Read "The Silk Road from China" in the Renatssance
Nextext p. 1 40-148. Use the story and yow devices;
answer the questions about the Silk Road.
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Wtrictr word best describes the scope of the Silk Road?
A Interminable
B Intergalactic
G Intercontinental
D Interstate
of the following contributed most to the completion of
2 Hhich
the overland silk Routes?
A The growth of powerful empires in Europe and Asia
B Trade between small, neighboring tribes
G China's hunger for foreign goods
D Competition from the maritime Silk Routes
retroactively, in the tgth century.
? The silk Road was named mean?
l{hat does "retroactive"
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Applying to something in the
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D
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past
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A
B
G
D
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would you be most likely to find a city along the Sillt
In the middle of a desert
0n t6p of a high mountain
0n a remote island
0n the bank of a river
which of the foflorring examples p.r-ovigst the best analogy
lor the movement of goods along the silk Road?
A A waiter bringing food to a diner
B An electric signal moving down a wire
G A mail carrier delivering a package to a home
D A runner passing a baton in a relay race
g what kind of effect did the }longor Empire have on the
overland silk Road?
A
B
C
Having to do with trade
Arbitrary or random
Referring to foreign cultures
Destructive
Incidental
Minor
D stabilizing
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Routes r hi--^ rL--- ---:-- 0lexander the Great); Bl ilongol; Gl Han DYnasty
Historical recotds show that silk appeared in Rome in the
that the Silk
evidehce
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century B,G.E. This is
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A controversial
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B
G
D
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lndirect
Indisputable
Scientific
of these lamous structures orYes its existence at
rE Uhich
hast partially to the silk Road?
A
B
G
A,C,B
D
A' B' c
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B,C,A
B,A,C
which of the fo[orving statements is an opinion?
A
B
G
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A
B
G
D
The Silk Road had a significant impact on the history of Asia and
turope
The Silk Road greatly benefitted the civilizations
it connected
The overland Silk Road fell into disuse with the breakup of the
Mongol Empire
Traffic alonq the maritime Silk Road eventually eclipsed traffic
along the overland route
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