The Silk Road: what moved along it, goods and ideas
Grade 6 Social Studies Worksheet - Building Confidence

Circle the best answer.
Kira reads that China supplies silk. What does supplies mean in the first box?
- Buys goods and keeps them
- Taxes goods at a gate
- Provides goods that others want
- Carries news between towns
Luz reads prosperous in the chain. What does prosperous mean?
Use the picture in question 1.
- Old and ruined
- Strong and walled
- Small and quiet
- Successful and wealthy
Which land supplies the silk in Milo's first chain?
Use the picture in question 1.
- China
- Arabia
- Rome
- Egypt
In Noah's first chain, which box comes right after traders carry the silk?
Use the picture in question 1.
- The towns grow smaller
- China supplies silk to lands far away
- The trade grows to a massive scale
- Silk stops being made
Ren's first chain has a blank: what happens as traders carry the silk along?
Cause and effect chain "Silk makes the road": [1] China supplies silk to lands far to the west; [2] traders carry the silk along a network of routes; [3] ?; [4] towns along the routes grow large and prosperous. Arrows: 1 → 2, 2 → 3, 3 → 4. The box marked ? is blank. Cause and effect chain "Silk makes the road": [1] China supplies silk to lands far to the west; [2] traders carry the silk along a network of routes; [3] ?; [4] towns along the routes grow large and prosperous. Arrows: 1 → 2, 2 → 3, 3 → 4. The box marked ? is blank. Silk makes the road [1] China supplies silk to lands far to the west [2] traders carry the silk along a network of routes [3] ? [4] towns along the routes grow large and prosperous - The routes turn into one road
- The silk is used up in China
- The trade shrinks to a few traders
- The trade grows very large
Tala's first chain has a blank: what happens to the towns along the routes?
Cause and effect chain "Silk makes the road": [1] China supplies silk to lands far to the west; [2] traders carry the silk along a network of routes; [3] the trade grows to a massive scale; [4] ?. Arrows: 1 → 2, 2 → 3, 3 → 4. The box marked ? is blank. Cause and effect chain "Silk makes the road": [1] China supplies silk to lands far to the west; [2] traders carry the silk along a network of routes; [3] the trade grows to a massive scale; [4] ?. Arrows: 1 → 2, 2 → 3, 3 → 4. The box marked ? is blank. Silk makes the road [1] China supplies silk to lands far to the west [2] traders carry the silk along a network of routes [3] the trade grows to a massive scale [4] ? - They shrink and empty out
- They stop trading
- They move to China
- They grow large and prosperous
Zee's second chain has a blank: what do people in different lands do?
Cause and effect chain "Goods and ideas travel together": [1] traders and artisans travel back and forth along the routes; [2] they carry goods and ideas with them; [3] ?; [4] towns along the routes grow into multicultural cities. Arrows: 1 → 2, 2 → 3, 3 → 4. The box marked ? is blank. Cause and effect chain "Goods and ideas travel together": [1] traders and artisans travel back and forth along the routes; [2] they carry goods and ideas with them; [3] ?; [4] towns along the routes grow into multicultural cities. Arrows: 1 → 2, 2 → 3, 3 → 4. The box marked ? is blank. Goods and ideas travel together [1] traders and artisans travel back and forth along the routes [2] they carry goods and ideas with them [3] ? [4] towns along the routes grow into multicultural cities - They stop using their own ideas
- They move to one town
- They learn from each other
- They avoid each other's goods
Cause and effect chain "Silk makes the road": [1] China supplies silk to lands far to the west; [2] traders carry the silk along a network of routes; [3] the trade grows to a massive scale; [4] towns along the routes grow large and prosperous. Arrows: 1 → 2, 2 → 3, 3 → 4. Route note (a sketch, not to scale): the road starts at Chang'an, in China, and runs west through the Hexi Corridor to Dunhuang. Past Dunhuang it splits to pass north and south of the Tianshan Mountains. Cause and effect chain "Silk makes the road": [1] China supplies silk to lands far to the west; [2] traders carry the silk along a network of routes; [3] the trade grows to a massive scale; [4] towns along the routes grow large and prosperous. Arrows: 1 → 2, 2 → 3, 3 → 4. Route note (a sketch, not to scale): the road starts at Chang'an, in China, and runs west through the Hexi Corridor to Dunhuang. Past Dunhuang it splits to pass north and south of the Tianshan Mountains. Silk makes the road [1] China supplies silk to lands far to the west [2] traders carry the silk along a network of routes [3] the trade grows to a massive scale [4] towns along the routes grow large and prosperous Route note (a sketch, not to scale): the road starts at Chang'an, in China, and runs west through the Hexi Corridor to Dunhuang. Past Dunhuang it splits to pass north and south of the Tianshan Mountains. Where does the road start in Ari's route note?
- Dunhuang
- The Tianshan Mountains
- The Hexi Corridor
- Chang'an
Which way does the road run from Chang'an, by Bo's route note?
Use the picture in question 8.
- North, to the Tianshan Mountains
- West, through the Hexi Corridor
- South, away from Dunhuang
- East, toward the sea
What happens past Dunhuang, by Esme's route note?
Use the picture in question 8.
- It splits north and south of the mountains
- It ends at the town
- It joins one wall to another
- It runs back to Chang'an