The Silk Road

What was the terrain like on the Silk Road?

• harsh deserts and mountains
• river towns and desert oasis
• farmland and jungle
• hills and valleys

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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Silk is made from

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

The Silk Road is

• one long road from Italy to Beiging
• an intercontinental network of trading routes
• an Asian route were silk is sold  
• a network of short safe passages to China

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What is a caravan?

• a van that drives like a car
• a car almost as big as a van
• a group of people traveling together
• a group of cars parked together

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Why did travelers on the Silk Road prefer caravans?

• They were faster.
• They were cheaper.
• They were in style.
• They were safer.

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Besides goods, what else was exchanged on the silk road?

• agricultural practices
• religions
• diseases
• all of the above

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When was the Silk Road given its name?

• when it was being planned
• when it was first used for silk
• after a lot of silk was sold there
• after it was no longer used a lot

What effect did large empires have on the Silk Road?

• destructive
• incidental
• minior
• stabalizing

An oases on the Silk Road provided travelers with

• water and rest 
• hardy transportation
• safety in numbers 
• barriers against bandits