The Silk Road: what moved along it, goods and ideas
Grade 6 Social Studies Worksheet
Circle the best answer.
When did paper reach India, by Noah's chain?
- The 1100s CE
- The 600s CE
- The 600s BCE
- The 700s CE, when it reached West Asia
How high can a large noria lift water, by Pia's chain?
- As much as 40 feet
- As much as 400 feet
- As much as 20 feet
- As much as 4 feet
About how many years passed from paper reaching West Asia to Europe making its own, by Ren's chain?
- About 400 years
- About 40 years
- About 300 years
- About 1,800 years
What did paper help start in China, by Tala's chain?
- Wooden writing strips
- Silk weaving
- Printing
- Roads to India
Why did paper become the writing material of choice, Zee asks?
Use the picture in question 4.
- It was far easier to use
- It cost nothing to make
- It was heavier to carry
- A ruler ordered it
What spread along the Silk Road after the noria was invented, Ari asks?
- Silk, and no ideas
- Nothing, as the idea stayed in Roman Syria
- The pots, but not the wheel
- The idea of the noria
By Bo's route note, where do norias turn?
- In Roman Syria alone
- From Spain to China, and in between
- Nowhere outside Toledo
- Along the Yellow River alone
Which two towns mark the ends of the line of cave temples, by Esme's route note?
- Luoyang and Syria
- Kucha and Luoyang
- Kucha and Toledo
- Syria and Toledo
Luz's note says, "A large noria needs a team of animals to lift water." Which fix is right?
- Change it: it needs no animal power
- Change "noria" to "paper"
- Leave it: animals turn the wheel
- Change "animals" to "silk"
Milo's note says, "Buddhism traveled from China to India." Which fix is right?
- Change "traveled" to "stayed"
- Change "Buddhism" to "paper"
- Change it: from India to China
- Leave it: the cave temples show that