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WorksheetsThe Silk Road
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 2mins
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Class
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1.
The Silk Road was actually a/an
a)
road made of silk
b)
network of trade routes across Asia
c)
a sea route between Africa and India
d)
trail used only by silk merchants
2.
Merchants on the Silk Road usually
a)
traveled the entire length of the trade route
b)
were killed before they reached their destination
c)
only sold silk
d)
traveled one part of the trade route and sold their goods
3.
Merchants on the Silk Road traded
a)
only silk
b)
silk and other products such as spices, olives, and ivory.
c)
traded silk and polyester
d)
silk worms for gold
4.
Silk was produced
a)
only in China
b)
only in Rome
c)
In many parts of the ancient world
d)
only on the Silk Road
5.
Tribes of the plains of northern Asia were
a)
friendly and opened inns along the Silk Road
b)
were nomadic and good at transferring goods
c)
farmers and raised wheat and rice
d)
barbarians who attacked anyone they encountered
6.
Silk was so popular in ancient Rome that the Roman leaders
a)
wore it all the time
b)
kept rolls of the fabric locked in their temples
c)
tried to ban it in Rome
d)
ordered that silk trees be planted all over the Roman Empire
7.
Due to the Silk Road, the merchant class became
a)
wealthy and powerful
b)
became the lowest class
c)
slaves for the rich farmers
d)
poor and unimportant
8.
The goods and ideas traded on the Silk Road affected
a)
only the rich
b)
many people - both rich and poor
c)
merchant class only
d)
only the people of Asia
9.
Ideas and religions such as __________ spread rapidly on the Silk Road.
a)
Judaism
b)
Daoism
c)
Buddhism
d)
Hinduism
10.
Which of the following is NOT a disease spread along the Silk Road?
a)
Ebola
b)
Measles
c)
Bubonic Plague (The Black Death)
d)
Smallpox
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