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WorksheetsSilk Road
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What things on the Silk Road came from India?
a)
Spices, Jade, and Oil
b)
Iron, Silk, and Gunpowder
c)
Wool, Walnuts, and Glass
d)
Cotton, Perfume, and Gold
2.
Why did China build the Great Wall?
a)
To increase tourism
b)
To decrease stone stockpiles (too many rocks were piling up)
c)
To protect China from being invaded by Japan
d)
To protect traders from thieves and bandits
3.
What animals transported most of the goods along the Silk Road?
a)
Horses
b)
Camels
c)
Elephants
d)
Llamas in disguise
4.
Which person was a famous trader on the Silk Road who brought the noodle back to Italy?
a)
Ferdinand Magellan
b)
Marco Polo
c)
Christopher Coulombs
d)
Admiral Zheng He
5.
The 2 part legacy of the Silk Road: the spread of goods and ideas and the connected-ness of cultures.
a)
War and Peace
b)
Feast and Famine
c)
Cultural Diffusion and Globalizaiton
d)
Wet Monsoon and Dry Monsoon
6.
Which was NOT a danger along the Silk Road?
a)
Sandstorms (in the central, arid part of the Silk Road)
b)
Bandits in places far from the controls of empires
c)
Lions, Tigers, and Bears, oh my! (In the more forested western and eastern parts of the Silk Road)
d)
Buddhism, which helped people find inner peace
7.
If not by land, merchants could trade using...
a)
Mountainous routes through the Himalayas
b)
Sailing east from China across the Pacific Ocean, then across the Atlantic Ocean, then reaching Europe
c)
Airplanes
d)
Sea Trade on the Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea
8.
Which of these cities was the ancient capital of China, and the eastern end of the Silk Road.
a)
Antioch, Turkey
b)
Chang'an, eastern China
c)
Kashgar, western China
d)
Rome, Italy
9.
What is this place that allows for rest and water in massive deserts? (And is usually created by natural springs!)
a)
Plateau
b)
Archipelago
c)
Oasis
d)
Mountain
10.
True or False? Most merchants travelled the entire length of the Silk Road.
a)
True
b)
False
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