Chapter 24 Reading Guide

New trade routes allowed the Chinese to trade with other cultures. What are the trade routes collectively known as?

• The Iron Road

• The Silk Road

• The Silky Road

• The Silk and Gold Road

The Silk road was an easy route to travel.

• True

• False

Zhang Qian is the Chinese Explorer who is often called ________________.

• The Father of the Silk Road

• The Father who made the Silk Road

• The Father who traveled the Silk Road

• The Father who invented the Silk Road

Why was the road that stretched for more than four thousand miles across Asia called the Silk Road?

• It was named after the product that traders valued the least.

• It was named after the product that traders valued the 2nd most.

• It was named after the product that traders valued the most.

• None of the above

Why was Silk a valuable trade product for the Chinese people?

• The Chinese people were the only ones who knew how to make it.

• The Chinese people were the only ones who knew how to harvest it.

• The Chinese people were the only ones who knew how to grow it.

• None of the above

Chinese silk was a luxury item because it was __________ and expensive.

The Chinese people traded their Silk to the Romans for what?

• Weapons

• Protection from invaders

• Silverware

• Glassware

What were the two major parts of the route known as?

• The Eastern and Western Silk Road

• The Northern and Western Silk Road

• The Eastern and Southern Silk Road

• The Eastern and Northern Silk Road

Bandits often attacked travelers on the northern route.

• True

• False

Which of the following products did the Chinese people NOT trade?

• Dishware

• Jewelry

• Ornaments

• Glassware