Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 8 Silk Road Quiz 17 (59 MCQs)

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1. What changes did the Emperor implement?
2. The silk trade was significantly expanded by which dynasty, from 206 BCE to 220 CE?
3. Why was the Great Wall of China built?
4. Which religion migrated from India to China and Japan through the Silk Road?
5. What effects did trade have beyond moving goods?
6. What was one of the main purposes of the Silk Road?
7. Classify (1) to (4) as Fact (F) or Opinion (O), based on your reading of Silk Road.1.The author had expected Hor to be a beautiful and spiritual place2. The lack of pilgrims made the place look so lonely and miserable3.The description he had read about the place also led to his dissatisfaction.4.Hor was located on a draughted land where the only respite was the lake .
8. The definition of greed is
9. What is a group of merchants, pilgrims, or travelers journeying together, usually for mutual protection in deserts or other hostile regions?
10. What was the natural border of China that was an ocean?
11. Is the year 200 B.C. a different date than the year 200 B.C.E.?
12. What was the Silk Road's geographical span?
13. Which dynasty in China is associated with the military expeditions that contributed to the Silk Road's origins?
14. The Silk Road reached its peak during the Mongol controlled ..... between 1271-1368 CE.
15. The narrator came across ferocious, huge black dogs guarding the tents of the nomads called
16. Which Chinese philosopher is credited with stating the "Golden Rule":Treat others as you would want to be treated?
17. In Inner China, which natural events improved the soil?
18. Largest land empire in the history of the world, spanning from Eastern Europe across Asia.
19. TRUE OR FALSE:The Silk Road may have helped disease spread around the world.
20. True or False-Nomads were always violent.
21. How long ago did trade between China and the Mediterranean region begin?
22. Woodblock printing allowed the Chinese to
23. There is only 1 route on the silk road
24. A valuable cloth, originally made only in China from threads spun by caterpillars called silkworms
25. What was the primary mode of transport for traders on the Silk Road?
26. What does the term Silk Road denote?
27. When did trade along the Silk Road reach its height?
28. How did the Han Dynasty ensure the loyalty of its officials?
29. What role did nomadic pastoral people play in trade networks such as the Silk Roads?
30. A market in which a single seller dominates
31. During the Song Dynasty, the government was forced to move
32. Send goods outside of the country
33. What technology found its way to Europe, making long land routes obsolete?
34. Why did Europeans in the 1400s begin to be very interested in sea travel?
35. What product was important in opening trade routes to the west?
36. Based on the map, which was the southern most country that the Silk Road traveled through?
37. A succession of rulers from the same family
38. What do the Mongol people do as the seasons change?
39. The ..... closely guarded the secret of silk making because the majority of their money came from the sale of it.
40. What did Old Cook say would unlock Chengli's past?
41. True or False.People could trade ideas and beliefs along the Silk Road.
42. Leaving Kashgar and traveling East, what physical feature did travelers have to prepare to cross?
43. What is the zone of rolling grassland extending from eastern Mongolia west into Romania and Hungary?
44. The things that people buy and sell are
45. Merchants used camels to move goods on the eastern Silk Road what animals carried goods on the western Silk Road?
46. Which of these famous structures owes its existence at least partially to the Silk Road?
47. What is the largest and most important city in a country?
48. Travel along the Silk Road began to decrease after 1000 A.D. because
49. What era began as Europeans sought new trade routes to East Asia?
50. Which animal do people in the Silk Roads use to help with travel
51. How long did the Silk Road remain in effect?
52. What is the emphasis of Daoism?
53. Which of these cities was the ancient capital of China, and the eastern end of the Silk Road.
54. Which of the following contributed most to the completion of the overland Silk Routes?
55. Select the option(s) that can be used to describe a Tibetan Mastiffi) Ferocious ii)Alert iii) Friendly iv) Goofy v) Loyal
56. What do we call a person traveling with the sole purpose of trading?
57. What did Marco Polo bring back with him from his travels along the Silk Road?
58. Which Chinese philosophy teaches respect at home and in society?
59. True or False. The Silk Road connected every region of the Ancient World.