Silk Road

What did China have that people wanted?

• Ivory and Silk

• Meat and Coins

• Silver and Gold

• Spices and Fur

What did Rome have that people wanted?

• Meat and Ivory

• Silk and Coins

• Spices and Fur

• Gold and Silver

What were the two ends of the Silk Road?

• Japan and China

• USA and Mexico

• China and Rome

• Rome and India

What kind of dangers would you face traveling along the Silk Road?

• rapid water, freezing temperature, many hills, coyotes

• desolate white-hot sand dunes, forbidding mountains, brutal winds, poisonous snakes

• dry heat, mountains, snow storms, hyenas

• hot sans, no shelter, blizzards, lions

What were the three routes?

• Northern Route, Central Route, Southern Route

• Western Route, Eastern Route, Northern Route

• Eastern Route, Southern Route, Central Route

• Central Route, Western Route, Eastern Route

The Silk Road was not a single road or route. What does the term actually refer to?

• A series of routes used by bandits for more than 500 years.

• A network of routes used by traders for more than 1,500 years.

• A large amount of routes used by natives for more than 1,000 years.

• A small amount of routes used by merchants for more than 2,000 years.

Who first used the term "Silk Road"?

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand von Richthofen

• John Cook

How many miles did the trade routes of the Silk Road extend?

• 5,000 miles

• 1,000 miles

• 7,000 miles

• 4,000 miles

What two physical features did the Silk Road go across?

• Gobi Desert & Pamir Mountains

• Taklamakan Desert & Himalaya Mountains

• Taklamakan Desert & Altai Mountains

• Gobi Desert & Tian Shen Mountains

How did travelers try to protect themselves against robbers on the Silk Road?

• Traders joined together in caravans with camels or other pack animals.

• Robbers joined together with donkeys and other animals.

• Traders joined together with horses or other pack animals.

• People joined together with wolves or other pack animals.