The Han Dynasty and The Silk Road

A large, complex organization that functions under a given set of rules and conditions is called a...

• theocracy

• bureaucracy

• department

• network

An industry is...

• a place where food is grown for a large number of people

• a department that makes decisions about the economy for a government

• work done in a peasant's home

• a business that manufactures a particular product

To hang something in the air from a single point of support is to be

• suspended

• connected

• amended

• harnessed

To acquire means...

• to release from captivity

• to take by force

• to come into possession of something

• to arrange to have something illegally

A group of people traveling together is called a..

• caravan

• carousel

• pack

• pilgrimage

The spreading of cultural traits, such as goods and ideas, from one culture to another is...

• culture club

• cultural diversity

• cultural diffusion

• cultural fusion

The Silk Road is...

• the movement of the materials needed to make silk from Europe to China

• the movement of silk making from cottages to factories

• a network of trade routes that stretched for more than four thousand miles across Europe

• a network of trade routes that stretched for more than four thousand miles across Asia

A network of roads along which traders traveled is called...

• a trade route

• a trade circuit

• a trade avenue

• a trade trail

What is calligraphy?

• a process for making paper

• a process for making silk

• the art of line drawing

• the art of fine handwriting

Acupuncture is...

• a process that involves using the pulse to determine health

• a process that uses thin needles to relieve pain

• a process that uses thin needles to close wounds

• a process that involves burning a cone of powdered leaves to relieve pain