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6th grade The Silk Road: what moved along it, goods and ideas worksheet

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

Grade 6 Social Studies Worksheet - Building Confidence

NameDate

Circle the best answer.

1.
Kira reads that China supplies silk. What does supplies mean in the first box?
- Carries news between towns
- Provides goods that others want
- Taxes goods at a gate
- Buys goods and keeps them
2.
Luz reads prosperous in the chain. What does prosperous mean?
Use the picture in question 1.
- Strong and walled
- Small and quiet
- Successful and wealthy
- Old and ruined
3.
Which land supplies the silk in Milo's first chain?
Use the picture in question 1.
- China
- Arabia
- Egypt
- Rome
4.
In Pia's second chain, who travels back and forth along the routes?
- Traders and artisans
- Farmers who stay at home
- Silk traders and no one else
- Rulers and their families
5.
Ren's first chain has a blank: what happens as traders carry the silk along?
- The trade grows very large
- The trade shrinks to a few traders
- The routes turn into one road
- The silk is used up in China
6.
Tala's first chain has a blank: what happens to the towns along the routes?
- They stop trading
- They shrink and empty out
- They move to China
- They grow large and prosperous
7.
Zee's second chain has a blank: what do people in different lands do?
- They avoid each other's goods
- They move to one town
- They stop using their own ideas
- They learn from each other
8.
Where does the road start in Ari's route note?
- The Hexi Corridor
- Chang'an
- The Tianshan Mountains
- Dunhuang
9.
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
- East, toward the sea
- South, away from Dunhuang
10.
What happens past Dunhuang, by Esme's route note?
Use the picture in question 8.
- It joins one wall to another
- It splits north and south of the mountains
- It runs back to Chang'an
- It ends at the town

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About this worksheet

The Silk Road: what moved along it, goods and ideas. Every version has 10 questions, and the answer key prints on the second page.

What your child will learn

I can follow silk, paper, horses, glass and ideas along the Silk Road and say which way each one traveled.
I can read a short route note beside a cause and effect chain and find a place, a direction or a distance.
I can tell a careful sentence about the Silk Road, such as one theory of how plague spread, from one that says too much.

Standard: D2.Geo.7.6-8

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Your child chose a claim that says more than the sources show. Try asking your child to check each word of the claim against the chain.

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Your child chose a claim that says more than the sources show. Try asking your child to check each word of the claim against the chain.

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