Chapter 24 The Silk Road

The Silk Road was actually a ______________ that stretched more than 4000 miles across Asia.

• super highway

• toll road

• network of smaller trade routes

• network of larger trade routes

The Silk Road linked the people of the East and the West for more than ______________ years!

• 10

• 100

• 1,000

• 10,000

The Chinese explorer _________ is called the Father of the Silk Road.

• Zhang Qian
• Qin Shihuangdi
• Liu Bang
• Confucius

Check two of the dangers traders faced when crossing the Taklamakan Desert.

• bandits
• sandstorm
• blizzards
• wild animals

The Western Silk Road was called the "___________" because of the many animals and people who died there.

• trail of bones
• trail of happiness
• happy trails
• path to perfection!

Only ______ knew how to make silk.

• Romans

• China

• India

• United States

Chinese silk was ______________

• rough

• expensive

• cheap!

• easy to make

Revealing how Chinese silk was made was punishable by __________

• a fine of $100.00

• death

• a fine of $1,000.00

• Nothing! Everyone knew how to make it. It wasn't a secret

Silk comes from a _____________.

• plant found only in Asia.

• animal called a silkworm.

• mulberry tree.

• mineral found only in China.

Silk was NOT a luxury item.

• True

• False