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Han and the Silk Road

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the silk road?

a)

A road made of silk

b)

A trade route in China that only traded silk

c)

A trade network used for trade across Asia, Europe and Africa

d)

The name of the first road in Asia

2.

What is the difference between a trade route and a trade network?

(a)  

3.

Where did the silk road begin?

a)

Roman Empire

b)

Africa

c)

Middle East

d)

Han Dynasty

4.

Where did the silk road end?

a)

India

b)

Mediterranean Sea

c)

Saudi Arabia

d)

North America

5.

Who is known as the founder of the silk road?

a)

Marco Polo

b)

Zhang Qian

c)

Seneca

d)

Mr. Laseter

6.

The spread of a thing or idea from a person in power to other people.

a)

Relocation Diffusion

b)

Contagious Diffusion

c)

Stimulus Diffusion

d)

Hierarchical Diffusion

7.

The widespread diffusion of a thing or idea from person to person

a)

Relocation Diffusion

b)

Contagious Diffusion

c)

Stimulus Diffusion

d)

Hierarchical Diffusion

8.

The spread of a thing or idea through physical movement of people from one place to another

a)

Relocation Diffusion

b)

Contagious Diffusion

c)

Stimulus Diffusion

d)

Hierarchical Diffusion

9.

When a thing or idea spreads from one person to another, but the thing or idea is changed.

a)

Relocation Diffusion

b)

Contagious Diffusion

c)

Stimulus Diffusion

d)

Hierarchical Diffusion

10.

Which thing WAS NOT diffused on the silk road?

a)

Silk

b)

Horses

c)

Chocolate

d)

Diseas

11.

Where did silk come from?

a)

Silk Plants

b)

Olives

c)

A special kind of fish

d)

Silkworms

12.

What does it mean when a country IMPORTS goods?

a)

A country sells goods to other countries

b)

A country communicates with other countries

c)

A country buys goods from other countries

d)

A country refuses to trade with other countries

13.

What does it mean when a country EXPORTS goods?

a)

A country sells goods to other countries

b)

A country communicates with other countries

c)

A country buys goods from other countries

d)

A country refuses to trade with other countries

14.

What major disease was spread through the Silk Road, killing many people around the world? (It was also in our simulation)

a)

Yellow Fever

b)

Chicken Pox

c)

Bubonic Plague (Black Plague)

d)

Covid-19

15.

Which cultural ideas were diffused on the Silk Road?

a)

Language

b)

Religion

c)

New skills

d)

All of the above

16.

True or False: Most merchants traveled across the entire silk road while trading their goods.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Why was central Asia so important for the Silk Road?

a)

They were nomads used to traveling to different places

b)

They used Caravans to transport goods

c)

Central Asia connected the East and the West

d)

All of the above

18.

How did the merchant class change with the Silk Road?

a)

They had more money which gave them more political power

b)

They were all killed by bandits while trading on the silk road

c)

They all became nomadic people

d)

They all died from disease while trading on the silk road

19.

What was the biggest danger for merchants on the silk road?

a)

Disease

b)

Thieves or bandits

c)

Starving to death (no food)

d)

Getting lost

20.

How were the lives of all people affected by the silk road?

a)

Economic Impact (money)

b)

Trading ideas (religion, skills, etc.)

c)

Disease

d)

All of the above

21.

If merchants didn't want to trade by land, how else could they trade?

a)

By plane

b)

Sail on the Yangtze river

c)

Sail across the Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea

d)

Sail East across the Pacific Ocean