This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Common Subjects > English Hornbill > Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 8 Silk Road – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 8 Silk Road Quiz 13 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which Dynasty established the Silk Road? A) Han Dynasty. B) Zhou Dynasty. C) Shang Dynasty. D) Qin Dynasty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Han Dynasty. 2. What brought an end to the dominance of the Silk Road? A) The development of sea routes between Europe and Asia. B) The invention of the airplane. C) The fall of the Roman Empire. D) The discovery of America. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The development of sea routes between Europe and Asia. 3. Who is said to be the founder of Daoism? A) Laozi. B) Wu Wei. C) Kung fu Zi. D) Tao Ching. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Laozi. 4. Which person was responsible for conquering most of Asia and creating the largest land empire in history? A) Kublai Khan. B) Marco Polo. C) Shaka Zulu. D) Genghis Khan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Genghis Khan. 5. How long did the Silk Road stretch? A) Less than 500 miles. B) Over 5, 000 miles. C) Exactly 2, 500 miles. D) Over 1, 000 miles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Over 5, 000 miles. 6. The silk road starts in A) Wakanda. B) China. C) India. D) Egypt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) China. 7. What religion spread from India to China and Japan? A) Buddhism. B) Islam. C) Hinduism. D) Christianity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Buddhism. 8. The Mongols were A) Nomads. B) Warriors. C) Defeated. D) Men. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nomads. 9. Place these empires in chronological order:A) Macedonian (Alexander the Great); B) Mongol; C) Han Dynasty A) B, A, C. B) A, C, B. C) B, C, A. D) A, B, C. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A, C, B. 10. How did Marco Polo's journey influence Europe? A) It led to the discovery of America. B) It increased interest in Asian goods and cultures. C) It started the Industrial Revolution. D) It ended the Middle Ages. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It increased interest in Asian goods and cultures. 11. T or F:Religions were and important thing that were spread on the Silk Road. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. Who was the emperor of the Han Dynasty that sent an envoy to form an alliance with the Yuezhi? A) Kublai Khan. B) Darius I. C) Emperor Wu. D) Emperor Justinian. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Emperor Wu. 13. In 138 BCE, Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty sent a group to Western China to expand trade. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 14. True or False.Old Cook did not give Chengli permission to join the caravans. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. What did the Ottoman Empire do to the Silk Road? A) Cut off trade with the west. B) Spread diseases. C) Promote trade with the west. D) Discover new trade routes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cut off trade with the west. 16. How did the Han emperors gradually change the way China was ruled? A) They put more emphasis on family connections. B) They punished people who tried to spread Daoist beliefs. C) They returned most power to local nobles. D) They moved from Legalism to Confucian ideals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They moved from Legalism to Confucian ideals. 17. Originally, the Chinese were the only people who knew how to weave silk. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. What institutions did Kublai Khan establish to welcome foreign scholars? A) Institute of Muslim Astronomy and Imperial Academy of Medicine. B) Imperial Academy of Medicine and Institute of Chinese History. C) Institute of European Astronomy and Imperial Academy of Mathematics. D) Imperial Academy of Mathematics and Institute of Chinese History. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Institute of Muslim Astronomy and Imperial Academy of Medicine. 19. Historical records show that silk appeared in Rome in the 1st century B.C.E. This is ..... evidence that the Silk Routes were completed around that time. A) Controversial. B) Scientific. C) Indisputable. D) Indirect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indirect. 20. This is the concept of connecting people through business & trade. A) Globalization. B) Legalism. C) Daoism. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Globalization. 21. Where was Marco Polo from? A) Italy. B) Mongolia. C) China. D) Spain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Italy. 22. Question #10:True or False:Caravans of camels were used to travel the Silk Road until horses replaced them and then eventually sea routes sprung up making it quicker to trade. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 23. What time period began after the Silk Road was closed down? A) Dark Ages. B) Bronze Age. C) Age of Exploration. D) Industrial Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Age of Exploration. 24. What allowed goods and messages to travel faster along the Persian Royal Road? A) Horse-drawn carriages. B) Fast ships. C) Airplanes. D) Regular relay points. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Regular relay points. 25. What practice did other countries adopt from China due to Silk Road interactions? A) The use of paper money. B) Nomadic lifestyle. C) The construction of the Great Wall. D) Terrace farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The use of paper money. 26. Which geographic feature allowed the Mongols to prosper as pastoral nomads? A) Peninsula. B) Mountain range. C) Steppe. D) Desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Steppe. 27. Why did the Silk Road decline? A) All trade ended around the world forever. B) Lack of interest. C) Natural disasters such as floods and tornados. D) New maritime technologies (like a compass). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) New maritime technologies (like a compass). 28. What was one of the first trade items the Ancient Chinese traded silk for? A) Ivory. B) Horses. C) Iron. D) Spices. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Horses. 29. What is the chapter 'Silk Road' about? A) About the author's journey to Ravu. B) About the author's journey to kashmeer. C) About the author's journey to complete the Kora. D) About the author's journey to Ravu. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) About the author's journey to complete the Kora. 30. What is a modern example of global interconnectedness mentioned in the text? A) The global spread of the English language. B) Canadian shoppers buying t-shirts made in Bangladesh. C) The invention of the internet. D) The construction of the International Space Station. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Canadian shoppers buying t-shirts made in Bangladesh. 31. What was a major impact of the Silk Road on civilizations it connected? A) It led to the decline of local cultures. B) It caused widespread diseases that decimated populations. C) It facilitated the exchange of ideas and technologies. D) It resulted in the creation of a single global currency. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It facilitated the exchange of ideas and technologies. 32. What type of goods could be purchased at the Kashgar Bazaar? A) Fabric, Dried Fruits and Livestock. B) Fabric, Weapons and Livestock. C) Fabric, Medicine and Livestock. D) Fabric, Dried Fruits and Insects. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fabric, Dried Fruits and Livestock. 33. What beautiful green rock from Ancient China is believed to be more valuable than gold and was often traded on the Silk Road? A) Pyrite. B) Jade. C) Silver. D) Bauxite. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jade. 34. "Soldiers patrolled. Inspectors inspected. Tax collectors collected import and export taxes."What effect is produced by the repetition of words and sounds in these sentences? A) It illustrates the large population in the city. B) It emphasizes the importance of the city. C) It highlights the bustling activity in the city. D) It demonstrates the organized layout of the city. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It highlights the bustling activity in the city. 35. Besides silk, what other goods did the Chinese export? A) Electronics and machinery. B) Rice, wheat, and corn. C) Cotton, ivory, and wool. D) Teas, salt, sugar, porcelain, and spices. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Teas, salt, sugar, porcelain, and spices. 36. True or false, the goods described in the text came to China from North Africa. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 37. What was Kublai Khan's impression of Marco Polo? A) He had Marco removed from the Mongol Empire. B) He was impressed with Marco. C) He sent diplomats to make peace with Marco. D) He despised Marco. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was impressed with Marco. 38. What is the name of the soldiers/ warriors that the Emperor had made to protect him in the after life? A) Terracotta. B) Army. C) Dynasty. D) Warriors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Terracotta. 39. Which area did these traded goods come from? Horses A) India. B) Africa. C) China. D) Central Asia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Central Asia. 40. Use passage 1, and "A Pilgrim on the Silk Road" by Sally Wriggins, and passage 2, "Chengli and the Silk Road Caravan" by Hildi Kang. (RL.7.9) Passage 2 draws on some of the historical facts presented in Passage 1.Select the box to indicate whether the following element is included in Passage 1, Passage 2, or Both:An explanation for why goods were exchanged along the Silk Road. A) Passage 1. B) Passage 2. C) Both. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 41. Which of the following was a key export from China along the Silk Road? A) Silk. B) Wool. C) Spices. D) Gold. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Silk. 42. The three reasons given for the effects of the Silk Road on our lives are ..... , ..... , and ..... A) Economic impact, trading ideas, and disease. B) Money, Power, Respect. C) Disease, trade, silk. D) Economic Impact, Trading Ideas, Silk. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Economic impact, trading ideas, and disease. 43. This empire covered modern day Iran and Iraq. A) Kushan. B) Chang'an. C) Han. D) Parthia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parthia. 44. Who returned to the Han Emperor with tales of sophisticated civilizations, prosperous trade, and exotic goods beyond the western borders? A) Alexander the Great. B) Zhang Qian. C) Scythians. D) Darius the First. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Zhang Qian. 45. True or false. The Silk Road allowed for the spread of Buddhism. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 46. Silk was more expensive in ..... A) China. B) Rome. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rome. 47. What did Zhang Qian bring back tales of? A) New continents. B) Monsters and mythical creatures. C) Sophisticated civilizations and exotic goods. D) Gold and silver. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sophisticated civilizations and exotic goods. 48. How do we know about the travels of Marco Polo? A) He dictated them to a fellow prisoner and they were later printed. B) He sang about them while he was imprisoned. C) He wrote a book and became a New York Times bestseller. D) He wrote a book but it has never been found. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He dictated them to a fellow prisoner and they were later printed. 49. Why do caravans travel typically at night? A) It was too hot during the day. B) Wild animals attack during the day. C) They did not have sunglasses. D) Loose animals would get lost at night. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Loose animals would get lost at night. 50. What impressed Kublai Khan about Marco Polo? A) His wealth. B) His age. C) His knowledge. D) His command of ships. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His knowledge. 51. Indus Valley, ..... , and Egypt civilizations bought and sold with one another. A) Dubai. B) Mesopotamia. C) India. D) China. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mesopotamia. 52. What two things did the traders try to avoid? A) Bad people, bad weather. B) Bad weather, bad roads. C) Bad roads, low quality goods. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bad people, bad weather. 53. Bring goods into a country or empire A) Import. B) Export. C) Supply. D) Demand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Import. 54. The Silk Road stretched for approximately how many miles? A) 50 miles. B) 5000 miles. C) 500 miles. D) 5 miles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 5000 miles. 55. What did the Persian Royal Road connect? A) Egypt to India. B) China to Rome. C) The Tigris River to the Aegean Sea. D) Europe to Asia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Tigris River to the Aegean Sea. 56. Question #5:True or False:Han officials needed to travel incognito otherwise if they were spotted they would be killed. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 57. Silk, fine dishware, and cast-iron products came from this side. A) Western Silk Road. B) Eastern Silk Road. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eastern Silk Road. 58. European traders traveled the Silk Road to trade ..... in exchange for Chinese goods. A) Porcelain. B) Paper goods. C) Olive oil. D) Bamboo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Olive oil. 59. What did the Mongol Empire do to improve and expand the Silk Road? A) Increased tolls and taxes on the roads. B) Ignored the condition of the roads. C) Lowered tolls and taxes on the roads. D) Encouraged bandit attacks on travelers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lowered tolls and taxes on the roads. 60. Which of the following is an accurate example of cultural diffusion? A) Buddhism originated in China and spread to India. B) Knowledge of glass making spread from China to Rome. C) Knowledge of silk making spread from China to the West. D) People used camel caravans to travel across Asia. 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