Yr 7 subject knowledge exam

The Silk Road went from China to what sea?

• Mediterranean

• Atlantic

• Pacific

The Silk Roads began in 130BC when the Han Empire (China) began selling silk to the Parthian Empire (Iran) in return for what item?

• horses

• enslaved people

• pearls

• spices

The Silk Roads ended in AD 1453, when which Turkish empire conquered Constantinople, drove out its Roman occupiers, and stopped trading with the West.

• Ottoman

• Abbasid

• Persian

Which dangerous desert could a traveller of the Silk Road cross? 

• Gobi

• Sahara

• Death Valley

Atilla was a dangerous person to meet on the Silk Road. Which group did he lead?

• Hun

• Kahn

• Polo

Who was the first Mansa of Mali, known for uniting smaller kingdoms into the Mali Empire?

• Mansa Musa

• Sundiata Keita

• Keita Sundiata

• Musa Mansa

Which city in the Mali empire was famous as a centre of learning and architecture?

• Cairo

• Timbuktu

• Casablanca

• Nairobi

Where was Mansa Musa going on pilgrimage to?

• Mecca

• Medina

• Cairo

During his pilgrimage to Mecca, what did Mansa Musa distribute?

• Spices

• Silk

• Gold

• Pottery

Which king's death in 1066 caused a fight over the throne of England?

• Edward the Confessor

• Alfred the Great

• Ethelred the Unready