L17: The Silk Road

What 2 animals did traders use the most while traveling the Silk Road?

• horses and cows

• oxen and pigs

• camels and donkeys

True or False.

People could trade ideas and beliefs along the Silk Road.

• True

• False

The spreading of ideas, and goods, from one culture to another...

• cultural inclusion

• cultural diffusion

• cultural exclusion

Why was silk the perfect thing to trade?

• It was rare

• It was light and valuable

• I

What animal could carry enough food and water to ensure a traveler could make it from one oasis to another?

• horse

• camel

• oxen

True or False:

There were bandits along the Silk Road.

• True

• False

Where does silk come from?

• grasshopper

• worm

• butterfly

• plant

What 2 empires did the Silk Road connect?

• The Chang and Greek

• The Han and Roman

• The Roman and Egyptians

What was the consequence for anyone who tried to steal the Silk idea?

• they'd go to jail

• they would be put to work as a farmer

• they would be killed

What 2 items did the Chinese have that they traded with others?

• glass and horses

• spices and perfume

• horses and rugs

• silk and salt