The Silk Road: what moved along it, goods and ideas

Grade 6 Social Studies Worksheet - Challenge Me

Circle the best answer.

1. 1.

   Few people travel the entire route, in Zee's second chain. Which two effects follow?

   • Middlemen appear, and merchants pass goods on
   • Roads improve, and one government keeps them up
   • One merchant carries each good from end to end
   • Robbers vanish, and caravans stop forming
2. 2.

   The Han emperor wants the horses, in Ari's chain. Which goods travel east, and which travel west?

   • East: nothing. West: silk alone
   • East: horses and glassware. West: nothing
   • East: silk and more. West: horses and glassware
   • East: horses and glassware. West: silk and more
3. 3.

   Which box in Bo's first chain has two arrows going out?

   • Few people travel the entire route
   • The routes stretch across deserts and mountains
   • Goods pass from one merchant to the next
   • Middlemen and trading posts appear
5. 4.

   Esme writes about the plague chain. Which sentence stays careful?

   • Furs held flea eggs, and the matter is settled
   • Silk carried the plague to Italy
   • Traders knew their furs held plague
   • One theory says furs held flea eggs
6. 5.

   Which claim about the Black Death and the routes fits the sources best, Jun asks?

   Use the picture in question 4.

   • The routes had nothing to do with the spread
   • The Silk Road caused the Black Death by itself
   • Some research suggests it spread along them
   • Historians agree on each step of its long path
7. 6.

   Which sentence about the Silk Road is careful, Kira asks?

   • A network, and few people traveled all of it
   • One person carried the silk all the way across
   • Every trader crossed Asia from one end to the other
   • One government built and kept up the whole road
8. 7.

   By Milo's chain and route note, where does the report on strong horses come from?

   • The Gobi Desert, north of China
   • The Pamir Mountains, east of China
   • Ferghana, due west of China
   • Italy, across the sea
9. 8.

   By Noah's chain and route note, how do the furs travel after the port in the Middle East?

   • By ship to port cities in Italy
   • By caravan back to Central Asia
   • They stay in the port
   • By road east to China
10. 9.

    Ren's note says, "Only silk traveled along the routes." Which fix is right?

    • Change "silk" to "horses"
    • Leave it: silk was the one good that moved
    • Change "routes" to "rivers"
    • Change it: goods traveled both ways
11. 10.

    Tala's note says, "The chain proves the plague came along the Silk Road." Which fix is right?

    • Change "Silk Road" to "Roman road"
    • Leave it: the chain confirms each step of the path
    • Change it: it shows one theory, not proof
    • Change "plague" to "silk"