This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Common Subjects > English Hornbill > Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 8 Silk Road – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 8 Silk Road Quiz 10 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who is Old Cook? A) The silk merchant Chengli works for. B) Chengli's caretaker. C) An old cook in Chengli's town. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chengli's caretaker. 2. Which civilization completed the Persian Royal Road in the 5th century BCE? A) Roman. B) Persian. C) Greek. D) Egyptian. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Persian. 3. Wall built by the Han Dynasty to protect them from invaders. A) Han Dynasty. B) Great Wall of China. C) Zero. D) Silk Road. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Great Wall of China. 4. "The caravan moved northward with the slow speed of heavily laden camels."What is the meaning of the word laden as it is used in the sentence? A) Guarded. B) Burdened. C) Distracted. D) Valued. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Burdened. 5. Which of the following would most likely have been the greatest danger to traders crossing the Taklimakan Desert? A) Sandstorms. B) Camels. C) Floods. D) Oases. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sandstorms. 6. Chengli's best friend's name is A) Old Mother. B) Little Limp. C) Crooked Leg. D) Master Foo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Little Limp. 7. Which belief system has been a major influence in China for centuries? A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. C) Christianity. D) Islam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buddhism. 8. Tibetan mastiffs were brought along the silk Road as A) China to Europe. B) Tribute from Tibet to China. C) Tribute from China to Tibet. D) Tribute from Europe to China. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tribute from Tibet to China. 9. Which of the following inventions/innovations was NOT created during the Han Dynasty? A) The Chinese made discoveries in medicine such as herbal remedies and accupuncture. B) The Chinese invented a compass to help tell direction. C) The Chinese invented paper which replaced the use of Papyrus. D) The Chinese invented the first motorized boat to travel by water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Chinese invented the first motorized boat to travel by water. 10. What major world religion started in India, and migrated to China thanks to the Silk Road? A) Judaism. B) Islam. C) Buddhism. D) Christianity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Buddhism. 11. Why did people in China want horses from Central Asia? A) The horses were scarce in China. B) Th horses gave the Chinese a way to sell their silk. C) The horses were larger and stronger than the Chinese horses. D) The horses were considered prettier than the ones in China. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The horses were larger and stronger than the Chinese horses. 12. This group of people helped move items on the Silk Road. A) Mongols. B) Huns. C) Vikings. D) Romans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mongols. 13. What were the major products traded on the Silk Road? A) Gold and silver. B) Wool and cotton. C) Silk cloth, teas, salt, sugar, porcelain, and spices. D) Iron and steel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Silk cloth, teas, salt, sugar, porcelain, and spices. 14. Almost all traders traveled the entire 4000 miles of the Silk Road. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. This structure was 2, 500 miles long and was built to help protect China from outside attacks. A) Gobi Desert. B) Great Wall of China. C) Terra Cotta Army. D) Irrigation Channels. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Great Wall of China. 16. How long was the Silk Road? A) 150 miles long. B) 1000 miles long. C) 2000 miles long. D) Over 4000 miles long. E) Almost 1 mile long. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Over 4000 miles long. 17. Historians believed that the exchange of ideas had no effect on world history. A) A. True. B) B. False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. False. 18. Which empire's collapse was followed by China's withdrawal from international trade? A) Roman Empire. B) Chinese Empire. C) British Empire. D) Mongolian Empire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chinese Empire. 19. Commercial alliance helped to facilitate safer trading transactions for merchants of luxury goods from Asia. Drove out pirates and monopolies on luxury items. A) White Lotus Society. B) Khanate. C) Hanseatic League. D) Hellenistic Leauge. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hanseatic League. 20. What was the nice portion of the Silk Road? A) Black Sea. B) Mediterranean Sea. C) Gansu Corridor. D) Persia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gansu Corridor. 21. What is the name of the Venetian merchant who wrote a book about his travels in Asia and the Silk Road? A) Mojo JoJo. B) Mario Puzo. C) Vladimir Lenin. D) Marco Polo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Marco Polo. 22. What is the main reason Chengli joins the caravan? A) To go on an adventure. B) To retrace his mother's last steops. C) To learn more about his father. D) To earn money. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To learn more about his father. 23. What was a major challenge faced by traders on the Silk Road? A) Lack of goods to trade. B) Harsh weather and difficult terrain. C) Too many travelers. D) No demand for silk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Harsh weather and difficult terrain. 24. What did the Silk Road create in history? A) First global empire. B) First transcontinental highway. C) First international trade route. D) First world wide web. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) First world wide web. 25. In addition to silk, European traders traveled the Silk Road to trade for ..... with the Chinese. A) Tea. B) Carpets. C) Figs. D) Cotton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tea. 26. The Silk Road connected which two major empires? A) Roman and Incan. B) Han Chinese and Roman. C) Ottoman and Byzantine. D) Mongol and Egyptian. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Han Chinese and Roman. 27. The synonyms of 'festooned' and 'ragged' are:- A) Beautiful and torn. B) Decorated and shabby. C) Dirty and tied. D) Colorful and neat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decorated and shabby. 28. What was a major scientific contribution of the Silk Road to agriculture? A) Development of genetic engineering. B) Spread of new crop species. C) Invention of the plow. D) Introduction of crop rotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spread of new crop species. 29. The amount of goods available for sale. A) Supply. B) Demand. C) Import. D) Export. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Supply. 30. What is a trip taken for a specific purpose? A) Silk Road. B) Caravansary. C) Barbarians. D) Expedition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Expedition. 31. What besides goods was exchanged along the Silk Road? A) Only ideas. B) Ideas, religion, and diseases. C) Only diseases. D) Only religion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ideas, religion, and diseases. 32. Which of the following was NOT a tool used by explorers during the Age of Exploration? A) Compass. B) GPS. C) Sextant. D) Astrolabe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) GPS. 33. Who was the Chinese ambassador that helped start the Silk Road by learning about Western cultures? A) Zhang Qian. B) Confucius. C) Sun Tzu. D) Laozi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Zhang Qian. 34. Why did fewer people settle in Outer China than in Inner China? A) The land was in larger estates. B) The climate was more extreme. C) The roads were more dangerous. D) The invasion drove farmers away. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The climate was more extreme. 35. This occurs when different countries choose to engage in the exchange of goods with one another. A) Currency. B) Specialization. C) Currency Exchange. D) Voluntary Trade. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Voluntary Trade. 36. How were the various peoples of Europe and Asia affected by travel along the Silk Road? A) They discarded their religious beliefs when they learned of other religions. B) They changed their currency systems to make buying products easier. C) They blended their artistic traditions with traditions from other cultures. D) They created writing systems when they learned papermaking techniques. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They blended their artistic traditions with traditions from other cultures. 37. True or False. The Silk Road was important for cultural diffusion. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 38. ..... along the Silk Road became important trading posts where merchants could buy goods from traders and caravans could get supplies, eat, and rest. A) Stores. B) Tents. C) Oasis towns. D) Hotels. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oasis towns. 39. The trade of silk was extremely valuable and in high demand at that time. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 40. What is the definition of "domestication" ? A) The process of making an animal accustomed to living with or near people. B) The act of sending goods to other countries. C) A succession of rulers from the same family. D) A large group of people traveling together. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The process of making an animal accustomed to living with or near people. 41. What Animal was Used to travel Across the Silk Road? A) Camels. B) Donkeys. C) Ox Drawn Carriage. D) Horses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Camels. 42. The spreading of traits from one group of people to another such as language, religion, goods, technology, clothing, food, and beliefs. A) Nomads. B) Cultural diffusion. C) Globalization. D) Unbalanced trade. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cultural diffusion. 43. Travelers threatened by wolves, lions, snakes, and vultures. A) Western Silk Road. B) Eastern Silk Road. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Western Silk Road. 44. Trade between Europe and China increased significantly in 200 BCE. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 45. True or False:According to the video we watched on the spice trade, a 16th century nutmeg dealer charged MORE money for their cargo than a 21st century drug dealer? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 46. Which of these was NOT a danger encountered by tradesmen on the Silk Road? A) Extreme temperatures. B) Difficult mountains. C) Roman soldiers. D) Bandits. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Roman soldiers. 47. What was the biggest threat to merchants traveling on the Silk Road? A) Getting lost. B) Thieves. C) Starvation. D) Diseases. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thieves. 48. Trade network that allowed the world to become more connected through the exchange of goods and ideas. A) Han Dynasty. B) Silk Road. C) Great Wall of China. D) Gobi Desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Silk Road. 49. The western end of the Silk Road connected to the ..... A) Mediterranean Sea. B) Atlantic Ocean. C) Indian Ocean. D) Mediterranean Sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mediterranean Sea. 50. Trade route that connected China, India, and the Middle East. Traded goods and helped to spread culture including the religion of Buddhism A) Atlantic Silk Road. B) Trans-Saharan Trade. C) Spice Road. D) Silk Road. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Silk Road. 51. During what dynasty does the silk road system was applied? A) Han Dynasty. B) Zhou Dynasty. C) Shang Dynasty. D) Qin Dynasty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Han Dynasty. 52. What is a large roll of fabric? A) Bolt. B) Silk Road. C) Silk. D) Trader. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bolt. 53. How did the religion of Buddhism spread? A) By air using planes. B) It didn't spread. C) By sea only. D) By travelers on the Silk Road. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) By travelers on the Silk Road. 54. The Silk Makers were admired and sought after by many people. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 55. Why are scholars reluctant to use the word 'China' in talking about pre-Han dynasty times? A) Because the concept of a nation called China existed then. B) Because the concept of a nation called China was similar then. C) Because the concept of a nation called China was different then. D) Because the concept of a nation called China did not exist then. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because the concept of a nation called China did not exist then. 56. Which of the following goods was sent from China to Rome? A) Silk. B) Cotton. C) Olive oil. D) Horses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Silk. 57. Yaks were the preferred packing animal. A) Western Silk Road. B) Eastern Silk Road. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Western Silk Road. 58. Who referred to China as the 'land of silk'? A) Greeks. B) Persians. C) Egyptians. D) Romans. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Romans. 59. True or false:Most merchants traveled the entire distance of the Silk Road, carrying their goods from one end to the other. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 60. What were the two main reasons trade on the Silk Road stopped? A) Silk was no longer popular, and luxury goods were too expensive. B) The weather was too dangerous, and there were too many robbers. C) There was too much fighting, and traders started to prefer ships. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There was too much fighting, and traders started to prefer ships. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesCommon Subjects QuizzesClass 11 QuizzesClass 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 8 Silk Road Quiz 1Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 8 Silk Road Quiz 2Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 8 Silk Road Quiz 3Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 8 Silk Road Quiz 4Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 8 Silk Road Quiz 5Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 8 Silk Road Quiz 6Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 8 Silk Road Quiz 7Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 8 Silk Road Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books