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Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which word best describes the scope of the Silk Road?
Interminable
Intergalactic
Intercontinental
Interstate
Which of the following contributed most to the completion of the overland Silk Routes?
The growth of powerful empires in Europe and Asia
Trade between small, neighboring tribes
China's hunger for foreign goods
Competition from the maritime Silk Routes
The Silk Road was named retroactively, in the 19th century. What does "retroactive" mean?
Applying to something in the past
Having to do with trade
Arbitrary or random
Referring to foreign cultures
Historical records show that silk appeared in Rome in the 1st century B.C.E. This is ________ evidence that the Silk Routes were completed around that time.
Controversial
Indirect
Indisputable
Scientific
Which of these famous structures owes its existence at least partially to the Silk Road?
Pyramids at Giza (Egypt)
Stonehedge (England)
Great Wall of China
Parthenon (Athens, Greece)
Where would you be most likely to find a city along the Silk Road?
In the middle of a desert
On top of a high mountain
On a remote island
On the bank of a river
Which of the following examples provides the best analogy for the movement of goods along the Silk Road?
A waiter bringing food to a diner
An electric signal moving down a wire
A mail carrier delivering a package to a home
A runner passing a baton in a relay race
What kind of effect did the Mongol Empire have on the overland Silk Road?
Destructive
Incidental
Minor
Stabilizing
9. Place these empires in chronological order: A) Macedonian (Alexander the Great); B) Mongol; C) Han Dynasty
A, C, B
B, C, A
B, A, C
A, B, C
Which of the following statements is an opinion?
The Silk Road had a significant impact on the history of Asia and Europe
The Silk Road greatly benefitted the civilizations it connected
The overland Silk Road fell into disuse with the breakup of the Mongol Empire
Traffic along the maritime Silk Road eventually eclipsed traffic along the overland route
