East Asia PEP Week 3

The _________ was a trade route that went from China to Eastern Europe. It went along the northern borders of China, India, and Persia and ended up in Eastern Europe near today's Turkey and the Mediterranean Sea.

• Fall Forum

• Satin Drive

• Silk Road

• Cotton Canal

The Silk Road was important because it helped to generate ___and ___ between a number of different kingdoms and empires. This helped for ideas, culture, inventions, and unique products to spread across much of the settled world.

• war; peace

• love; money

• time; tension

• trade; commerce

Besides silk, the Chinese also exported all of the following EXCEPT:

• teas

• porcelain

• silver

• spices

China imported all of the following through the silk road EXCEPT:

• Tea

• Silver

• Ivory

• Cotton

Under the rule of the Yuan Dynasty set up by _____of the Mongols, trade from China along the Silk Road would reach its peak

• Shere Khan

• Kublai Khan

• Genghis Khan

• Michael Khan

During this time the Mongols controlled a significant portion of the trade route, enabling Chinese merchants to _________. Also, merchants were granted more social status during the Mongol rule.

• travel safely

• buy everything

• take many routes

• be imprisoned

_____ was a merchant and explorer who traveled throughout the Far East and China for much of his life. His stories were the basis for what much of Europe knew about Ancient China for many years. He lived from 1254 to 1324.

• Kublai Khan

• Marco Polo

• Christopher Columbus

• Paul Revere

Marco first left for _____ when he was 17 years old. He traveled there with his father and uncle.

• the moon

• Dallas

• China

• Italy

It took Marco Polo ___ to get to China.

• 12 years

• 30 years

• 3 years

• 156 years

Along the way to China, Marco Polo visited many great cities and saw many sites including all of the following EXCEPT:

• Gobi Desert

• Japan

• Jerusalem

• Persia