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WorksheetsSilk Road Vocabulary
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 4mins
a network of land and sea trade routes that linked China, Europe, and Africa
Via Maris
Silk Road
Trans Saharan Trade Route
Amber Road
a valuable cloth, originally made only in China from threads spun by caterpillars called silkworms
cotton
velvet
wool
silk
a form of trade in which people exchange goods and services without the use of money
cowrie shells
currency
barter
trade seals
disease that affects humans and other mammals
famine
plague
lethargy
fatigue
buying and selling goods and services
levy
manufacture
fabricate
trade
the spread of ideas or products from one culture to another
cultural isolation
cultural segregation
cultural seclusion
cultural diffusion
a group of traveling merchants and animals (usually traveling together for safety)
guild
marauder
caravan
legion
to buy from another country
export
import
to sell to another country
export
import
the buying and selling of goods (in large amounts over long distances)
commerce
duty
tariffs
embargo
relating to the sea
maritime
aerial
terrestrial
astral
taxes on imports or exports
toll
embargo
capitation
tariff
