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Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
Where was the Royal Road?
China
Persia
Afghanistan
India
What did Shah Abbas do?
He built many Caravanserais.
He was a bandit
He set up road tolls
He traveled on the roads.
Why did travelers not have to worry about bandits on these reads?
Because the road were policed well.
Because not many travelers used the roads.
Because there were too many Caravanserais.
Because the roads were well built.
What could a travelers do at a caravanserai?
pay a road toll
pay duties at the border
police the roads
rest for the night
What was silk road?
one road that was the color of silk
A network of roads used for trading
A road that only silk was traded on.
The name of the first road in Asia.
What were the caravanserais abandoned?
in the 16th century
in the 17th century
in the 18th century
in the 19th century
These roads and Caravanserais contributed a great deal to the economy of Afghanistan during the _______ centuries.
14th and 15th
18th and 19th
16th and 17th
20th and 21st
Which of the following best describes the Silk Road?
a single road that extended across Asia
a route that connected western Europe to eastern Europe
a route that was used to bring silk from Rome to China
a network of trade routes that extended across Asia
Which physical feature made it most difficult for traders to travel the Western Silk Road?
valleys
plateaus
mountains
rivers
