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

Circle the best answer.
Jun reads about a network of routes in the chain. What was the Silk Road?
- One straight road from China to the sea
- A market town where silk was sold
- A river that carried silk to the coast
- A network of trade routes
Kira reads that China supplies silk. What does supplies mean in the first box?
Use the picture in question 1.
- Provides goods that others want
- Taxes goods at a gate
- Carries news between towns
- Buys goods and keeps them
Which land supplies the silk in Milo's first chain?
Use the picture in question 1.
- Egypt
- Rome
- Arabia
- China
In Noah's first chain, which box comes right after traders carry the silk?
Use the picture in question 1.
- The towns grow smaller
- The trade grows to a massive scale
- China supplies silk to lands far away
- 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 trade shrinks to a few traders
- The routes turn into one road
- The silk is used up in China
- 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 stop trading
- They shrink and empty out
- 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 avoid each other's goods
- They learn from each other
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?
- Chang'an
- The Tianshan Mountains
- The Hexi Corridor
- Dunhuang
Which way does the road run from Chang'an, by Bo's route note?
Use the picture in question 8.
- South, away from Dunhuang
- North, to the Tianshan Mountains
- West, through the Hexi Corridor
- 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 runs back to Chang'an
- It joins one wall to another