The Silk Road

In ancient times, many merchants traveled a trade route called the (a)  

• Silk Road
• Mediterranean Sea
• I-10
• Trade Route

The Silk Road  began in ​ (a)   ​ and covered some 4,000 miles to Damascus and Antioch. 

• China
• Europe
• Ameria
• Amercia
• The Roman Empire

Merchants had to cross rivers, _______, _______, and deal with _________. 

• Valleys

• Plains

• Bandits

• All of the Above

When merchants did not travel the entire Silk Road, they _______ and _______ their goods to other merchants who continued onward. 

• Stole & Sold

• Lost & Sold

• Sold & Bartered(Exchanged)

• Went home & Gifted

Persia would not let Western or Eastern merchants pass through its lands. True or False?

• True

• False

• Maybe

• I don't know

What allowed Persia to force merchants to exchange goods in its country and to tax their trade goods?

• Persia’s Military

• Persia’s Money

• Persia’s Greed

• Persia’s location along the Silk Road

How did merchants earn great wealth on the Silk Road? 

• They had a lot to sell

• Merchants could sell their products at high prices

• They stole from other merchants

• I don’t know

What was the most famous or popular item sold along the Silk Road?

• Asian Horses

• Silk

• White Jade

• Roses

______ and _______ were also exchanged along the Silk Road.

• Technology & Ideas

• Roses & Grass

• Money & Spices

• Oranges & Pears

What religions and philosophies were shared along the Silk Road? 

• Christianity

• Judaism & Confucianism

• Taoism & Islam

• All of the Above