What was the silk road?

ancient network of trade routes

Similes and metaphors are poetic devices. What does this mean?

They are literary techniques commonly found in poetry

Who was Marco Polo and what did he do?

A Italian merchant who traveled to china and recorded things

Which of these are true about the Silk Road.

Silk road crossed sea and ocean and was a network of routes

Where did the Silk Road get its name?

From the Silk that China sold to the rest of the world

Name a disease that traveled the Silk Road?

Black Plague, The Black Death, The plague

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1
What was the silk road?
a road made out of silk
ancient network of trade routes
all of the above
a road to hangout on
2
Similes and metaphors are poetic devices. What does this mean?
They are rarely used in prose, or any form of non-poetic writing
They are literary techniques commonly found in poetry
They are tricks that poets use to fool their reader
Every poem includes at least one simile or metaphor
3
What is the poetic device?
assonance
internal rhyme
imagery
repetition
4
Who was Marco Polo and what did he do?
An Asian warrior who went to Italy and wrote a book
A cool guy
A Italian merchant who traveled to china and recorded things
My father
5
Why was Marco Polo famous?
He wrote a book
He co-authored a book
He was friends with Kublai Khan
He explored China
6
Lines 1-2 in Crossover are important because...
introduce a familiar sport
create tension
establish the mood
describe the speaker
7
Which of these are true about the Silk Road.
Most traders travelled from one end to the other end.
Silk road crossed sea and ocean and was a network of routes
8
What area did Marco Polo explore?
Africa
United States
China
9
who wrote the crossover
sam rock
jacoby brissett
lincoln peirce
kwame alexander
10
What was the purpose of the Silk Road?
to dance
to trade
all except to dance
connect the East and the West
11
The Silk Road is not a road it is a________.
river
network of routes
highway of information
route
12
All poems must rhyme
False
True
13
Where did the Silk Road get its name?
From the silk worms that infested much of the route
From the Silk that China sold to the rest of the world
From the Silk that the Romans sold to the East
From the silk clothing worn by travelers along the route
14
Who is the main character in the crossover
Vondie
Josh
Alexis
Jb
15
Name a disease that traveled the Silk Road?
Black Plague
Rat Death
The Black Death
The plague
16
We should think of the Silk Road as....
a modern set of paved highway roads
a network of smaller routes
a waterway traveled by ships
A single highway between east and west
17
Which one is NOT a characteristic of poems?
Fills the whole page
Line breaks
Has stanzas
Rhymes
18
Where did Marco Polo live
Africa
Italy
Europe
Asia
19
What goods were transported on the silk road?
gold
spices
silk
all of the above
20
Josh got his nickname from:
his father
a Paris Blues album
all of the above
a jazz song

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