Unit 7 review

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

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

Which of the following best describes the Silk Road?

• a single road that extended across Asia

• a route that connected western Europe to eastern Europe

• a route that was used to bring silk from Rome to China

• a network of trade routes that extended across Asia

The Silk Road was important because

• it helped the Han empire control the Mediterranean region

• it extended a thousand miles across Asia

• it linked Asian and western cultures for more a thousand years

• it connected the Han and Egyptian empires

Silk is a fiber that comes from

• silk plants

• silkworm cocoons

• silk leaves

• all of the above

What was the main reason why traders crossed the desert traveling in caravans?

• to make it easier to carry heavy goods

• to make it safer to travel

• to have more people to hunt camels

• to have more people to look for water