travel/places
The Silk Road began in _______ in the East and went to _________ in the West.
Asia (China)/Europe (Italy)
Name 4 examples of goods that Europeans wanted from Asia.
Silk, spices, porcelain, gunpowder, wallpaper, ivory, gold objects, jewels, compass, pasta, tea
Merchants were also called________.
Traders
Pasta
Traders, animals, and goods traveled/moved in groups called________.
Caravans
Name something that China created or made that changed a country's power.
gunpowder
__________ would attack traders.
Thieves - bandits - robbers
Besides goods, what else was passed along by traders on the Silk Road?
New Ideas - or communication - finding out what other traders' homelands had for technology and culture.
Traders would stay overnight in a protected place called a _________.
Fortress - can describe it if forgot name.
Monarchs wanted these for their crowns or to wear.
Jewels
_______ _______ traveled from Venice, Italy to China over the Silk Road. He also wrote a book which shared about his travels and time in China.
Marco Polo
People believed this spice would cure a cold or sore throat.
Cinnamon
Groups on the Silk Rd couldn't go through these places.
Kingdoms
The Name of the fancy thin pottery that was made in China and was wanted in Europe.
Porcelain - vases, plates, etc.
What common language was spoken along the Silk Road by traders?
Greek
You would smell good if you used soap or perfume made by this spice from Asia.
Nutmeg
This part of the Silk Rd was shut down by the Ottoman Turks (Muslims) in the ___________, (location of a region)
Middle East
The Silk Worm had different stages in its life cycle. The thin threads came from the cocoon that the silk worm would spin. It took many, many silk threads from the cocoons to get enough to make cloth.
Kublai Kahn
Spices mostly came from the _______ _________.
Spice Islands in Asia ((to the southeast of India and China)).