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
A group of people/traders traveling together are called what?
a caravan
The spreading out and merging of pieces from different cultures describes this vocab term.
Cultural diffusion
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
The Silk Road was noted for its dangerous terrain around mountains and deserts. Name 3 dangers travelers may have encountered while moving along the Silk Routes..
Sandstorms, lack of water, ice storms, heavy snow, avalanches, flooding, thieves, disease
Heavier goods may have used these trade routes along the ocean and sea, which are called this:
The Maritime Silk Road/Routes
What was one disease that traveled along the Silk Routes?
Measles
Small Pox
Bubonic Plague
A willingness to accept feelings, habits, or beliefs that are different from your own describes this vocabulary term.
Tolerance
What is the Silk Road?
A network of trade routes connecting the Eastern Mediterranean to Central Asia and Central Asia to China or a network of trade routes connecting Asia and Europe
What is one positive about using camels on the Silk Road?
They need little water
Besides religion, what was another intangible good exchanged along the Silk Routes?
Papermaking, Gunpowder, Silk making, Glass making, Compass technology, Crossbow technology
This was the punishment for smuggling one silk worm or even one of its eggs out of China:
Death