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Lily's social studies game

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

which explorer traveled on the silk road?

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Marco Polo

c)

John Cabot

d)

James Cook

2.

Where was Marco Polo from?

a)

Austin, Texas

b)

Birmingham, Alabama

c)

Venice, Italy

d)

Brooklyn,New York

3.

Marco Polo traveled to which country for silk?

a)

Asia

b)

Canada

c)

England

d)

China

4.

How old was Marco polo when he left for china?

a)

17

b)

27

c)

36

d)

12

5.

Who was china's emperor?

a)

qin shi huang

b)

Kublai khan

c)

yang quang

d)

puiy

6.

what was Marco Polo's goal for traveling on the silk road?

a)

to bring back food, and clothes, for there family's.

b)

to find animals, to bring back to were they came from to help make homes.

c)

to bring back valuable trade goods (silk, tea, spices, and gunpowder)

d)

to find needs to make medicine, to cure people.

7.

where were the vikings from?

a)

Iceland

b)

Scandinavia

c)

Greenland

d)

Venland

8.

which viking discovered vinland?

a)

Thorkell Leif

b)

Leif Ericson

c)

Thorgals Leif

d)

Thorstein Eriksson

9.

Why was it called the silk road?

a)

Because the road was made of silk.

b)

It was a major trade route to china who learned to weave silk.

c)

Because people sold silk on the road.

d)

because it was a road that led to free silk.

10.

what were the 3 Africa trading empires?

a)

Ghana

b)

Mali

c)

Songhai

d)

Zimbabwe

e)

Mansa Musa

11.

Ghana was called the land of?

a)

Love

b)

Jewlery

c)

War

d)

Gold

12.

What was an astrolabe?

a)

An instrument that helped sailors use the sun and stars to find their location in latitude.

b)

A fan

c)

A home for people in there village

d)

fabric to make clothing

13.

Who created the astrolabe?

a)

Jewish

b)

the Chinese

c)

the Indians

d)

Arabs/ Muslims

14.

what is a magnetic compass?

a)

Made it possible for the sailors to determine their direction far out at sea.

b)

the object was magnetic.

c)

an object that people worshiped

d)

a gold object

15.

what was the slave trade?

a)

buying old people to read to there kids

b)

selling farm animals

c)

Buying and selling humans.

d)

selling children to widows

16.

who was in charge of the Chinese Naval fleet?

a)

Christopher W.

b)

Zheng He (china)

c)

James W.

d)

John J.

17.

what is a caravan?

a)

a object that is put on the end of a camel to put objects in.

b)

a group of traders traveling together.

c)

an object that is put on a camel to cary children

d)

an object that villages worship

18.

which religion was practiced in west Africa?

a)

Mexican

b)

Islam

c)

Jewish

d)

Muslim

19.

what were the two major resources traded in Ghana?

a)

salt

b)

silver

c)

food

d)

gold

20.

what is the pilgrimage?

a)

people that go on boats to find food for there villages

b)

A long trip to another city

c)

A journey taken for religious reasons

d)

A trip to move to another place

21.

who went on a pilgrimage?

a)

Musa

b)

Songhia

c)

Ghana

d)

Mali

22.

where did Mana Musa travel to?

a)

Ghana

b)

Mali

c)

Songhai

d)

Mecca

23.

where was Timbukto located?

a)

Ghana

b)

Songhai

c)

Mali

d)

Mecca

24.

what building was used for study and worship in west Africa?

a)

pyramid

b)

hut

c)

Great Mosque

d)

longhouse

25.

what is an emperor?

a)

ruler over an empire

b)

someone who builds homes

c)

a person that will go out and buy food

d)

a person that helps cure people

26.

what are long spoken tales?

a)

story's

b)

sagas

c)

fable

d)

books

27.

who invented the printing press?

a)

Johann Gutenberg

b)

Thomas Edison

c)

David Alter

d)

Alexander graham

28.

what is buying and selling humans?

a)

winning humans

b)

paying a $100 dollars for 1 human

c)

using humans to garden and paying them alot

d)

slave trade

29.

who was the peak empire of Mali?

a)

Gutenberg

b)

Musa

c)

Marco polo

d)

Columbus