The Epic Silk Road

Question 1

When did China begin trading with the West via the Silk Road?

Accepted Answer

200 BCE

Question 2

What animals were traded on the Silk Road?

Accepted Answer

Horses and camels

Question 3

Who was responsible for building trade routes from the West to the edge of China?

Accepted Answer

Alexander the Great

Question 4

Where is the Indus River Valley?

Accepted Answer

9

Question 5

Why did the Roman Senate want to ban silk?

Accepted Answer

Clothes made from silk are too revealing, It caused a trade imbalance with China

Question 6

What idea extensively travelled along the Silk Road?

Accepted Answer

Buddhism

Question 7

Where is Antioch?

Accepted Answer

1

Question 8

When did China stop trading with the West?

Accepted Answer

1453 CE

Question 9

Which dynasty, led by Empress Wu, established Silk Road trade after a period of inactivity?

Accepted Answer

Tang Dynasty

Question 10

What export was China most known for?

Accepted Answer

Silk

Question 11

Where is Cambodia?

Accepted Answer

10

Question 12

Where is Egypt?

Accepted Answer

2

Question 13

What was one of the most negative effects of Silk Road trade?

Accepted Answer

The spread of Black Death

Question 14

Which Silk Road region/country did printing come from?

Accepted Answer

China

Question 15

Which of these Silk Road exports came from East Africa?

Accepted Answer

Ivory

Question 16

Where is Xi'an?

Accepted Answer

11

Question 17

Where is Kashgar?

Accepted Answer

7

Question 18

Where is Mesopotamia?

Accepted Answer

4

Question 19

What empire supported Silk Road trade but when the empire collapsed, effectively ended it?

Accepted Answer

Yuan Dynasty

Question 20

What group were best suited for conducting the Silk Road trade?

Accepted Answer

Nomads

Question 21

Where is Rayy (Tehran)?

Accepted Answer

5

Question 22

Where is Kush?

Accepted Answer

3

Question 23

Where is New Delhi, India?

Accepted Answer

8

Question 24

Where is Ancient China?

Accepted Answer

13

Question 25

Where is Samarkand?

Accepted Answer

6

Question 26

Where is Dunhuang?

Accepted Answer

12

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