Silk Road Vocabulary
This term describes how trade and technology have made the world into a more connected place :
Globalization
About how many miles long was the Silk Road?
4,000 miles
Oasis towns became important trading posts along the Silk Road where caravans could do what (name 1 thing): supplies, eat, and rest:
Get supplies, eat, and rest
Name 3 physical goods that traveled from East (China) to the West:
silk
gun powder
paper
furs
ceramics
cinnamon bark
rhubarb
He is perhaps one of the most famous travelers of the Silk Road:
Marco Polo
This is a strong but soft fiber, that can be produced using a specific type of worm:
Silk
The Silk Road began during what Chinese Dynasty?
Han Dynasty
These animals were often used to travel along with caravans along the Silk Road:
Camels
What major religion was the religion most spread along the Silk Routes?
Buddhism
The Silk Road reached its peak during what dynasty between 1271-1368 CE?
Yuan Dynasty
This is a fertile spot in the desert where water is found:
An oasis
Around what year did the Silk Road begin?
130 BCE
What is one negative about using camels on the Silk Road?
Camels could not carry heavy items over mountains and across deserts so the items traded along the Silk Road were usually small
Name 3 physical goods that traveled from West to East:
wool, cloth, and carpets
gold, silver, ivory, coral, and precious stones
cucumbers, walnuts, sesame seeds, figs, alfalfa, and pomegranates
Trade routes along the ocean and sea are called this:
The Maritime Silk Road/Routes
This term can be desribed as a stretch of land, especially with regard to its physical features.
Terrain
Name 3 places the Silk Road connected?
The Silk Road stretched through Asia with additional overland and water trade routes connecting China, India, Mesopotamia, Arabia, Egypt, Africa, Greece, Rome, and even Britain
Oasis towns were located on the Silk Road about how far apart from each other?
They were located along the major trade routes about 1 day apart
What are 3 possible dangers that were part of the Silk Road?
Sandstorms, lack of water, ice storms, heavy snow, avalanches, and flooding contributed to the danger as did thieves that lay in wait along the routes for vulnerable traders
What empire closed part of the Silk Routes around 1453 CE?
Ottoman Empire
A group of people/traders traveling together are called what?
a caravan
What is the Silk Road?
A network of trade routes connecting the Eastern Mediterranean to Central Asia and Central Asia to China
What is one positive about using camels on the Silk Road?
They need little water
What was one disease that traveled along the Silk Routes?
Measles
Small Pox
Bubonic Plague
This was the punishment for smuggling one silk worm or even one of its eggs out of China:
Death