The Silk Route 1 Unit 3- Story 6

Vocabulary The Silk Route 2

Artisan The Silk Route 3 A) A person who needs to be re-trained for a job or career B) A skilled craftsperson C) A very smart person; prodigy, genius D) A person who is attending college to become a teacher

The Silk Route 4 B) A skilled craftsperson

Caravan The Silk Route 5 A) A specific type of cover-up; disguise B) A group of merchants traveling together for safety through difficult or dangerous country; group, convoy C) A set of merchants trading alongside each other in a marketplace D) A place in the middle of the desert or the sea where there is nothing else

The Silk Route 6 B) A group of merchants traveling together for safety through difficult or dangerous country; group, convoy

Laden The Silk Route 7 A) To be decorated with many medals B) To be wrapped all around the item C) Empty or unfilled, blank and bare D) Loaded, burdened, weighed down, overloaded

The Silk Route 8 D) Loaded, burdened, weighed down, overloaded

Nomad The Silk Route 9 A) A person who stays in one place for a very long time B) A type of animal used to carry a heavy load C) A place where no one is allowed to attend D) A tribal person that moves from place to place to find food or pasture for their cattle; wanderer

The Silk Route 10 D) A tribal person that moves from place to place to find food or pasture for their cattle; wanderer

Yurt The Silk Route 11 A) A circular, portable tent B) A creamy type of food with live cultures C) A way that you can harm someone D) A small huts surrounded by wooden stakes

The Silk Route 12 A) A circular, portable tent

Comprehension The Silk Route 13

1) Why does the story start at A.D. 700? The Silk Route 14 A) To tell us how silk was made B) To explain what is going on in Egypt C) To explain what is happening in the world at that time D) To tell us what is happening in Rome E) All of the above

The Silk Route 15 C) To explain what is happening in the world at that time

2)How did the author organize the story? The Silk Route 16 A) Each ‘chapter’ is a stop or passage; chronological order B) Each ‘chapter’ is in alphabetical order C) Each ‘chapter’ is a city in China D) Each ‘chapter’ is a country in Asia E) All of the above

The Silk Route 17 A) Each ‘chapter’ is a stop or passage; chronological order

3) How is silk made? The Silk Route 18 A) From the cocoons from silk worms B) Unspooling the threads from the cocoons of silk worms C) Woven threads are spun into threads D) Weaving the thread of silk into cloth E) All of the above

The Silk Route 19 E) All of the above

4) What happens in Chang’an? The Silk Route 20 A) It is the place where they can get good sushi B) It is the place where the traders pick up horses C) It is the place where the caravans finish their trades D) It is the place where the caravans laden with silk and other goods start E) All of the above

The Silk Route 21 D) It is the place where the caravans laden with silk and other goods start

5) Which direction are the caravans going to travel? The Silk Route 22 A) North B) South C) East D) West

The Silk Route 23 D) West

6) Who will the traders trade with in the West? The Silk Route 24 A) The Greeks B) The Romans C) Islamic and Byzantine worlds D) Other Chinese merchants on the Pacific Ocean E) All of the above

The Silk Route 25 C) Islamic and Byzantine worlds

7) Will the travel from China to the West be easy? The Silk Route 26 A) Yes, it will be a short trip B) Yes, it will be nice weather, full of nice people C) No, it will take 5 years just to get over the mountain passes D) No, it will be hot, dangerous, full of thieves, take several months E) All of the above

The Silk Route 27 D) No, it will be hot, dangerous, full of thieves, take several months

8) How often will the trading of silk and other goods occur? The Silk Route 28 A) Never B) Several times for the traders and merchants C) Often, through different peoples and cultures D) Once, through the original seller/merchant E) All of the above

The Silk Route 29 C) Often, through different peoples and cultures

9) What happens in Dunhuang? The Silk Route 30 A) It is a Buddhist religious center and the traders can pray for a safe journey B) It is an oasis and important trading center C) It is where traders can load up on supplies D) Trade for horses E) All of the above

The Silk Route 31 E) All of the above

10) What happens in Taklamakan? The Silk Route 32 A) The horses out run the camels B) It is a desert and there are no stops C) It is an oasis stop D) The traders trade with the locals E) All of the above

The Silk Route 33 B) It is a desert and there are no stops

11) What are the differences between the Bactrian and Dromedary camels? The Silk Route 34 A) They both have 1 humps B) They both have 2 humps C) The Bactrian has 1 humps; the Dromedary has 2 hump D) The Bactrian has 2 humps; the Dromedary has 1 hump

The Silk Route 35 D) The Bactrian has 2 humps; the Dromedary has 1 hump

12) What happens in Kashgar? The Silk Route 36 A) It is an oasis town where the traders can pasture their animals and everyone can get rest B) It is known for its fruit C) Traders can trade silk for fruit and jade and other produce D) The traders who continue West can use these new items to trade with the Westerners E) All of the above

The Silk Route 37 E) All of the above

13)What are the Pamirs? The Silk Route 38 A) A range of high mountains B) It’s nickname is ‘The Trail of Bones’ C) It is a place where one can easily die D) It is a place that takes the traders out of China E) All of the above

The Silk Route 39 E) All of the above

14) What happens in Tashkent? The Silk Route 40 A) It is the edge of the Persian cultural world B) It is the last place where the Chinese officials trade bolts of silk for horses C) It is where the Chinese want the Ferghana horses for their army D) It is a place were private merchants trade for Persian metalwork, glass, and musical instruments E) All of the above

The Silk Route 41 E) All of the answers are correct

15) What happens in Transoxiana? The Silk Route 42 A) It is wild country and has no laws or government and the caravans may be attacked B) It is a place where the traders have to be ready to fight to protect their goods C) It is a place where you can take a ship or boat across the sea D) A and B E) All of the above

The Silk Route 43 D) A and B

16) What happens in Herat? The Silk Route 44 A) It is a Persian city where the traders can meet many artisans and meet new traders for their goods B) It is the first stop with the Islamic culture C) There are other traders in the city, from India D) The caravan leave their Bactrian camels and now use Dromedary camels E) All of the above

The Silk Route 45 E) All of the above

17) What happens in Baghdad? The Silk Route 46 A) The people of Baghdad highly seek the Chinese silk B) There are only a handful of Chinese merchants remaining to trade the silk and they leave for home after this stop C) There are so many different goods available for trading D) It is the greatest city of the Islamic world and the hub of world trade E) All of the above

The Silk Route 47 E) All of the above

18) What happens in Damascus? The Silk Route 48 A) Arab merchants and Chinese traders work side by side B) Arab merchants now trade the silk and can sell it for a high price C) The Chinese merchants trade the silk to the Muslim women D) The traders can get horses and fruit for silk E) All of the above

The Silk Route 49 C) The Chinese merchants trade the silk to the Muslim women

19) How is the city of Tyre different from the other stops on the Silk Route? The Silk Route 50 A) It is a place where one cannot do any trading B) It is in the middle of the desert C) It is a very small city as compared to the other stops D) It is a port city and now the silk will travel on a boat, rather than by a 4-legged animal E) All of the above

The Silk Route 51 D) It is a port city and now the silk will travel on a boat, rather than by a 4-legged animal

20)What happens in Byzantium? The Silk Route 52 A) It is the capital of the Roman Empire and many people visit and trade here B) It is the last stop of the silk trading C) It is where the wealthy people can make outfits from the silk D) It is where China is linked to this city through its silk-trading E) All of the above

The Silk Route 53 E) All of the above

21)How did the silk end up in Byzantium? The Silk Route 54 A) Through the trade by the Chinese merchants B) The camels brought it over C) The Romans went to China to get the silk D) It was made in India E) All of the above

The Silk Route 55 A) Through the trade by the Chinese merchants

22)What happened to the silk the further it traveled from China? The Silk Route 56 A) It became less expensive B) It became more expensive C) It stayed the same price D) We don’t know what happened to the price

The Silk Route 57 B) It became more expensive

23) How did the Chinese keep the silk a ‘secret’? The Silk Route 58 A) Only a few weavers knew how to make the cloth B) The emperors ordered no one to share the silk worms and how to make the cloth C) The merchants refused to share the steps with anyone else D) The weavers were killed as soon as they finished a bolt E) All of the above

The Silk Route 59 B) The emperors ordered no one to share the silk worms and how to make the cloth

24)Why didn’t other countries know much about China? The Silk Route 60 A) No one ever made it around to that side of the world B) No one could read Chinese pictographs C) It is a country no other country wanted to visit because it had nothing to trade D) It is a country surrounded by protection: oceans, sea, mountains, deserts E) All of the above

The Silk Route 61 D) It is a country surrounded by protection: oceans, sea, mountains, deserts

25) Do we still use the concept of the Silk Route? The Silk Route 62 A) Yes, it called airways or ship routes B) Yes, it called highways or freeways C) No, that way of trading is very old D) A and B

The Silk Route 63 C) Most of the story is true

26) What else could people do on the Silk Route? The Silk Route 64 A) Visit friends and relatives B) Armies could travel the road C) Go to new countries D) Go on adventure E) All of the above

The Silk Route 65 E) All of the above