Smooth Silky Roads
Chinese Timeline
Vocabulary
Geography
Others
100
Silk Road made up of these..
What is a network of smaller trade routes?
100

Invented around 1100 AD, this invention was most valuable to those at sea. An early form of GPS.

When did the Chinese begin using the compass?

100
Define Nomad.
People who are always traveling with no specific home.
100
A defensive structure created to defend against nomadic assaults.
What is The Great Wall of China.
100
Name 2 challenges faced by travelers on the Eastern Silk Road.
What is mirages; sandstorms; lack of water, lack of food, bandits, rivals, etc?
200
What are the most Eastern and Western cities on the Silk Road? **Bonus** Which two countries made up the secondary East and West boundaries of the silk road?
From (Xian) Changan, China to Antioch (Turkey)
200

Why was Silk so valuable?

Only the Chinese knew how to make it.

200
Epidemic that swept Eurasia, causing devastating population loss and disruption. Came from Mongolia.
Bubonic Plague, "Black Death"
200

Which place in Italy did the Silk Road end at?

Rome

200
This is a seasonal change in the wind, usually bringing rain.
What is monsoon?
300
This person came to China on the Silk Road and then wrote about his adventures...
Marco Polo
300

According to Chinese tradition, this invention was discovered in the 27th Century BC, and was a secret the Chinese did not want to share with the rest of the world.

What is the process of making silk?

300
What is Cultural Diffusion?
Spreading and absorbing culture from one society to another
300
This is the longest mountain chain in Asia
What are the Himalayas?
300

To prevent robbery, how did the merchants travel?

in caravans

400
Two cultural developments that contributed to the success and development of the Silk Road.
What is domestication of pack animals (husbandry) and the growth of the shipping industry?
400
Under which three dynasties did the Silk Road thrive?
What are the Han/Tang/Yuan dynasties?
400
Developed by Kung-fu-tzu, this was started around 202 BC. It taught that people should embrace their station in life.
Confucianism?
400
Name the at least 4 "stans" you would pass on the Silk Road
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan ** Pakistan, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan **
400

Was samurai armor used in the Silk Road?

No, Samurai is Japanese.

500
The cause of the decline of the Silk Road in the late fifteenth century?
What is the fall of the Mongol empire and discovery of a sea route from Asia to Europe?
500

What was the punishment for revealing how to make silk?

It was punishable by death.

500
The whole production of silk making. “Seri” = “Silk” in Greek
What is "Sericulture"?
500

Which African city did one of the Silk Road's routes end?

Alexandria

500

These structures housed untouched Chinese cultural artifacts along the Silk Road.

soapstone caves

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