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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About how long was the Silk Road?

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

 What is this place that allows for rest and water in massive deserts? (And is usually created by natural springs!)

• Plateau
• Archipelago
• Oasis
• Mountain

Silk is made from

• fiber from silkworm cocoons 
• the unhatched moths from silkworm cocoons
• mulberry leaf cocoons
• the hatched moths from silkworm cocoons

Fill in the blank.  China _________ silk to Europe.

• imported
• explored
• implored
• exported

Which of the following would most likely have been the greatest danger to traders crossing the Taklimakan Desert?

• sandstorms

• camels

• floods

• oases

Which physical feature made it most difficult for traders to travel the Western Silk Road?

• valleys

• plateaus

• mountains

• rivers

The Chinese invention used to make weapons and fireworks.

• Gasoline
• Steel
• Gunpowder
• Coal

Historians believed that the exchange of ideas had no effect on world history.

• A. True
• B. False

Through the interaction of trade Afro-Eurasia shares?

• A. artistic styles
• B. religions
• C. technologies
• D. all of the above