This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Common Subjects > English Hornbill > Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 8 Silk Road – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 8 Silk Road Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A network of trade routes connecting China to Central and Southeast Asia A) Silk Road. B) Great Wall. C) Civil service. D) Envoy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Silk Road. 2. As the Mongols' empires expanded, they facilitated and encouraged trade by ..... A) Closing caravanserais along the Silk Roads. B) Encouraging missionaries to spread Christianity. C) Making the Silk Roads safer by using Mongol soldiers to protect the merchants and travelers. D) None are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Making the Silk Roads safer by using Mongol soldiers to protect the merchants and travelers. 3. Select the suitable option for the given statements, based on your reading of 'Silk Road'.i)The author looks at the passing landscape with childlike curiosity and excitementii) The author has not expected the landscape to be so beautiful yet grim. A) Both i and ii can be inferred. B) Both i and ii can not be inferred. C) I can be inferred but ii can not be inferred. D) I can not be inferred but ii can be inferred. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Both i and ii can not be inferred. 4. What did the Silk Road connect? A) London and Hong Kong. B) Rome and China. C) India and Japan. D) China and the West. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) China and the West. 5. When was the Silk Road established? ..... A) 130 B.C.E. B) 123 B.C.E. C) 100 B.C.E. D) 140 B.C.E. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 130 B.C.E. 6. What are camels and men traveling together in single file? A) Bolt. B) Silk Road. C) Caravan. D) Expedition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Caravan. 7. When did the protagonist's head start to feel pulsated again? A) When he was climbing the mountain. B) When he was still in the car. C) When he reached his guest house. D) When he fainted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When he was climbing the mountain. 8. What allowed Ancient China's civilization to survive by being able to farm? A) Nile River. B) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. C) Huang He and Chang Jiang Rivers. D) Amazon River. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Huang He and Chang Jiang Rivers. 9. What great project connected major rivers in China? A) Grand Canal. B) Great Wall. C) Great River. D) The Chinese Dam. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grand Canal. 10. Which event sparked the Age of Discovery, according to the reading? A) The closing of the Silk Road by the Ottoman Empire. B) The takeover of Constantinople by the Roman Empire. C) The desire of kings and queens to gain land. D) The invention of the rudder. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The closing of the Silk Road by the Ottoman Empire. 11. Which historical figure expanded trade by conquering many places in Asia? A) Julius Caesar. B) Genghis Khan. C) Alexander the Great. D) Marco Polo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alexander the Great. 12. Where was Marco Polo born? A) Italy. B) China. C) Persia. D) Russia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Italy. 13. What did many Medieval Europeans believe was the cause of the bubonic plague in the 14th century? A) The poor sanitation of the time in Europe. B) A punishment from god. C) The Mongol hordes invasion of Europe. D) Fleas off pack animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A punishment from god. 14. A specific deadly, widespread disease A) Plague. B) Virus. C) Epidemic. D) Antibodies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plague. 15. What kind of effect did the Mongol Empire have on the overland Silk Road? A) Destructive. B) Stabilizing. C) Incidental. D) Minor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stabilizing. 16. Which of these is an example of an idea spread by the Silk Road? A) Glassware. B) Buddhism. C) Spices. D) Silkworms. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buddhism. 17. Which Chinese philosophy taught that people are naturally wicked and must have strict rules and harsh punishments to force them to do the right thing? A) Confucianism. B) Daoism. C) Legalism. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Legalism. 18. Large groups of people traveling together, usually with a lot of gear A) Domestication. B) Caravans. C) Dynasty. D) Heyday. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Caravans. 19. It took (a) year(s) to travel the Silk Road one way. A) 4. B) A. 1. C) Four. D) 5. E) Two. F) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A. 1. 20. True or False:Most merchants traveled the WHOLE distance of the Silk Road to trade their goods? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 21. Silk Road trade routes only crossed land, and NOT water. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 22. During the rule of the Song Dynasty, the population grew and new cities sprang up around China. What invention allowed trade to increase? A) Paper fans. B) Paper money. C) Sandals. D) The wheel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paper money. 23. Which dynasty followed the fall of the Sui? A) The Song. B) The Ming. C) The Tang. D) The Yuan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Tang. 24. In ancient times, silk was a valuable good for China to trade because A) The journey eastward to obtain it was dangerous. B) It wore out quickly and had to be replaced. C) Only the Chinese knew how to make it. D) It could be made into colorful silk banners. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Only the Chinese knew how to make it. 25. 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:A description of the origins of the Silk Road. A) Passage 1. B) Passage 2. C) Both. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Passage 1. 26. What role did Marco Polo eventually play in Kublai Khan's empire? A) He served as a diplomat to Europe. B) He became a trader along the Silk Road. C) He became a military general. D) He helped administer the empire. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He helped administer the empire. 27. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of camels that made them suitable for the Silk Roads? A) They could store fat in their humps. B) They could travel at very high speeds. C) They could carry heavy loads. D) They could survive without water for days. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They could travel at very high speeds. 28. What effect did the popularity of silk in Rome have on China? A) China started a war. B) China's wealth increased. C) China stopped trading. D) China stopped farming altogether. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) China's wealth increased. 29. Which of the following was NOT an importance of the Silk Road? A) Creation of modern technology. B) International trade. C) Spread of religions. D) Distribution of cultures. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Creation of modern technology. 30. What disease did people catch on the Silk Road? A) The Black Death. B) COVID. C) Polio. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Black Death. 31. The Silk Road was a ..... that linked regions of the ancient world. A) Roads. B) Trade networks. C) Waterways. D) Shops. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trade networks. 32. What is the Silk Road named after? A) Chinese Silk. B) European Fur. C) Silk Worms. D) Japanese Silk. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chinese Silk. 33. What deadly disease is thought to have traveled to Europe along the Silk Road? A) Bubonic Plague. B) Polio. C) Smallpox. D) Influenza. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bubonic Plague. 34. Which of the following was an effect of the Bubonic Plague on Europe? A) De-urbanization of many of Europe's cities. B) Decline of participation in Catholic virtue and Church services. C) Decrease in serfdom and the feudal system. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 35. Which empire was NOT directly involved in the Silk Road trade? A) Persian Empire. B) British Empire. C) Roman Empire. D) Mongol Empire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) British Empire. 36. Which religion played a significant role in cultural exchange along the Silk Road? A) Confucianism. B) Shintoism. C) Buddhism. D) Judaism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Buddhism. 37. True or False:The Mongols were not skilled on horseback and archery? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 38. Two products the Romans exchanged for Chinese silk were glassware and A) Gold. B) Yaks. C) Camels. D) Carpets. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gold. 39. How did the Silk Road contribute to the spread of scientific knowledge? A) By isolating different cultures. B) By promoting warfare. C) By facilitating the exchange of scientific texts and ideas. D) By restricting trade to local regions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By facilitating the exchange of scientific texts and ideas. 40. How did Samarkand (Central Asia) and Kashgar (China) both benefit from the Silk Road? A) By becoming powerful new empires within the Mongol empire. B) By becoming pilgrimages stops on the way to Mecca. C) By becoming powerful new trading cities. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By becoming powerful new trading cities. 41. During which dynasty did the Silk Road begin? A) Han Dynasty. B) Duck Dynasty. C) Ming Dynasty. D) Tang Dynasty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Han Dynasty. 42. How many states was China split into A) 1. B) 7. C) 3. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 7. 43. T or F:The feudal system is used in Ancient China. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 44. He buying and selling of goods, trade A) Retailing. B) Commerce. C) Trade. D) Monopoly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Commerce. 45. A system of government employees mainly selected for their skills and knowledge A) Cuisine. B) Envoy. C) Export. D) Civil service. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Civil service. 46. What led to the Age of Exploration and expansion into Africa and the Americas? A) The collapse of Mongol rule. B) New maritime routes. C) China's withdrawal from international trade. D) The Silk Road. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) New maritime routes. 47. When did the Silk Road exist? A) 120 BC to 1450 AD. B) 200 BC to 1400 AD. C) 100 BC to 1200 AD. D) 500 AD to 1600 AD. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 120 BC to 1450 AD. 48. What was an important role of the Parthians in the Silk Road trade? A) They acted as middlemen in trade between Rome and China. B) They provided ships for sea trade. C) They introduced new spices to Europe. D) They built the Great Wall of China. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They acted as middlemen in trade between Rome and China. 49. How did the Silk Road aid in the development of early scientific thought? A) By isolating scientific communities. B) By promoting the exchange of ideas and technologies. C) By restricting access to scientific texts. D) By focusing solely on trade goods. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By promoting the exchange of ideas and technologies. 50. The first place to ever utilize the color "Royal Purple" was A) Sarh-e Qumis, Iran. B) Tyre, Lebanon. C) Qumis, Iran. D) Rock, Lebanon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tyre, Lebanon. 51. What policy did the Han Dynasty implement as a result of Confucius's teachings? A) Civil service exams. B) Strict government controls. C) Leaders with absolute power. D) A system of rewards and punishments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Civil service exams. 52. An overseas trade network driven by the desire for distant luxury items like silk, ivory, and spices that would force the need for technological breakthroughs like junks, the astrolabe, and the compass. A) Atlantic Triangular Trade. B) The Silk Roads. C) The Columbian Exchange. D) Indian Ocean Trade. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indian Ocean Trade. 53. To give as a job or a task A) Obtained. B) Officials. C) Cuisine. D) Assigned. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Assigned. 54. Why did Kublai Khan want the routes along the Silk Road to be in good condition? A) To increase tolls and taxes collected. B) To facilitate trade and maintain control over China. C) To discourage foreign visitors. D) To limit the movement of merchants. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To facilitate trade and maintain control over China. 55. Who used the Silk Road to travel from Italy to China and wrote about his journeys in a book? A) The Han Dynasty. B) Genghis Khan. C) Marco Polo. D) Kublai Khan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Marco Polo. 56. 'Diffusion' means to- A) Hide. B) Find. C) Stop. D) Spread. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spread. 57. What was one of the main goods traded along the Silk Road? A) Spices. B) Silk. C) Gold. D) Wool. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Silk. 58. What did Chinese technologies such as paper-making spread to other places? A) Salt production. B) Coal mining. C) Textile manufacturing. D) Writing and printing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Writing and printing. 59. What were the goods traded from West to East along the Silk Road? A) Silk, dyes, tea, porcelain. B) Horses and saddles. C) Camels and weapons. D) Spices, perfumes, ivory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Horses and saddles. 60. Which of the following goods came to China from India? A) China dishware. B) Silk. C) Spices. D) Horses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spices. ← 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 7Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 8 Silk Road Quiz 8Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 8 Silk Road Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books