This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Common Subjects > English Hornbill > Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 8 Silk Road – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 8 Silk Road Quiz 7 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What was the main reason the Han government wanted to head west initially? A) To sell gold. B) To get horses. C) To sell spices. D) To form an alliance to fight the Huns. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To form an alliance to fight the Huns. 2. Which of these products came from the East and went to the West? A) Paper. B) Grapes. C) Horses. D) Gold. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paper. 3. The Silk Road was not a single road or route. What does the term actually refer to? A) A series of routes used by bandits for more than 500 years. B) A network of routes used by traders for more than 1, 500 years. C) A large amount of routes used by natives for more than 1, 000 years. D) A small amount of routes used by merchants for more than 2, 000 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A network of routes used by traders for more than 1, 500 years. 4. What is the main topic of the lecture? A) Why Chinese goods were popular. B) How the Silk Road developed. C) Where the Silk Road was located. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) How the Silk Road developed. 5. Other than goods, what else traveled along the Silk Road? A) People, Thoughts, Information, Vaccines. B) Religion, Ideas, Exchange Information, Diseases. C) Animals, Thoughts, Information, Disease. D) Goods, Ideas, Knowledge, Clothing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Religion, Ideas, Exchange Information, Diseases. 6. Exchange of goods A) Trade. B) Zero. C) Han Dynasty. D) Silk. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trade. 7. The expansion of the Silk Road created a problem for government systems. What is that problem? A) How do we protect from large armies and invaders?. B) Who should be allowed to travel?. C) How will goods be protected from damage?. D) Who should get to control trade?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Who should get to control trade?. 8. TheSilk Road was the ..... A) Slowest ancient overland trade route. B) Easiest ancient overland trade route. C) Fastest ancient overland trade route. D) Longest ancient overland trade route. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Longest ancient overland trade route. 9. Which statement is NOT true about the Silk Road? A) The Silk Road connected major civilizations during ancient times. B) Tradesmen traveled in caravans with guards for protection from bandits. C) All tradesmen on the Silk Road made the entire 4000 mile journey each way. D) Part of the Great Wall of China helped protect tradesmen on the Silk Road. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All tradesmen on the Silk Road made the entire 4000 mile journey each way. 10. The Silk Road facilitated the exchange of which of the following medical practices? A) Genetic Testing. B) MRI Scans. C) Acupuncture. D) Vaccination. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Acupuncture. 11. Three technologies that allowed Europeans to navigate and move quickly in the ocean were: A) Astrolabes, compasses, explorers. B) Continents, compasses, astrolabes. C) Cartographers, caravels, compasses. D) Compasses, astrolabes, caravels. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compasses, astrolabes, caravels. 12. The Silk Road contributed to the spread of which of the following technologies? A) Digital computing. B) Nuclear power. C) Gunpowder. D) Electricity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gunpowder. 13. Which of the following is not a product that China exported (sold) to the rest of the world? A) Spices. B) Cotton. C) Tea. D) Silk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cotton. 14. What was the main route that went westward to Persia, the Mediterranean Sea, and Rome? A) Eastern Route. B) Southern Route. C) Northern Route. D) Central Route. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Central Route. 15. What 2 animals did traders use the most while traveling the Silk Road? A) Horses and cows. B) Oxen and pigs. C) Camels and donkeys. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Camels and donkeys. 16. Which part of the Silk Road was known as the "trail of bones" ? A) The Tigris River. B) The Pamir Mountains. C) The Mediterranean Sea. D) The Syrian Desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Pamir Mountains. 17. How long is the silk road? A) 5000 miles. B) 1700 miles. C) 4000 miles. D) 3600 miles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4000 miles. 18. What was a benefit of the Silk Road for countries the route crossed? A) The development of a common language for everyone. B) The joining of ruling families for multiple countries. C) The ending of violent clashes between countries. D) The improvement in knowledge about medicine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The improvement in knowledge about medicine. 19. What invention made sea travel faster and contributed to the decline of the Silk Road? A) The steam engine. B) The magnetic compass. C) The printing press. D) The astrolabe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The magnetic compass. 20. Which Chinese Dynasty was shown as prosperous because of the Silk Road? * A) Chin Dynasty. B) Han Dynasty. C) Shang Dynasty. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Han Dynasty. 21. The combined landmass of Europe and Asia A) Eurasia. B) Asia. C) Asia Minor. D) Europe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eurasia. 22. Where does silk come from? A) Grasshopper. B) Worm. C) Plant. D) Butterfly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Worm. 23. Because coins were too heavy and dangerous to carry, China started using this innovation so merchants; which would be copied by Europeans when they opened banking houses. A) Cowrie Shells. B) Commodity Money. C) Paper Money. D) Eels as Currency. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paper Money. 24. Located on the river between northern China and Persia in an hot arid region thrived becuase it was fertile for crops, availability of food and water, bustling markets for luxury goods, and a center for ideas (Buddhism/Islamic scholarship) A) Kashghar. B) Samarkand. C) Bactria. D) Beijing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kashghar. 25. What was one positive result of the Silk Road? A) It caused geographic isolation of the Chinese Dynasties. B) It enabled the Shang Dynasty to expand the Chinese territory. C) It brought new ideas such as Buddhism to China. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It brought new ideas such as Buddhism to China. 26. What was believed to have spread to Europe along the Silk Road, causing a large percentage of people to die? A) The bubonic plague, or Black Death. B) Smallpox. C) Influenza. D) Cholera. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The bubonic plague, or Black Death. 27. Salt lake on the other side of the pass was A) Dry. B) Low flat lands with layer of salt and brackish lakes. C) Remnants of the Tethys Ocean. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 28. Which of the following historical developments played the largest role in spreading the Bubonic Plague A) The expansion of trade on the Silk Roads. B) The discovery of the Americas by Spain. C) New European economic philosophies that promoted the exploration for new trade routes to the east. D) The interactions between Mongols and Byzantine armies in Central Asia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The expansion of trade on the Silk Roads. 29. The silk road connected ..... A) The Zhou China in the north with the French Empire. B) The Han China in the east with the Roman Empire in the west. C) The Xia China in the eest ith the Egyptian empire. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Han China in the east with the Roman Empire in the west. 30. What is the name of the overland trade route that linked Europe in the Mediterranean Sea to China in the east? A) Trans-Saharan route. B) Silk Roads. C) Indian Ocean Basin. D) Northwest passage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Silk Roads. 31. What statement is an example of cultural diffusion? A) Venezuela has large reserves of oil. B) Students in China learn Chinese in school. C) Young people dance to American rock music in Japan. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Young people dance to American rock music in Japan. 32. Connected the three empires we learned about in unit three with China, India, and Persia A) Silk Road. B) Black Sea Trade Routes. C) Trans-Saharan Trade Routes. D) Royal Road. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Silk Road. 33. What was a key factor in the decline of the Silk Road? A) The rise of maritime trade routes. B) The discovery of America. C) The invention of the steam engine. D) The fall of the Roman Empire. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The rise of maritime trade routes. 34. Which of the following scientific ideas was disseminated along the Silk Road? A) Geocentric model. B) Heliocentric theory. C) Theory of gravity. D) Theory of relativity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Geocentric model. 35. Which group invaded China from the North and encouraged exploration? A) Romans. B) Huns. C) Indians. D) Mongols. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mongols. 36. At what sea level were the three of them when they saw the snow on the road? A) 6000 meters. B) 1000 meters. C) 5210 meters. D) 5300 meters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5210 meters. 37. Why was Hor an ugly and miserable place? A) It didnt had any proper medical facilities. B) It had no vegetation. C) It had no place to live. D) It had no modern markets. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It had no vegetation. 38. TRUE OR FALSE:Traders would often take their goods all the way along the Silk Road. They never stopped in their travels. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 39. Which of the following best describes why silk was important to the Romans? A) It was something they could buy for cheap. B) They had never seen it before and it was a good trade item. C) They wanted it to make clothes for their children. D) It was expensive to transport it on the Silk Road. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They had never seen it before and it was a good trade item. 40. A tool for adding and subtracting using beads on rods A) Abacus. B) Sticks. C) Porcelain. D) Calculator. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abacus. 41. The Great Wall of China was built to keep out what invaders? A) The Russians. B) The Persians. C) The Mongols. D) The Japanese. E) The Tartars. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Mongols. 42. How did the Silk Roads begin? A) As a series of maritime routes. B) As a network of local overland routes. C) As a single road from China to Europe. D) As a trade agreement between Asian countries. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) As a network of local overland routes. 43. Which animal was often used on the Silk Road? A) Horses. B) Elephants. C) Donkeys. D) Camels. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Camels. 44. The silk road specialized in spice trade A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 45. Where did the protagonist meet Norbu? A) At nomad's tents. B) At Kora. C) At guest house. D) At cafe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) At cafe. 46. Marco Polo stayed ..... years in China. A) 7. B) 27. C) 17. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 17. 47. Overland trade between Europe to Asia on the Silk Road increased with A) The revival of commercial cities, such as Samarkand, along the way. B) The discovery of gold in the Hindu Kush. C) The collapse of the Roman empire. D) The development of a new breed of camel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The revival of commercial cities, such as Samarkand, along the way. 48. At what height above the sea level A Swath of white stuff lay across them A) 5, 515 metre. B) 5, 201 metres. C) 5'210 metres. D) 5, 215 metres. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5'210 metres. 49. What are examples of the policies the Mongols put in place during the Pax Mongolica? A) Creation of a postal system that linked the areas of the Mongol Empire together and made it quicker to travel across the large Mongol Empire. B) Passport system that allowed merchants to get access to supplies, pack animals, and military escort. C) Promotion of religious tolerance, regardless of a merchants' religious creed. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 50. What item does Old Cook give Chengli that once belonged to Chengli's father? A) A journal. B) A piece of jade. C) A sword. D) A mirror. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A piece of jade. 51. The Silk Road was instrumental in the spread of which of the following agricultural technologies? A) Crop rotation. B) Hydroponics. C) Genetically modified organisms. D) Vertical farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crop rotation. 52. What did European people learn about from Marco Polo's book? A) Chinese inventions and technologies. B) European inventions and technologies. C) Mongol customs and traditions. D) Russian history and culture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chinese inventions and technologies. 53. Traders often traveled together in ..... , groups that traveled together. A) Caravans. B) Troops. C) Parades. D) Convoys. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Caravans. 54. Travelers on the Silk Road encountered landforms such as mountains and deserts. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 55. What geographical context must be considered when thinking about the Silk Road? A) The land routes connecting China and India. B) Only the sea routes connecting Europe and Asia. C) The whole of Eurasia including sea routes linking Japan and Southeast Asia. D) Only the land routes connecting East Asia and the Mediterranean. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The whole of Eurasia including sea routes linking Japan and Southeast Asia. 56. True or False:Genghis Khan was the first Mongol ruler known for cruelty and ferocity in conquering civilizations? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 57. TRUE OR FALSE:both land routes and water routes were considered to be part of the Silk Road. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 58. T or F:Camels. horses, and yaks were used to travel different parts of the Silk Road. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 59. Which modern-day country was a central hub in the Silk Road network? A) Canada. B) China. C) Australia. D) Brazil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) China. 60. The benefits of paper money is it allowed merchants in China A) ]To collect tribute from foreign traders more easily. B) To travel with less burden over vast distances. C) It allowed quicker payments to laborers in China. D) Serfs to work for wages instead of protection. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To travel with less burden over vast distances. ← 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 8Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 8 Silk Road Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books