1/17 Friday Quiz

What country did silk come from?

• Egypt

• Italy

• China

• Iran

An example of cultural diffusion is how traders taught people to make

Cultural Diffusion is the result of....

• the Black Death

• economic exchange

• the Eastern Hemisphere

• Mongols wearing pants while riding horses

Examples of cultures being spread include...

• Language

• Religion

• Food

• Traditions

Buddhism originated in....

• India

• the Roman Empire

• the Arabian Peninsula

• China

Why are the Mongols wearing pants a good example of cultural diffusion?

• They attacked the Silk Road and burned silk

• They taught people to make pasta and it spread around the world

• They sold horses to the Roman Empire and became saints

• They shared the knowledge of pants with traders and people started to wear them while riding horses

Early civilizations were built around....

• Mountain ranges

• Rivers

• Mysterious buildings

• Stone quarries

What was the main characteristic of the Silk Road?

• It was made up of dangerous mountain passes

• People traveled on it to become rich

• It was made up of different trading routes from Asia to the Roman Empire

• People traveled on it to escape their homelands that were too boring

Cultural diffusion means the.....

• Movement of peoples from one place to another

• Movement of goods from one place to another

• Spreading and merging of pieces of different cultures

• Keeping pieces of different cultures out of a certain area

What religions spread along the Silk Road? Choose only TWO.

• Taoism

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Islam