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WorksheetsThe Silk Road TAMES 5th
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
What was the Silk Road?
A group of trade routes
A group of people traveling
A road made of silk
A way to get to the United States
Estimate how long was the Silk Road.
About 1,000 miles
About 1,500 miles
About 4,000 miles
About 40,000 miles
What is NOT an Asian goods that Europeans loved to trade?
Ouds
Silk
Jade
Gold
What was silk made from?
cotton
wool
silk worms
milk curds
Which empire put a ban on silk because it was hurting their economy?
The Asians
The Romans
The Ottomans
The Aztecs
Who named these routes the Silk Road?
Ferdinand von Rochthifen
Marco Polo
Christopher Columbus
Amerigo Vespucci
Which empire boycotted the west and closed their routes in the middle of the Silk Road?
The Roman
The Chinese
The Ottoman
The Italian
What was the importance of the Silk Road?
the discovery of silk
people got items they wanted
it was a way civilizations connected, traded goods, and shared culture and ideas
the romans found who they could trust
What were some dangers that merchants faced? Choose all that apply.
Sand storms and the desert
poisonous snakes
traveling through the snow storms
bandits
During the Age of (a) , many explorers and merchants set out to find newer water routes to Asia to trade goods such as gold, silver, and spices.
