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The Silk Roads (7.3.1 and 7.3.2)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When was the Silk Road established?

a)

75 B.C

b)

100 B.C

c)

100 A.D

d)

75 A.D

2.

Why did the German geographer give the Silk Road it’s name?

a)

Because silk was the good traded the most

b)

Because silk was the good that was produced the most

c)

Because silk was the good that most people favored

d)

Because silk was the material the Silk Roads were composed of

3.

What is the Silk Roads?

a)

A series of routes which only trade silk

b)

A series of international trade routes that brought great wealth to China and its trading partners.

c)

A series of land routes that brought no wealth to China

d)

A series of maritime routes that brought no wealth to China

4.

How many miles did the Silk Road stretch?

a)

4000 miles

b)

3000 miles

c)

2000 miles

d)

1000 miles

5.

Some land routes brought traders to northern ______.

a)

India

b)

Ireland

c)

Egypt

d)

Mongolia

6.

What did the Silk Roads begin as?

a)

A network of local overhand routes

b)

A network of connected routes that traveled all the way to North America

c)

A network of local businesses stretching from Asia to Europe, and Africa

d)

A network of ONLY land routes that had caravans

7.

Goods were traded so much, it was hard to tell where items _______.

a)

Originated

b)

Began

c)

Started

d)

Developed

8.

How did caravans help people from bandits and thieves that often lay and wait along the trade routes?

a)

caravans created a tempting target

b)

caravans created a engaging afterlife

c)

caravans allowed people to work together, to defeat monsters

d)

caravans allowed people to act like statues so thieves and bandits think their dead

9.

Which of these was NOT a maritime route?

a)

Mediterranean Sea and to Europe.

b)

Indian Ocean to East Africa

c)

Pacific Ocean to Korea, Japan, and Southwest Asia.

d)

North America to South America

10.

They traded their goods through Central Asia somewhere around _________, near China's western border.

a)

Kashgar

b)

Chang'an

c)

Cairo

d)

Xianyang

11.

What is made from the cocoons, or protective coverings, of silkworms, which live only on mulberry trees?

a)

silk

b)

paper

c)

lacquerware

d)

Central Asian Horses

12.

Which process allowed Chinese ideas about papermaking, metalwork, and farming techniques to spread beyond China's borders?

a)

bartering

b)

cultural diffusion

c)

cultural infusion

d)

trading

13.

How did Buddhist beliefs spread into China?

a)

Indian merchants introduced Buddhist ideas to Chinese traders and even established Buddhist shrines along the Silk Roads.

b)

Cultural diffusion allowed ideas to spread about Buddhism

c)

Indian officials brought statues of Siddhartha Gautama

14.

What allowed Chinese merchants to charge high prices for silk?

a)

the demand for the rare fabric

b)

the amount of people who appreciate silk

c)

the amount of people who voted to have silk

15.

How did the Silk Roads serve as a network for the exchange of inventions and ideas?

a)

because of the many traders from so many parts of the world

b)

because of the amount of silk

c)

because of the amount of items that have been traded

d)

because of the many nomads

16.

Why did people along the Silk Road's barter?

a)

Traders from Chang'an, Kashgar, and many other places used different currencies. Many had no money at all.

b)

people didn't like what they had

c)

traders couldn't bare the people population

17.

Process in which goods are exchanged

a)

bartering

b)

trading

c)

switching

d)

engaging

18.

What religion did Chinese blend with Confucianism?

a)

buddhism

b)

legalism

c)

hinduism

d)

daoism

19.

What Indian and Greek styles spread into China?

a)

sculpture

b)

painting

c)

temple building

d)

all of the above

20.

Which item in China was especially valued?

a)

Central Asian Horses

b)

Paper

c)

Iron-crafting

d)

Confucius Ideas