Silk Road Vocabulary

What was the Age of Exploration?

• A period of devastating plagues in Europe

• A time when Europeans traveled the world in search of trade

• An inn along the Silk Road in Asia and North Africa

• A cloth or woven fabric

When did the Black Death occur?

• 1400s-1800s

• 1345-1400

• 1400s-1800s

• 1345-1400

What is a caravan?

• A group of people who travel together for safety and companionship

• An inn with a central courtyard often found in the desert

• A soft, strong fiber spun by some moth larvae, spiders, and other animals

• A path followed by merchants or explorers to exchange goods and services

What is a caravanserai?

• A period of devastating plagues in Europe

• A time when Europeans traveled the world in search of trade

• An inn along the Silk Road in Asia and North Africa

• A cloth or woven fabric

What is UNESCO?

• A period of devastating plagues in Europe

• A time when Europeans traveled the world in search of trade

• An inn along the Silk Road in Asia and North Africa

• The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization

A soft, strong fiber spun by some moth larvae, spiders, and other animals is called...

Describe the silk road in one sentence.

A trade route is a...

• A walk in the woods

• Path followed by merchants or explorers to exchange goods and services.

• The part of a plant that absorbs nutrients from the ground

• A fabric made of woven materials

Word or phrase used to represent something else, or an understanding of one concept in terms of another concept.

• Metacognition

• Dictionary

• Simile

• Metaphor