2.1 -- The SILK ROADS

What were the Silk Roads primarily used for during the period 1200 to 1450?

• Transporting agricultural products

• Facilitating trade and cultural diffusion

• Military conquests

• Religious pilgrimages

Which luxury item was most notably exchanged along the Silk Roads?

• Indian spices

• Chinese silk

• Persian carpets

• Arabian horses

What innovation did the Chinese introduce to facilitate trade along the Silk Roads?

• Metal coins

• Barter system

• Paper money

• Digital currency

What was the purpose of Caravan Sarai along the Silk Roads?

• Military outposts

• Religious temples

• Inns and guest houses for merchants

• Marketplaces for local goods

Which city became a thriving center for Islamic scholarship due to its strategic location on the Silk Roads?

• Samarkand

• Kashgar

• Baghdad

• Constantinople

What was one of the significant effects of increased trade along the Silk Roads?

• Decline in luxury goods production

• Rise of powerful trading cities

• Decrease in cultural exchanges

• Isolation of regions

What was the term used by the Chinese for the new credit system that facilitated trade?

• Flying money

• Golden notes

• Trade bonds

• Silk credits

Which of the following was a transportation innovation that helped expand trade on the Silk Roads?

• Steam engines

• Saddles

• Railroads

• Automobiles

What was one of the cultural effects of the Silk Roads' expansion?

• Spread of the Bubonic plague

• Decline in religious diversity

• Isolation of cultural practices

• Decrease in artistic expression

What economic shift occurred in China due to increased demand for luxury goods?

• Decrease in silk production

• Proto-industrialization

• Decline in iron and steel industry

• Focus on agricultural exports