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Silk road
History alive chapter 24
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What were trade routes used for? | They made it easy for Chinese to trade. |
| Which continents were connected by the Silk Road? | Asia, and China. |
| The Silk Road connected the great empires of the Han and the Romans. True or False? | True |
| The Silk Road links people's of the ____ and the ____ for more than 1,000 years. | East and West |
| When was the first time the romans saw Silk? | During a battle near the Euphrates river in Mesopotamia. |
| Even the richest Romans could afford to wear only a strip or patch of Silk stitched to their white _____. | Togas |
| But Silk was so highly prized that traders willingly went on the dangerous journeys eastward to trade for it. True or False? | True |
| Rome traded glassware for ____. | Silk |
| What is the silk road | The silk road was actually a network of smaller trade routes that stretched more than 4,000 miles across Asia. |
| Who is the Chinese explorer? | A Chinese explorer named Zhang Qian is often called the Father of the Silk Road. |
| Did he form an alliance | No, Zhang Quin was not able to form an alliance. |
| Where did he travel? | Zang Qian traveld across central Asia to what is now the country of Iran. |
| Did he go on a second journey? | Some years later, Zhang Qian went on a second journey to the west . |