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The Silk Road TAMES 5th

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the Silk Road?

a)

A group of trade routes

b)

A group of people traveling

c)

A road made of silk

d)

A way to get to the United States

2.

Estimate how long was the Silk Road.

a)

About 1,000 miles

b)

About 1,500 miles

c)

About 4,000 miles

d)

About 40,000 miles

3.

What is NOT an Asian goods that Europeans loved to trade?

a)

Ouds

b)

Silk

c)

Jade

d)

Gold

4.

What was silk made from?

a)

cotton

b)

wool

c)

silk worms

d)

milk curds

5.

Which empire put a ban on silk because it was hurting their economy?

a)

The Asians

b)

The Romans

c)

The Ottomans

d)

The Aztecs

6.

Who named these routes the Silk Road?

a)

Ferdinand von Rochthifen

b)

Marco Polo

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Amerigo Vespucci

7.

Which empire boycotted the west and closed their routes in the middle of the Silk Road?

a)

The Roman

b)

The Chinese

c)

The Ottoman

d)

The Italian

8.

What was the importance of the Silk Road?

a)

the discovery of silk

b)

people got items they wanted

c)

it was a way civilizations connected, traded goods, and shared culture and ideas

d)

the romans found who they could trust

9.

What were some dangers that merchants faced? Choose all that apply.

a)

Sand storms and the desert

b)

poisonous snakes

c)

traveling through the snow storms

d)

bandits

10.

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.