China to Rome

The complex of trade routes that went from China to the Mediterranean Sea was called (a)  

• The Royal Road
• The Major Trade Route
• The Jade Highway
• The Silk Road

During its golden age 200 BCE - 200 CE, the western end of the Silk Road was the ...

• Rome

• Celtic Empire

• Ghanian Empire

• Mayan Empire

During its golden age, 200 BCE - 200 CE, the eastern end of the Silk Road was (a)  

• the Han Dynasty
• the Hapsburg Dynasty
• the Ghanian Dynasty
• the Xia Dynasty

One reason the Han Emperor pushed to open the Silk Road was to get access to ...

• gold and silver from Africa

• the Spices of Indonesia

• the Ferghana horses

• Banks and moneylenders to raid

The material the Silk Road was named for was made from worm cocoons in (a)  

• Bolivia
• China
• Greece
• Africa

One of the Silk Road trade items most valued in China was ...

• Ethiopian Coffee

• light bulbs from Rochester

• Venetian glass

• wheat from the Balkans

The Silk Road was 7000. miles long. How many people traveled the entire distance?

• 200-300 people each year

• It was a regular highway, thousands of travelers in both directions

• Only two or three survived the journey any given year

• Nobody traveled the whole route. Goods went from trader to trader, marketplace to marketplace.