The Silk Road Lesson

Silk Road

​The Silk Road was a network of trade routes that connected Europe, the Middle East, and Asia for over 1,500 years

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Multiple Choice

The Chinese invention used to make weapons and fireworks.

• Gasoline
• Steel
• Gunpowder
• Coal

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Why did people travel in caravans (large groups)?

• for company
• it was cheaper
• for safety
• it was a law

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About how long was the Silk Road?

• 2,000 miles
• 1,000 miles
• 3,000 miles
• 4,000 miles

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Which product was NOT exchanged on the Silk Road?

• silk

• plastic

• exotic animals

• spices

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Which cultural idea was exchanged on the Silk Road?

• language
• religion
• skills
• All of the listed answers

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The Silk Road was what?

• One road that was the color of silk. 
• A network of roads used for trading.
• A road that only silk was traded on.
• The name of the first road in Asia. 

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Where do many historians think the plague originated?

• Baghdad
• China
• Italy

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Where/how did the Black Plague first enter Europe?

• Through port cities first because of trade routes.

• The Black Death took several centuries to spread throughout Europe.

• The Black Death spread from Europe to Asia in 1854.

• The Black Death did not affect northern Europe the most.

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Which of the following best explains why the Black Death spread so quickly throughout Europe?

• doctors ran out of vaccinations for the plague

• doctors ran out of antibiotics for the plague

• doctors had little knowledge of how to cure the disease

• doctors were too sick themselves to help others suffering

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The Black Plague was thought to be brought to Western Europe through the —

• trade routes

• Crusades

• Mongol invasions

• Viking raids

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What is another name for the Black Death?

• Bubonic Plague
• Smallpox
• Pneumonia
• Chicken Pox