❗️QUIZIZZ - 042 The Silk Road and Ancient Trade

The Silk Roads shaped the lives of

• people living in Africa and Eurasia

• people living in Central Asia

• people living in Europe and Asia

• people living in China

The Silk Road is really a 

• not actually a road but  rather a network of trace routes that include land and sea routes.

• two routes: one a Pacific route that connects goods from Java to India and one a land route that connects goods from China to India.

• 1200 mile road through Central Asia

• sea routes that connect the Mediterranean to the Atlantic

Which of the products  were  NOT traded on the Silk Roads?

• horses from Arabia

• jade and iron from China

• ivory from East Africa

• olives, olive oil and wine from the Mediterranean

Bactria was an important part of the Silk trade route. It was home to the Kushan Empire which is located in present day

• Afghanistan & Pakistan

• Iran & Iraq

• India & Pakistan

• Turkmenistan & Kazakhstan

All of the incense and silk that traveled to Rome had to go through

• Palymyra

• Samarkand

• Changan

• Bukhara

Why dd the Romans want to ban Silk?

• trade imbalances and silk was immodest.

• Seneca tried to dominate trade

• the high cost of silk made it unaffordable for most Roman citizens.

• war with the Chinese

What was the second reason most people were affected by the Silk Roads?

• the spread of ideas through trade

• thousands of people were involved in the making of silk so it impacted their livelihood

• spread of disease

• Mongols came to rule China

What is the type of Buddhism that will spread to China, Japan & Korea?

• Mahayana

• Theravada

• Tibetan

• Zen

How did Mahayana Buddhism differ from the original form of Buddhism?

• The worship of Buddha as a divine god

• Theravada or the original form of Buddhism believed in Boddhistivas, Mahayana did not.

• Mahayana did not believe in the Four Noble Truths.

• The original form of Buddhism had many different forms of heavens.

What disease that traveled along the Silk trade routes will cause the largest decimation of lives in human history?

• Bubonic Plague

• Smallpox

• Measles

• Influenza