Road Vocabulary

Open Ended

What are some items that you have traded for in your life?

Trade

The act of exchanging or buying and selling goods.

Open Ended

Why do you think trade was an important part of the Silk Road?

Goods that moved on the Silk Road

• Iron, Bronze, Ceramics, Gunpowder

• Ferghana Horses

• Ivory, Rhinoceros Horn

Goods that moved on the Silk Road

• Spices, Buddhism

• Music, Glassware

Locations involved in trade on the Silk Road

• China

• Central Asia

• Africa

• India

• Europe

Trade in a Sentence

Merchants would trade their goods at cities along the Silk Road

Open Ended

If you had your own store what items would you sell?

Merchant

a person who buys and sells commodities for profit; dealer; trader.

Duties of a Merchant

• Trading goods

• Writing itineraries that listed cities & oasis on the Silk Road

• Mentioned pros & cons of places on the Silk Road

Merchant in a Sentence

Merchants carried silk from China to Europe,

Open Ended

Write about a time in which you traveled with a group of people, where did you go?

Caravan

a company of travelers on a journey through desert or hostile region

Caravan Roles

• Caravan Leader

• Caravan Guide

Caravan Leader

• A trail boss

• Determined how long the caravan should travel

• Determined where the caravan should stop to rest

Caravan Guide

• Made sure the caravan was heading in the right direction

• Learned how to read the stars

• Knew best paths to take through difficult areas

Caravan in a Sentence

During the time of the Silk Road people traveled together in a caravan for safety.

Open Ended

What are some locations that you remember how to get to?

Trade Route

path followed by merchants or explorers to exchange goods and services.

Importance of Silk Road Trade Routes

• played a vital role in the formation of empires

• sources for the exchange of not only goods, but of people and ideas.

Importance of Silk Road Trade Routes

• mixing of cultures and ideas that it facilitated

• Religions in particular were spread along the road

• Technology was also disseminated via the Silk Road

Trade Route in a Sentence

The Silk Road was made up of numerous trade routes which allowed for the exchange of goods.

Silk Road Information

• network of routes used by traders for more than 1,500 years

• The Silk Road extended approximately 6,437 kilometers (4,000 miles)

Silk Road Facts

• One of the most famous travelers of the Silk Road was Marco Polo

• The exchange of information gave rise to new technologies and innovations that would change the world.