The Silk Road

The Silk Road is

• a Chinese dynasty that ruled from 1700 to 1122 BCE

• a 4,000 mile network of ancient trade routes

• a road made of silk

• A network of pipes that irrigates crops

The Silk Roads starts and ends at which two locations?

• The main office and Trailer 5

• Kucha (Asia) and Kashgar (India)

• Luoyang or Chang'an (China) and Rome

• Kashgar (India) and Antioch (Syria)

The sharing of culture, ideas, and goods with other groups is called

• agriculture

• imports

• exports

• cultural diffusion

What made silk valuable?

• It was a strong but soft material only the Chinese knew how to make

• Indian cotton was too expensive and too soft

• The Roman emperor wanted to buy it for his army to make them look nicer

• Syrian wool was too itchy

What is the term for a group of people traveling together for protection

• gaggle

• caravan

• market

• occurs

What made it difficult to travel through the deserts? Select all that apply.

• sandstorms

• lions and scorpion attacks

• Mrs Gustafson following you the whole time

• lack of water

What made it difficult to travel through the mountains? Select all that apply.

• cold temperatures

• dangerous cliffs

• sandstorms

• Mrs Gustafson could jump out from around the corner

Which is an example of cultural diffusion along the Silk Road

• China became wealthy trading silk

• Buddhism spread from India to China

• Rome became powerful trading jade

• Daoism spread from China to Rome

Which goods were traded along the Silk Road. Select all that apply.

• silk

• tomatoes

• carpets

• glassware

What term means, a regular gathering of people for the purchase and sale of goods and livestock.

• markets

• caravan

• the Silk Road

• book fair