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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

   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
   • One government built and kept up the whole road
   • Every trader crossed Asia from one end to the other
6. 6.

   Use Luz's chain and route note: why might traders cross the Gobi Desert in a caravan?

   • The roads were poor and robbers were common
   • One government kept the desert roads safe for them
   • Inns called caravanserais had already been built
   • The Han emperor ordered traders to travel together
7. 7.

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

   • The Pamir Mountains, east of China
   • The Gobi Desert, north of China
   • Italy, across the sea
   • Ferghana, due west of China
8. 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
   • They stay in the port
   • By road east to China
   • By caravan back to Central Asia
9. 9.

   Pia's note says, "One government kept up the Silk Road roads." Which fix is right?

   • Leave it: the roads were kept in good repair
   • Change it: no one government kept them up
   • Change "government" to "caravan"
   • Change "roads" to "inns"
10. 10.

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

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