The Silk Road Lesson

​UNIT 4

Lesson 5

​History of trade routes

By Hafsa

​Social Studies, 19.2.2022

Multiple Choice

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. 

Multiple Choice

Why did people travel in caravans (large groups)?

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

Multiple Choice

About how long was the Silk Road?

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

Multiple Choice

Which is the most important fact that makes the Silk Road significant to history ?

• It brought Silk to Europe.
• Marco Polo used the Silk Road.
• It was one on the first times Europe and Asia were connected and products and cultures were exchanged.
• It was so long ago. 

Multiple Choice

Which product was NOT exchanged on the Silk Road?

• silk

• plastic

• exotic animals

• spices

Multiple Choice

Why did China build the Great Wall?

• To increase tourism
• To decrease stone stockpiles (too many rocks were piling up)
• To protect China from being invaded by Japan
• To protect traders from thieves and bandits

Multiple Choice

One reason the Silk Road was important is

• It allowed Europe to trade silk
• Chinese population increased
• It created more farmland
• It connected previously isolated cultures

Multiple Choice

The Silk Road is

• one long road from Italy to Beiging
• an intercontinental network of trading routes
• an Asian route were silk is sold  
• a network of short safe passages to China

Multiple Choice

What is a caravan?

• a van that drives like a car
• a car almost as big as a van
• a group of people traveling together
• a group of cars parked together

Multiple Choice

Silk was produced

• only in China
• only in Rome
• In many parts of the ancient world
• only on the Silk Road

Multiple Choice

Paper led to

• silk
•  money
• books
• both books and money