WorksheetsCCWH#09 The Silk Road & Ancient Trade
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
What product used as an example at the beginning of the episode of the interconnectedness of trade in our modern world?
The production of a t-shirt.
The production of food.
The production of automobiles.
The production of Crash Course videos.
According to this episode how did the Silk Road change the world?
It radically expanded the scope and scale of trade.
It introduced new luxury goods to new regions of the ancient world.
The connections formed by unknown merchants arguably changed the world more than any political or religious leader.
All of the above.
Which of the following describe the Silk Road?
It was a route that connected the Eastern Mediterranean to Central Asia.
It was a route that connected Central Asia to China.
It was an ocean route that connected East Africa with India
It was an ocean route that connected India and China
Which is likely the better description of the Silk Road?
A trade route.
A trade network
Which more often traveled further on the Silk Road?
Goods
People
Animals
Merchants
Where did the majority of silk come from in the ancient world?
China
Vietnam
The Khmer Empire
Africa
With the growth of the Silk Road what region became more important for the first time in our study of World History?
Central Asia
South Asia
East Asia
The Middle East
This empire became a huge trading hub due to Silk Road Trade?
The Kushan Empire
The Ottoman Empire
The Mughal
The Frankish Empire
What group of people became hugely important with the Silk Road Trade?
Nomadic people
Seafaring people
Towns people
Slaves
Which empire tried to band silk multiple times as many Senators complained about trade imbalances and inadequately modest dress of its citizens.
Rome
Sparta
Athens
Kiev
What class of people gained significant power due to Silk Road trade?
Merchants
Doctors
Politicians
Warriors
Who was most effected by the goods of the Silk Raod
The wealthy.
The poor.
What are reasons the Silk Road affected everyone?
A lot of people engaged in making products like Silk for the trade.
Ideas were traded along the Silk road which influenced world history.
The wide connection of peoples via trade led to the spread of disease.
All of the above
What version of Buddhism was highly influenced by Silk Road trade?
Mahayana
Theravada
Sunni
Taoism
What disease spread from east to west devastating the world's population beginning in 1346?
The Black Death
The Great Dying
The Justinian Plague
The Spanish Flu
