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The Silk Road
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Where did the Silk Road get its name?
From the silk clothing worn by travelers along the route
From the Silk that the Romans sold to the East
From the Silk that China sold to the rest of the world
From the silk worms that infested much of the route
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Why did the Chinese decide to trade with civilizations to the west of China?
They had goods the Chinese wanted.
There were fewer bandits along the trade routes.
There was less disease.
They wanted to spread Buddhism to those areas.
3
Where would you most likely find a city along the Silk Road?
On a remote island
Near river banks
At an oases
The Tibetan Plateau
4
How did the Persians and Greeks help develop trade between Europe and Asia?
Introducing porcelain
Road systems
Protecting trade
Both A and B
5
The Silk Road was an important Ancient Chinese _________________?
Religion
Building
Discovery
Achievement
6
What religion spread from India to China and Japan via the Silk Road?
Catholocism
Buddhism
Islam
Christianity
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What kind of effect did the Mongol Empire have on the Silk Road?
Minor
Destructive
No effect
Stabalizing
8
During which dynasty was the Silk Road created?
Zhou
Han
Ming
Qin
9
What famous structure owes its existence at least partially to the Silk Road?
Parthenon
Egyptian Pyramids
Great Wall of China
Stonehenge
10
Put simply, what is the Silk Road?
Religious path
Trail for the nomads
A road
Trading network
11
The Silk Road reached from eastern China to which sea?
Baltic
Mediterranean
Aegean
Red
12
Which word best describes the scope of the Silk Road?
Intergalactic
Internet
Intercontinental
Interstate
13
What was a hardship you would experience traveling on the Silk Road?
Varying harsh climates
Rough terrain
Nomads and bandits
All of the above
14
How did the collapse of the Silk Road change the world into a more connected global community?
Caused Europeans to try to sail
The Internet was suddenly created
Caused the Age of Exploration
Both B and C
15
One important technology/invention that traveled to the Middle East & Europe via the Silk Road?
plow
aqueducts
gunpowder
jewelry
16
What the MOST IMPORTANT thing traded on the Silk Road?
Silk
Porcelain
Religion
Ideas
17
What are two material goods you could obtain by trading on the Silk Road?
None of the above
spices and medicine
seeds and spices
apples and tea
18
Who was one of the most important explorers and traders of the Silk Road?
Christopher Columbus
Zheng He
Marco Polo
Laozi
19
How long was The Silk Road?
5000 miles
5,500 miles
2,300 miles
3000 miles
20
Land travel was safer than sea travel at that time?
True
False
There was nothing safe about either
21
What was the most popular way to travel along the route?
By foot
On Chariots made be the Egyptians
In a caravan of camels
On a horse
22
What was a benefit of trade between China and Rome?
Exchanging of religious beliefs
There were no benefits
Learning how to make silk
Access to each other's goods
23
What religion spread from the Arabian Peninsula to South Asia?
Buddhism
Taoism
Islam
Confucianism
