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CCWH#09 The Silk Road & Ancient Trade

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What product used as an example at the beginning of the episode of the interconnectedness of trade in our modern world?

a)

The production of a t-shirt.

b)

The production of food.

c)

The production of automobiles.

d)

The production of Crash Course videos.

2.

According to this episode how did the Silk Road change the world?

a)

It radically expanded the scope and scale of trade.

b)

It introduced new luxury goods to new regions of the ancient world.

c)

The connections formed by unknown merchants arguably changed the world more than any political or religious leader.

d)

All of the above.

3.

Which of the following describe the Silk Road?

a)

It was a route that connected the Eastern Mediterranean to Central Asia.

b)

It was a route that connected Central Asia to China.

c)

It was an ocean route that connected East Africa with India

d)

It was an ocean route that connected India and China

4.

Which is likely the better description of the Silk Road?

a)

A trade route.

b)

A trade network

5.

Which more often traveled further on the Silk Road?

a)

Goods

b)

People

c)

Animals

d)

Merchants

6.

Where did the majority of silk come from in the ancient world?

a)

China

b)

Vietnam

c)

The Khmer Empire

d)

Africa

7.

With the growth of the Silk Road what region became more important for the first time in our study of World History?

a)

Central Asia

b)

South Asia

c)

East Asia

d)

The Middle East

8.

This empire became a huge trading hub due to Silk Road Trade?

a)

The Kushan Empire

b)

The Ottoman Empire

c)

The Mughal

d)

The Frankish Empire

9.

What group of people became hugely important with the Silk Road Trade?

a)

Nomadic people

b)

Seafaring people

c)

Towns people

d)

Slaves

10.

Which empire tried to band silk multiple times as many Senators complained about trade imbalances and inadequately modest dress of its citizens.

a)

Rome

b)

Sparta

c)

Athens

d)

Kiev

11.

What class of people gained significant power due to Silk Road trade?

a)

Merchants

b)

Doctors

c)

Politicians

d)

Warriors

12.

Who was most effected by the goods of the Silk Raod

a)

The wealthy.

b)

The poor.

13.

What are reasons the Silk Road affected everyone?

a)

A lot of people engaged in making products like Silk for the trade.

b)

Ideas were traded along the Silk road which influenced world history.

c)

The wide connection of peoples via trade led to the spread of disease.

d)

All of the above

14.

What version of Buddhism was highly influenced by Silk Road trade?

a)

Mahayana

b)

Theravada

c)

Sunni

d)

Taoism

15.

What disease spread from east to west devastating the world's population beginning in 1346?

a)

The Black Death

b)

The Great Dying

c)

The Justinian Plague

d)

The Spanish Flu