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?
- A market town where silk was sold
- A river that carried silk to the coast
- A network of trade routes
- One straight road from China to the sea
Luz reads prosperous in the chain. What does prosperous mean?
Use the picture in question 1.
- Strong and walled
- Successful and wealthy
- Small and quiet
- Old and ruined
Which land supplies the silk in Milo's first chain?
Use the picture in question 1.
- Rome
- Egypt
- Arabia
- China
In Noah's first chain, which box comes right after traders carry the silk?
Use the picture in question 1.
- Silk stops being made
- China supplies silk to lands far away
- The trade grows to a massive scale
- The towns grow smaller
In Pia's second chain, who travels back and forth along the routes?
- Traders and artisans
- Farmers who stay at home
- Rulers and their families
- Silk traders and no one else
Ren's first chain has a blank: what happens as traders carry the silk along?
- The trade grows very large
- The routes turn into one road
- The trade shrinks to a few traders
- The silk is used up in China
Tala's first chain has a blank: what happens to the towns along the routes?
- They move to China
- They shrink and empty out
- They stop trading
- They grow large and prosperous
Where does the road start in Ari's route note?
- Chang'an
- Dunhuang
- The Tianshan Mountains
- The Hexi Corridor
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
- South, away from Dunhuang
- East, toward the sea
- West, through the Hexi Corridor
What happens past Dunhuang, by Esme's route note?
Use the picture in question 8.
- It ends at the town
- It runs back to Chang'an
- It splits north and south of the mountains
- It joins one wall to another