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silk road

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The silk road starts in

a)

Wakanda

b)

China

c)

India

d)

Egypt

2.

What was the Silk Road?

a)

a road made of silk

b)

an network of trading routes that connected Europe and Asia

c)

a way to Italy

d)

a party with peppa pig

3.

Which is the most important fact that makes the Silk Road significant to history ?

a)

the exchange of culture, Art, religion, philosophy, technology, language, science, architecture.

b)

diseases

c)

poisonous snakes

d)

Black Plague

4.

What was the Chinese secret?

a)

How to make cotton.

b)

How to make fabric.

c)

How to grow silk worms.

d)

How to make silk.

5.
What positive effect did keeping the secret have on China?
a)

China was concerned the silk worm population would go down too fast. 

b)

Chinese were afraid their people would leave China. 

c)

People would have to come to China and trade. (more money)

d)

The Chinese thought people would be upset by the cruelty to animals.

6.
About how long was the Silk Road?
a)

2,000 miles

b)

1,000 miles

c)

3,000 miles

d)

4,000 miles

7.
Which one was NOT a danger on the Silk Road?
a)

Wild fires would break out.

b)

bandits

c)

lack of water

d)

bad weather

8.
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)

9.
What animals transported most of the goods along the Silk Road?
a)
Horses
b)
Camels
c)
Elephants
d)
Llamas in disguise
10.

​The Silk Road opened in  (a)   BCE

11.
2. What popular item was sold throughout the Silk Road that had a far greater impact than Silk?
a)

Spices

b)

Paper

c)

Metals

d)

Gunpowder

12.
2. What popular item was sold throughout the Silk Road that had a far greater impact than Silk?
a)

Spices

b)

Paper

c)

Metals

d)

Gunpowder

13.
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

14.

Which product was NOT exchanged on the Silk Road?

a)

silk

b)

plastic

c)

exotic animals

d)

spices

15.
Which cultural idea was exchanged on the Silk Road?
a)

language

b)

religion

c)

skills

d)

All of the listed answers

16.
Fill in the blank.  China _________ silk to Europe.
a)

imported

b)

explored

c)

implored

d)

exported

17.

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

18.

Which of the following would most likely have been the greatest danger to traders crossing the Taklimakan Desert?

a)

sandstorms

b)

camels

c)

floods

d)

oases

19.

Where does the silk road ends?

a)

Peru

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Europe

d)

Mediterranean Sea

20.

Which of these is an example of an idea spread by the Silk Road?

a)

silkworms

b)

Buddhism

c)

glassware

d)

spices

21.

Which of the following goods came to China from India?

a)

horses

b)

Chinese dishware

c)

silk

d)

spices