The Silk Road

The Silk Road

6th Grade

8 Qs

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Social Studies

6th Grade

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8 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following statements best describes the Silk Road?

A paved highway through central China used by the Ancient Chinese emperors

A number of trade routes that went between China and Eastern Europe

A short road covered with silk between the emperor’s house and his palace

An established trade route between India and Europe

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

True or False? 

Most merchants traveled the entire distance of the Silk Road, carrying their goods from one end to the other.

True

False

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the most popular way to travel along the route

by train

in a caravan of camels

by foot

alone on a horse

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where did the Silk Road get its name?

From the silk that the Romans sold to the East

From the smoothness

From the silk that China sold to the rest of the world

From the silk worms that infested much of the route

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What deadly disease is thought to have traveled to Europe along the Silk Road?

Bubonic Plague

Polio

Smallpox

Influenza

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What famous explorer is thought to have traveled along the Silk Road on his way to China?

Christopher Columbus

Marco Polo

Ferdinand Magellan

Vasco da Gama

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which was not a danger merchants encountered along the Silk Road?

bad weather

bandits

language barrier

natural barriers

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which dynasty established the Silk Road?

Shang Dynasty

Zhou Dynasty

Qin Dynasty

Han Dynasty