The Silk Road Part I

Silk comes from the cocoons of silk worms. Silk worms will only eat what?

• Bamboo
• Eucalyptus Leaves
• Mulberry Leaves
• Cabbage Leaves

According to Chinese legend, silk was invented by who?

• Silkworm Emperor
• Yellow Emperor
• Silkworm Princess
• Silkworm Empress

What could you do with silk in Ancient China?

• Pay your taxes.
• Trade it for horses.
• Pay your workers.
• All of the above.

Private merchants carried other goods with them to trade along the Silk Road. What were they?

• Horses, porcelain, herbs
• Porcelain, herbs, rice
• Herbal medicine, porcelain, dried rhubarb
• Dried rhubarb, rice, horses

The Chinese for silk is...

• Sek
• Shui
• Si le ke
• Si

The caves at Dunghuang contain what?

• Buddhist Statues
• Silk
• The graves of Chinese Emperors.
• All of the above

The name of the desert Taklamakan means...

• All who go in are lost.
• Without rain.
• Field of bones.
• If you go in, you won't come out.

The camels used to cross Taklamakan are...

• Dromederies
• Bactrian

After Taklamakan, where does the Silk Road go?

• Transoxiana
• Damascus
• Kashgar
• Herat

Kashgar is an oasis city. What does this mean?

• It is like heaven there after the desert.
• It has pastures, irrigated fields, and vineyards.
• It is safe from bandits.
• The oasis tree grows there.