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Ancient Roadways

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where was the Royal Road?

a)

China

b)

Persia

c)

Afghanistan

d)

India

2.

What did Shah Abbas do?

a)

He built many Caravanserais.

b)

He was a bandit

c)

He set up road tolls

d)

He traveled on the roads.

3.

Why did travelers not have to worry about bandits on these reads?

a)

Because the road were policed well.

b)

Because not many travelers used the roads.

c)

Because there were too many Caravanserais.

d)

Because the roads were well built.

4.

What could a travelers do at a caravanserai?

a)

pay a road toll

b)

pay duties at the border

c)

police the roads

d)

rest for the night

5.

What was silk road?

a)

one road that was the color of silk

b)

A network of roads used for trading

c)

A road that only silk was traded on.

d)

The name of the first road in Asia.

6.

What were the caravanserais abandoned?

a)

in the 16th century

b)

in the 17th century

c)

in the 18th century

d)

in the 19th century

7.

These roads and Caravanserais contributed a great deal to the economy of Afghanistan during the _______ centuries.

a)

14th and 15th

b)

18th and 19th

c)

16th and 17th

d)

20th and 21st

8.
What animals transported most of the goods along the Silk Road?
a)
Horses
b)
Camels
c)
Elephants
d)
Llamas in disguise
9.

Which of the following best describes the Silk Road?

a)

a single road that extended across Asia

b)

a route that connected western Europe to eastern Europe

c)

a route that was used to bring silk from Rome to China

d)

a network of trade routes that extended across Asia

10.

Which physical feature made it most difficult for traders to travel the Western Silk Road?

a)

valleys

b)

plateaus

c)

mountains

d)

rivers