Silk Road

What is globalization?

• The trend toward increased cultural and economic connectedness between people, businesses, and organizations throughout the world.
• The attempted reconciliation or union of different or opposing principles, practices, or parties, as in philosophy or religion.
• The ways in which phenomena, such as technological innovations, cultural trends, or outbreaks of disease, travel over space. 
• The unbroken and consistent existence or operation of something over a period of time.

What was the Silk Road?

• Road that led to downtown China

• Trading highway in modern day India

• Trade network between Europe & Asia

• Road made of silk fabric

Which would typically travel farther on the Silk Road system?

• The merchant exchanging goods
• The goods being exchanged

Which of the following is NOT an affect of the Silk Road trade system on society?

• Wealthy people acquired more luxury goods
• Places became less self-sufficient and more dependent on trade for supplies
• Merchants become wealthier, leading to greater social mobility
• People of all classes were able to easily and safely travel across Eurasia

Why does the text describe the Silk Road trade system as "relay trade"?  

• Different regions raced to acquire the greatest amount of goods and use this wealth to vanquish their enemies
• Goods were transferred from one merchant to another. Very few merchants traveled the whole length of the Silk Road system.
• It was a system that allowed for the transmission of information and ideas across a long distance

What helped Silk Road trade network prosper for so many years?

• Large, powerful, and stable states 
• Religious freedom throughout the regions along the road system
• Inventions such as a the compass and caravel 
• Long stretches of time when the climate was ideal for agricultural production

What role did nomadic pastoral people play in trade networks such as the Silk Roads?

• They only worked to disrupt trade and steal products being traded along the Silk Roads
• They helped diffuse ideas and products along the Silk Roads
• They served as mediators between opposing groups trying to trade along the Silk Roads

Why were most goods exchanged along the Silk Road luxury goods destined for the wealthy elite?

• There was a black market for goods that were not luxury goods
• States were eager to collect money from import taxes and only allowed luxury goods to be imported
• Wealthy merchants only wanted to trade goods that they could use
• Goods traveled long distances, therefore they had a high cost 

Who had a monopoly of the creation of silk products until the 6th century?

• Rome
• Persia
• China
• Japan

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

• Bamboo
• Eucalyptus Leaves
• Mulberry Leaves
• Cabbage Leaves