Silk Road Basics
The dynasty that began the Silk Road.
Who/What was the Han Dynasty?
Animal was most commonly used to carry goods on the Silk Road
What is a camel?
products that traveled TO China by way of the Silk Road. (name one)
What are/is wool cloth, carpets, gold, silver, ivory, coral, precious stones, cucumbers, walnuts, sesame seeds, figs, alfalfa, or pomegranates, olives, glass, perfume, cotton, spices, salt?
The reason items traded along the Silk Road were small.
What is camels couldn't care heavy items over mountains and deserts.
The Italian explorer who made the Silk Road famous?
Who was Marco Polo?
130 BC
When did the Silk road begin?
The reason camels were so useful for Silk Road travel was because they didn't need something.
What is water?
Products that traveled FROM China
(name two)
What is: silk, gunpowder, paper, furs, ceramics, cinnamon bark, or rhubarb?
Natural dangers Silk Road travelers faced. (name two )
What is/are sandstorms, lack of water, ice storms, heavy snow, avalanches, or flooding?
The leader visited by Marco Polo on his adventures and talked about in his book "The Travels of Marco Polo".
Who was Kublai Khan ?
Ottoman Empire
Who shut down the Silk Road?
Groups of traders who traveled together
What was a caravan?
IDEA that traveled from the West to China by way of the Silk Road.
What is winemaking from grapes?
The human threats faced by Silk Road travelers.
What were bandits/thieves?
Ended the Silk Road
Who was the Ottoman Empire.
4000 miles
How long was the Silk Road?
Trading posts where caravans could get supplies, eat, rest, and buy goods.
What are oasis towns?
The religion that traveled to China along the Silk Road?
What is Buddhism?
Most traders sold their goods here to merchants who then exchanged them through a network of middlemen.
What are trading posts?
Frequent fighting over territory
What was the Warring States period.
Yuan Dynasty
Who was the Mongol Dynasty in control of the Silk Road?
He pioneered the Silk Road between 138-125 BC during the Han Dynasty.
Who was Zhang Qian?
The diseases that spread along the Silk Road?
What is measles, smallpox and the Bubonic Plague?
What is because it was 4000 miles long?
Philosophy that relates to the harmony between the person and nature.