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Silk Road - BrainPop

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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Class
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1.

Which word best describes the scope of the Silk Road?

a)

Interminable

b)

Intergalactic

c)

Intercontinental

d)

Interstate

2.

Which of the following contributed most to the completion of the overland Silk Routes?

a)

The growth of powerful empires in Europe and Asia

b)

Trade between small, neighboring tribes

c)

China's hunger for foreign goods

d)

Competition from the maritime Silk Routes

3.

The Silk Road was named retroactively, in the 19th century. What does "retroactive" mean?

a)

Applying to something in the past

b)

Having to do with trade

c)

Arbitrary or random

d)

Referring to foreign cultures

4.

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.

a)

Controversial

b)

Indirect

c)

Indisputable

d)

Scientific

5.

Which of these famous structures owes its existence at least partially to the Silk Road?

a)

Pyramids at Giza (Egypt)

b)

Stonehedge (England)

c)

Great Wall of China

d)

Parthenon (Athens, Greece)

6.

Where would you be most likely to find a city along the Silk Road?

a)

In the middle of a desert

b)

On top of a high mountain

c)

On a remote island

d)

On the bank of a river

7.

Which of the following examples provides the best analogy for the movement of goods along the Silk Road?

a)

A waiter bringing food to a diner

b)

An electric signal moving down a wire

c)

A mail carrier delivering a package to a home

d)

A runner passing a baton in a relay race

8.

What kind of effect did the Mongol Empire have on the overland Silk Road?

a)

Destructive

b)

Incidental

c)

Minor

d)

Stabilizing

9.

9. Place these empires in chronological order: A) Macedonian (Alexander the Great); B) Mongol; C) Han Dynasty

a)

A, C, B

b)

B, C, A

c)

B, A, C

d)

A, B, C

10.

Which of the following statements is an opinion?

a)

The Silk Road had a significant impact on the history of Asia and Europe

b)

The Silk Road greatly benefitted the civilizations it connected

c)

The overland Silk Road fell into disuse with the breakup of the Mongol Empire

d)

Traffic along the maritime Silk Road eventually eclipsed traffic along the overland route