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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About how long was the Silk Road?

• 2,000 miles
• 1,000 miles
• 3,000 miles
• 4,000 miles

What disease began on the Silk Road that devastated parts of the world?

• Chicken Pox
• Flu
• Dehydration 
• Bubonic Plague (Black Plague)

Which product was NOT exchanged on the Silk Road?

• silk

• plastic

• exotic animals

• spices

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

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

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

• True
• False

The silk road starts in

• Wakanda

• China

• India

• Egypt