silk road

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. 

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Which one was NOT a danger on the Silk Road?

• Wild fires would break out.
• bandits
• lack of water
• bad weather

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Why did people travel in caravans (large groups)?

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

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

• agriculture

• imports

• exports

• cultural diffusion

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

• gaggle

• caravan

• market

• occurs

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

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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 the following continents was NOT involved in the silk road trade 

• Asia 
• North America 
• Africa 
• Europe 

Gunpowder was invented by...

• Chinese 
• Europeans
• Africans 
• Americans 

Merchants on the Silk Road usually

• traveled the entire length of the trade route
• were killed before they reached their destination
• only sold silk
• traveled one part of the trade route and sold their goods