This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Common Subjects > English Hornbill > Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 8 Silk Road – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 8 Silk Road Quiz 14 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A group of travelers and pack animals on a journey A) Caravan. B) Hippies. C) Fellowship. D) Train. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Caravan. 2. True or False:Europeans created goods like silk clothing and porcelain art to trade along the Silk Road. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 3. What religion makes it way from India along Silk Roads to China? A) Buddhism. B) Islam. C) Hinduism. D) Sikhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Buddhism. 4. The literary device in "Speeding directly towards us, like a bullet from a gun" is A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Enjambment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 5. The Great Wall of China lay to the north of part of the Eastern Silk Road. How did the Great Wall affect travelers on the Silk Road? A) Travelers had to climb over the Great Wall to continue their journey. B) Travelers walked on the Great Wall to continue their journey. C) The Great Wall prevented travelers from continuing their journey. D) The Great Wall gave protection against bandits from the north. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Great Wall gave protection against bandits from the north. 6. Which One of these people traveled the Silk Road? A) Isaac Newton. B) Leonardo Da Vinci. C) Marco Polo. D) Lewis And Clark. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Marco Polo. 7. During the second Silk Roads era, the items exchanged included the following: A) Textiles, food, spices, and art. B) Wall hangings and scripture. C) La vida loco. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Textiles, food, spices, and art. 8. How long ago did global exchange reach back? A) Over 2, 000 years. B) Over 4, 000 years. C) Over 1, 000 years. D) Over 3, 000 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Over 2, 000 years. 9. At first, the Chinese traveled to Central Asia not to trade, but to A) Seek an ally in their fight against a fierce group of nomads, the Xiongnu. B) Find new recipes. C) Learn new dance moves. D) Learn about art. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seek an ally in their fight against a fierce group of nomads, the Xiongnu. 10. How did Mongolian hoards interact with the Silk Road? A) They used it to spread their empire. B) They avoided it entirely. C) They were unaware of its existence. D) They actively protected the trade routes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They actively protected the trade routes. 11. Whats Another Name For the Silk Road? A) The Silk Trail. B) The Silk Highway. C) Silk Town Road. D) Silk Routes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Silk Routes. 12. The Silk Road crossed into which regions of the world? A) North and South America. B) Europe, South America, and Africa. C) Asia, Europe, and Antarctica. D) Africa, Europe, and Asia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Africa, Europe, and Asia. 13. The statement below refers to which of the THREE philosophies:leaders should lead by example and inspire good behavior A) Confucianism. B) Taoism. C) Legalism. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Confucianism. 14. When animals are used to help people. A) Dynasty. B) Caravan. C) Domestication. D) Heyday. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Domestication. 15. Who sells merchandise? A) Merchant. B) Camel Driver. C) Caravan Leader. D) Cook. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Merchant. 16. A plant-based ingredient used to add flavor to food (seasoning) A) Tea. B) Spice Girls. C) Spice. D) Saffron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spice. 17. Which empire discovered how to harvest silk from silkworm cocoons? A) Chinese Empire. B) Byzantine Empire. C) Roman Empire. D) Persian Empire. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chinese Empire. 18. Why is the Silk Road described as a network? A) It was made of 2 roads. B) It was made of many routs. C) Internet didn't exist. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was made of many routs. 19. What technology did the Silk Road possibly transmit to the Western world? A) Crossbow technology. B) Paper making. C) The compass. D) Gunpowder. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crossbow technology. 20. What were the main goods transported from the West to the East along the Silk Road? A) Silk and spices. B) Gold and silver. C) Cotton and wool. D) Glass and paper. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cotton and wool. 21. What was the silk road mainly for A) Education. B) Trade And Commerce. C) Oil Rig. D) Mining. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trade And Commerce. 22. What is the zone of oasis-punctuated deserts extending across Central Asia from northwestern China to the Caspian and Black Seas? A) The Trans-Eurasian Steppe Belt. B) The Mediterranean. C) The Intermontaine Desert and Oasis Belt. D) The Middle East. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Intermontaine Desert and Oasis Belt. 23. What is an astrolabe used for? A) Measuring time. B) Writing maps. C) Calculating distance. D) Navigating by the stars. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Navigating by the stars. 24. Author notices ..... in the vast open plains after leaving Ravu A) Dry pastures. B) Gazelles. C) Herd of wild asses. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 25. What does BCE stand for? A) Bagels, Cheese, and Eggs. B) Before Critical Eon. C) Before Common Era. D) Before Critical Era. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Before Common Era. 26. In the village Chengli discovered that his father loved A) The desert. B) Horses. C) Caravans. D) The wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Horses. 27. Dynasty of ancient China that encouraged trade along the Silk Road A) Gobi Desert. B) Han Dynasty. C) Taklamakan Desert. D) Ottoman Empire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Han Dynasty. 28. A type of technology from China still in use today. A) Paper. B) Wool clothes. C) Arches. D) Aquaducts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paper. 29. What best describes a caravan? A) A herd of animals that roam freely. B) A group of travelers that stayed together on their journey. C) A nickname given to the Silk Road by distant travelers. D) When a religion reaches another area of the world. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A group of travelers that stayed together on their journey. 30. Which of the following chemical elements, used in ancient times, was traded along the Silk Road? A) Plutonium. B) Neon. C) Gold. D) Silicon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gold. 31. What was the name of the network that enabled cultural and commercial exchange spanning Eurasia? A) Silk Road. B) Panama Canal. C) Suez Canal. D) Trans-Siberian Railway. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Silk Road. 32. Identify what factors led to the growth of trade during the Han dynasty? A) Construction of the Great Wall of China. B) Establishment of the Silk Road, introduction of paper money, development of a standardized coinage system, and promotion of maritime trade through the South China Sea. C) Introduction of the printing press. D) Expansion of the Roman Empire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Establishment of the Silk Road, introduction of paper money, development of a standardized coinage system, and promotion of maritime trade through the South China Sea. 33. What was the best method of transportation on the Silk Road? A) Elephants. B) Train. C) Walking. D) Camels. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Camels. 34. Which of the following is NOT a reason silk was so versatile? A) It was cool in the summer. B) It was easily made. C) It was light weight. D) It was warm in the winter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was easily made. 35. T or F:North and South Korea fought in the Korean War over the Silk Road. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 36. The expression"before bounding away into the void"means that A) The gazelles ran helter-skelter. B) They didn't like being disturbed. C) They leapt and vanished into nothingness. D) They got startled. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They leapt and vanished into nothingness. 37. True or False:There were bandits along the Silk Road. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 38. The Silk Road connected China to areas in the A) North. B) Indian subcontinent. C) East. D) West. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) West. 39. The Silk Road is A) A network of trade routes connecting the Eastern Mediterranean to Central Asia and Central Asia to China. B) A beautiful road where people show off their fancy materials to sell to make clothing. C) A road lined with mulberry trees that feed the silk worms that make silk. D) A wall that protects China from Northern invaders. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A network of trade routes connecting the Eastern Mediterranean to Central Asia and Central Asia to China. 40. Who brought their goods and ideas with the Silk Roads? A) Merchants and adventurers. B) Historians and lawyers. C) Diplomats and missionaries. D) Jokers and fortune tellers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Merchants and adventurers. 41. Stones, carpets, gold, silver & saffron was also traded along the route. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 42. A great herd of wild ass came into view. Tsetan told us we were approaching them long before they appeared .wild ass is also known as A) Kyang. B) Kayang. C) Wild dog. D) Tibetan mastif. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kyang. 43. Read the sentences from passage 2, "Chengli and the Silk Road Caravan" by Hildi Kang. (RL.7.4)"The caravan moved northward with the slow speed of heavily laden camels." (paragraph 8)What is the meaning of the word laden as it is used in this sentence? A) Burdened. B) Guarded. C) Valued. D) Distracted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Burdened. 44. Is the following a CAUSE or EFFECT of the efficiency of the Silk Road Trade Route:The Mongol's government enforced laws and respected the role of merchants in the trading economy A) CAUSE. B) EFFECT. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CAUSE. 45. What was the primary product traded along the Silk Road? A) Spices. B) Porcelain. C) Tea. D) Silk. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Silk. 46. Which was a pull factor for people traveling towards China? A) Freedom. B) Sight seeing. C) Silk. D) Running out of food. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Silk. 47. How did the Silk Road affect the economies of the regions it connected? A) Had no significant impact. B) Led to economic isolation. C) Boosted economic growth through trade. D) Caused economic decline. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Boosted economic growth through trade. 48. What was the purpose of the Persian Royal Road built by King Darius? A) To expand the Persian Empire. B) To speed up the trade of goods and messages. C) To connect all the cities in Persia. D) To serve as a military route. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To speed up the trade of goods and messages. 49. This is a tax placed on imported goods. A) Quota. B) Trade Barrier. C) Embargo. D) Tariff. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tariff. 50. Gold and salt passing along the Silk Road would likely have come from ..... A) India. B) Eastern Europe. C) China. D) North Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) North Africa. 51. What DID NOT contribute to the military success of the Mongols? A) Ferocious mobility. B) Adopting skills and strategies of others. C) An organized postal system. D) Advanced naval technology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Advanced naval technology. 52. What were the Chinese majorly interested in from Central Asia? A) Silk. B) Spices. C) Horses. D) Gold. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Horses. 53. Why did trade along the Silk Road flourish during the time of the Han, Kushan, Parthian, and Roman empires? A) Increased political stability made the Silk Road safer. B) The empires discovered new trade goods. C) The empires built new roads. D) The empires banned sea trade. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increased political stability made the Silk Road safer. 54. Why is the silk road a UNESCO world heritage site? A) It helped different cultures peace and understanding. B) It helped make a few people rich. C) It was really big. D) Because people in China have been making silk since 2700 BCE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It helped different cultures peace and understanding. 55. What role did the Silk Road play in the development of early chemistry? A) It introduced alchemy to Europe. B) It restricted the study of chemistry to China. C) It was used to transport chemical elements. D) It led to the discovery of the periodic table. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It introduced alchemy to Europe. 56. What did the Silk Road contribute to the spread of? A) Spices. B) Silk. C) Religions and ideologies. D) Porcelain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Religions and ideologies. 57. Loud hiss emitted by the car because of the A) A) higher atmospheric pressure. B) B) lower atmospheric pressure. C) Both a and b. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both a and b. 58. The Blending of cultures and ideas from different regions is called what? A) Multicultural Infusions. B) Trade Routes. C) Cultural Diffusion. D) Religious Freedom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cultural Diffusion. 59. Where do historians calculate the Bubonic Plague of the 14th century originated? A) Europe. B) India. C) China. D) North America. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) China. 60. It was very common for one person to travel the entire length of the Silk Road. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. ← 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