Silk Road

The Silk Road is

• a network of trade routes connecting the Eastern Mediterranean to Central Asia and Central Asia to China

• a beautiful road where people show off their fancy materials to sell to make clothing

• a road lined with mulberry trees that feed the silk worms that make silk

• a wall that protects China from Northern invaders

The Silk Road began during China's__________in 130BCE and lasted until 1453 CE when the _____closed the trade routes

• Ottoman Empire

• Han Dynasty

• Roman Empire

• Xia Dynasty

The Silk Road stretched through Asia with additional overland and water trade routes connecting China, India, Mesopotamia, Arabia, Egypt, Africa, Greece, ______, and even Britain.

• Rome

• Japan

• Korea

• Mexico

The Silk Road reached its peak during the Mongol controlled _________ between 1271-1368 CE.

• Yuan Dynasty

• Mongolian Dynasty

• Shang

• Han

Everyone in Asia knew how to make silk, but China did it much better because their craftsmen were more skilled

• TRUE

• FALSE

Traders often traveled together in ______________, groups that traveled together.

• caravans

• parades

• troops

• convoys

______ were used to carry the traders' goods because they could travel a long distance without water. They could not carry heavy items over mountains and across deserts so the items trades along the Silk Road were usually small.

• camels

• horses

• elephants

• dogs

__________ along the Silk Road became important trading posts where merchants could buy goods from traders and caravans could get supplies, eat, and rest.

• Oasis towns

• Tents

• stores

• hotels

Products traveled to and from China, as did ideas and diseases. According to the slide show, some things that spread along the Silk Road were: (click all that apply)

• silk

• Buddhism

• Bubonic Plague

• iron making

• corn

Almost all traders traveled the entire 4000 miles of the Silk Road.

• true

• false