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

Grade 6 Social Studies Worksheet - Challenge Me

Circle the best answer.

1. 1.

   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
2. 2.

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

   • Goods pass from one merchant to the next
   • Middlemen and trading posts appear
   • Few people travel the entire route
   • The routes stretch across deserts and mountains
4. 3.

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

   • Traders knew their furs held plague
   • One theory says furs held flea eggs
   • Silk carried the plague to Italy
   • Furs held flea eggs, and the matter is settled
5. 4.

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

   Use the picture in question 3.

   • Historians agree on each step of its long path
   • 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
6. 5.

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

   • Every trader crossed Asia from one end to the other
   • A network, and few people traveled all of it
   • One government built and kept up the whole road
   • One person carried the silk all the way across
7. 6.

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

   • The Pamir Mountains, east of China
   • Ferghana, due west of China
   • The Gobi Desert, north of China
   • Italy, across the sea
8. 7.

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

   • By road east to China
   • They stay in the port
   • By caravan back to Central Asia
   • By ship to port cities in Italy
9. 8.

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

   • Change "roads" to "inns"
   • Leave it: the roads were kept in good repair
   • Change "government" to "caravan"
   • Change it: no one government kept them up
10. 9.

    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 it: goods traveled both ways
    • Change "silk" to "horses"
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"