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The Silk Road

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 2hrs 1mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What Was The Silk Road

a)

One Road Made Of Silk Carpets

b)

A Road That Silk (only) Was Traded On

c)

A Network Of Roads Used For Trading

d)

Name Of The First Road In Asia

2.

The silk road starts in

a)

Wakanda

b)

China

c)

India

d)

Egypt

3.

Where does the silk road ends?

a)

Peru

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Europe

d)

Mediterranean Sea

4.
 The Silk Road led to what shared throughout societies?
a)
 A. horse trading and trading baseball cards
b)
 B. goods and knowledge
c)
 C. cars and motorcycles
d)
D. ideas and stock market tips
5.
What things on the Silk Road came from India?
a)
Spices, Jade, and Oil
b)
Iron, Silk, and Gunpowder
c)
Wool, Walnuts, and Glass
d)
Cotton, Perfume, and Gold
6.
Fill in the blank.  China _________ silk to Europe.
a)
imported
b)
explored
c)
implored
d)
exported
7.

The Silk Road was important because

a)

it helped the Han empire control the Mediterranean region

b)

it extended a thousand miles across Asia

c)

it linked Asian and western cultures for more a thousand years

d)

it connected the Han and Egyptian empires

8.

The spread of ideas, religions, products, diseases as seen on the Silk Road is an enduring issue of

a)

Power

b)

Control

c)

Cultural Diffusion

d)

Inequality

9.

Which physical feature made it most difficult for traders to travel the Western Silk Road?

a)

valleys

b)

plateaus

c)

mountains

d)

rivers

10.

What does it mean when a country imports goods?

a)

The country sends goods to other countries.

b)

The country buys goods from just one other country.

c)

The country sells goods to other countries.

d)

The country brings goods in from other countries.

11.
Which cultural idea was exchanged on the Silk Road?
a)
language
b)
religion
c)
skills
d)
All of the listed answers
12.

What effects did trade have beyond moving goods?

a)

Diseases spread by trade

b)

Ideas and religion spread by trade

c)

Innovations spread by trade

d)

All of the answers are correct

13.
The Silk Road crossed___________
a)
A. North and South America
b)
B. Europe, South America, and Africa
c)
C. Asia, Europe, and Antarctica
d)
D. Africa, Europe, and Asia
14.
The Bactrian camel made travel through the routes of the Silk Roads possible because it was adapted to the land by its
a)
A. Teeth
b)
B. Fur
c)
C. Long eyelashes
d)
D. Feet
15.
Why did the Chinese decide to interact with their European neighbors?
a)
A. They wanted new friends.
b)
B. They wanted to have camel races.
c)
They each wanted goods and rare material from each other.
d)
D. They wanted to conquer new land.
16.
During the rule of the Song Dynasty, the population grew and new cities sprang up around China. What invention allowed trade to increase?
a)
A. paper fans
b)
B. paper money
c)
C. sandals
d)
D. the wheel
17.
During the second Silk Roads era, these two groups began trading with one another for the first time:
a)
A. the Huns and Mings
b)
B. the wealthy and poor
c)
C. the Arabs and Chinese
d)
D. the Wongs and Abulas
18.
Who brought their goods and ideas with the Silk Roads?
a)
A. merchants and adventurers
b)
B. historians and lawyers
c)
C. diplomats and missionaries
d)
D. jokers and fortune tellers
19.
What disease began on the Silk Road that devastated parts of the world?
a)
Chicken Pox
b)
Flu
c)
Dehydration 
d)
Bubonic Plague (Black Plague)
20.
Where was Marco Polo from?
a)
China
b)
Venice, Italy
c)
Greenland
d)
Silk Road
21.
4. What city in Central Asia's Uzbekistan was used as a primary hub by traders?
a)
Sumeria
b)
Astana
c)
Samarkand 
d)
Ashgabat
22.
6. When were the peak years of the Silk Road trade?
a)
Between 200 and 500 AD (C.E.)
b)
Between 500 and 800 C.E
c)
Between 900 and 1100 C.E.
d)
Between 1300 and 1500 C.E
23.
7. Who were the most important traders on the Silk Road?
a)
Government Officials
b)
Gladiators
c)
Private Traders
d)
Monks
24.
12. Give an example of a religion that spread far and wide due to the Silk Road?
a)
Judaism
b)
Buddhism
c)
Socialism
d)
Shintoism
25.
14. What other routes were available to travelers?
a)
Routes to the North
b)
Routes to the far east and around
c)
Routes by Air
d)
Routes by Sea
26.
Why did people travel in caravans (large groups)?
a)
for company
b)
it was cheaper
c)
for safety
d)
it was a law
27.
Where do many historians think the plague originated?
a)
Baghdad
b)
China
c)
Italy
28.

Where/how did the Black Plague first enter Europe?

a)

Through port cities first because of trade routes.

b)

The Black Death took several centuries to spread throughout Europe.

c)

The Black Death spread from Europe to Asia in 1854.

d)

The Black Death did not affect northern Europe the most.

29.
What is a caravan?
a)
a van that drives like a car
b)
a car almost as big as a van
c)
a group of people traveling together
d)
a group of cars parked together
30.
What was the terrain/land like on the Silk Road?
a)
harsh deserts and mountains
b)
Coastal and wet
c)
farmland and jungle
d)
hills and valleys
31.
What was the biggest threat to merchants traveling on the Silk Road?
a)
Diseases
b)
Getting lost
c)
Starvation
d)
Thieves
32.

What was the silk road mainly for

a)

Education

b)

Trade And Commerce

c)

Oil Rig

d)

Mining

33.

Which Dynasty Started The Silk Road

a)

Quin Dynasty

b)

Hans Dynasty

c)

Han Dynasty

d)

Zen Dynasty

34.

What were caravanserais?

a)

A party of traveling merchants

b)

an oasis town--roadside settlements that provided safety and shelter

c)

Seaports that allowed merchants to sell their goods to departing ships

d)

A type of caravan that merchants used to carry goods

35.

What some specific examples of the technological causes of increased trade along the silk road?

a)

caravenserai, flying cash and banking houses

b)

lateen sails, maps, compass and astrolabe

c)

compass, astrolabe, maps and camel saddles

d)

dhow ships, maps and compass

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