What things on the Silk Road came from India?

• Spices, Jade, and Oil
• Iron, Silk, and Gunpowder
• Wool, Walnuts, and Glass
• Cotton, Perfume, and Gold

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

What animals transported most of the goods along the Silk Road?

• Horses
• Camels
• Elephants
• Llamas in disguise

Which person was a famous trader on the Silk Road who brought the noodle back to Italy?

• Ferdinand Magellan
• Marco Polo
• Christopher Coulombs
• Admiral Zheng He

The 2 part legacy of the Silk Road: the spread of goods and ideas and the connected-ness of cultures.

• War and Peace
• Feast and Famine
• Cultural Diffusion and Globalizaiton
• Wet Monsoon and Dry Monsoon

Which was NOT a danger along the Silk Road?

• Sandstorms (in the central, arid part of the Silk Road)
• Bandits in places far from the controls of empires
• Lions, Tigers, and Bears, oh my! (In the more forested western and eastern parts of the Silk Road)
• Buddhism, which helped people find inner peace

If not by land, merchants could trade using...

• Mountainous routes through the Himalayas
• Sailing east from China across the Pacific Ocean, then across the Atlantic Ocean, then reaching Europe
• Airplanes
• Sea Trade on the Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea

Which of these cities was the ancient capital of China, and the eastern end of the Silk Road.

• Antioch, Turkey
• Chang'an, eastern China
• Kashgar, western China
• Rome, Italy

 What is this place that allows for rest and water in massive deserts? (And is usually created by natural springs!)

• Plateau
• Archipelago
• Oasis
• Mountain

True or False? Most merchants travelled the entire length of the Silk Road.

• True
• False