Silk Road Quiz Review

Drag the labels to the correct place on the map.

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c

d

e

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Europe

Africa

Persia

China

India

Drag the items to the countries that traded them.

Groups:

(a) India

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(b) China

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(c) Europe

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(d) Africa

• Ivory

• Gold

• Jade

• Spices

• Cotton

• Salt

• Glass

• Olives

• Silk

Which of the following describes the Silk Road? There could be more than one correct answer!

• A series of trade routes

• A road made of silk

• Connected civilizations

• Stretched over 4,000 miles

• A place that was conquered by the Romans

Which of the following best describes why silk was important to the Romans?

• It was something they could buy for cheap

• They had never seen it before and it was a good trade item

• They wanted it to make clothes for their children

• It was expensive to transport it on the Silk Road

Which of the following were dangers faced by Silk Road travelers and traders? Select all that apply, there could be more than one correct answer.

• Harsh weather conditions

• Running out of water

• Blinding sandstorms

• Altitude sickness when crossing the mountains

• Being robbed by bandits

TRUE OR FALSE: both land routes and water routes were considered to be part of the Silk Road.

• True

• False

Besides actual items, what else was traded on the SIlk Road? Select all that apply.

• Religion

• Technology and disease

• Knives

• Spices

• Skills/ideas, like glass making and paper making

It took ​​ (a)   year(s) to travel the Silk Road one way. ​ ​

• two
• 4
• four
• 2
• 5
• 1

Which of the following best describes why many goods never made it to the end of the Silk Road?

• Items were traded before reaching end of Silk Road

• Traders were killed by bandits

• Native Americans stole many goods being traded

• People were dying from bubonic plague

The Romans liked silk, so they ​ (a)   . Since water was very ​ (b)   along sections of the Silk Road, cities sprang up along the route where there were good supplies of water. The Silk Road was very long and took a ​ (c)   to travel; so, only ​ (d)   that could make a ​ (e)   were traded.

• bought silk from China
• scarce
• year
• goods
• large profit
• bought silk from Persia
• plentiful
• month
• small profit