Silk Road
This luxurious fabric, prized by the Romans, gave the trade route its name.
What is silk?
The Black Death was caused by this bacterial infection, transmitted by fleas on rats.
What is the bubonic plague?
What was the name of the 2nd leg of the Triangle Trade?
What is "The Middle Passage"?
Zheng He’s fleet primarily sailed in this ocean during his seven voyages.
What is the Indian Ocean?
Where did Ms. Gee intern last year?
What is Eleanor Roosevelt High School?
This Mongol ruler's empire created a period of stability and safety along the Silk Road in the 13th century.
Who is Genghis Khan?
The Black Death first reached Europe in 1347, arriving in?
What is Italy?
The majority of enslaved Africans were taken to this region of the Americas, where sugar plantations dominated the economy.
What is the Caribbean?
Zheng He was a diplomat and explorer during this Chinese dynasty.
What is the Ming Dynasty?
What is Ms. Gee's ethnicity?
What is African American and Portuguese?
The Silk Road was a network of trade routes connecting China to this body of water near Europe.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
The plague is believed to have originated in this continent before spreading along trade routes to Europe.
What is Asia?
The introduction of this Old World animal transformed transportation and agriculture for many Native American cultures.
What is the horse?
Zheng He commanded a fleet of these massive ships, far larger than European vessels of the time.
What are treasure ships?
What is a hobby of Ms. Gee's?
What is reading manga, watching anime, building legos, going to concerts or paddle boarding?
This beverage, made from leaves first cultivated in China, became a key product traded to the west.
What is tea?
What is 1/3 or approx. 25 million people?
What disease brought by Europeans, decimated indigenous populations in the Americas by this estimated percentage.
What is smallpox or the spanish influenza?
Zheng He’s voyages facilitated the exchange of these exotic animals, brought back to China from Africa.
What are giraffes?
What was Ms. Gee's first job?
What is a lifeguard?
The Silk Road spanned over 4,000 miles and began in this ancient Chinese capital, now called Xi'an.
What is Chang'an?
This nursery rhyme is often thought to reference symptoms of the Black Death, though its origins are debated.
What is Ring Around the Rosie?
This highly addictive crop from the Americas became a major cash crop for European settlers, especially in Virginia.
What is tobacco?
Zheng He’s voyages ended in 1433 due to this policy change by the Ming court, focusing inward rather than outward.
What is isolationism?
What sibling is Ms. Gee? (ie: oldest, middle, or youngest)
Bonus of 100 pts: How many siblings does Ms. Gee have?
What is a oldest sister?
Bonus: What is 2 brothers?