This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Common Subjects > English Hornbill > Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 8 Silk Road – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 8 Silk Road Quiz 9 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who is responsible for the camels and drivers? A) Trader. B) Camel Driver. C) Merchant. D) Camel Master. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Camel Master. 2. What farewell gift was given by Lhamo A) Long sleeved sheepskin warmer. B) Long sleeved sheepskin phirn. C) Long sleeved sheepskin coats. D) Long sleeved sheepskin jacket. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Long sleeved sheepskin coats. 3. In which city did significant advancements occur in arts and sciences during the early Islamic Caliphate along the Silk Road? A) Damascus. B) Baghdad. C) Istanbul. D) Cairo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Baghdad. 4. Why did the Chinese decide to interact with their European neighbors? A) A. They wanted new friends. B) B. They wanted to have camel races. C) They each wanted goods and rare material from each other. D) D. They wanted to conquer new land. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They each wanted goods and rare material from each other. 5. Which of the following is an example of global trade today? A) People in France using only French technology. B) People in Canada buying t-shirts made in Bangladesh. C) People in the US eating only local food. D) People in Japan watching local TV shows. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) People in Canada buying t-shirts made in Bangladesh. 6. "the top of the pass ..... was marked by a large cairn of rocks" , means ..... A) Celebratory memorial. B) Huge commemorative rocks. C) A tombstone. D) A cave of rocks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Huge commemorative rocks. 7. True or False:The Mongols were the exception, not the rule. They accomplished something very few other empires achieved. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. Which is an example of Cultural Diffusion along the Silk Road A) The spread of new spieces of animals from one country to the next. B) The spread of the process to make paper. C) The spread of the Black Plague. D) The spread of Buddhism from India to East Asia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The spread of Buddhism from India to East Asia. 9. What was the most popular way to travel along the route? A) By train. B) In a caravan of camels. C) By foot. D) Alone on a horse. E) On specially made chariots from Egypt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In a caravan of camels. 10. What is the Silk Road often referred to as? A) The first world wide web. B) The first transportation system. C) The first trade route. D) The first global network. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The first world wide web. 11. What was a common mode of transportation on the Silk Road? A) Caravans of camels. B) Airplanes. C) Steamships. D) Trains. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Caravans of camels. 12. Which of the following are reasons to migrate? A) A better opportunity for work. B) Safety from civil unrest. C) Both of the above answers are correct. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both of the above answers are correct. 13. How did Marco Polo's book impact the perception of Kublai Khan's empire in Europe? A) It portrayed the empire as weak and impoverished. B) It portrayed the empire as powerful and wealthy. C) It had no impact on the perception of the empire. D) It led to the decline of the empire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It portrayed the empire as powerful and wealthy. 14. What did the collapse of Mongol rule lead to? A) China's withdrawal from international trade. B) New maritime technologies. C) Expansion into Africa and the Americas. D) Pillaging and plundering. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) China's withdrawal from international trade. 15. What did the gifts help establish? A) Wars. B) Peaceful relations and trade. C) New cities. D) Schools. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peaceful relations and trade. 16. How does the author show the lasting effect of the Silk Road? A) By explaining the importance of silkl traveling by sea. B) By listing the changes that happened over time. C) By contrasting the goods from the East with those from the West. D) By telling how the Silk Road got its name. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By listing the changes that happened over time. 17. 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:Accounts of the desert cities developing along the Silk Road. A) Passage 1. B) Passage 2. C) Both. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Passage 2. 18. What was the consequence for anyone who tried to steal the Silk idea? A) They'd go to jail. B) They would be put to work as a farmer. C) They would be killed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They would be killed. 19. The emperor ..... rare animals such as elephants, lions, and ostriches from other countries. A) Obtained. B) Envoy. C) Absconded. D) Assigned. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Obtained. 20. What invention made printing faster? A) Moveable Type. B) Compass. C) Compass. D) Paper Money. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Moveable Type. 21. The Silk Road led to what shared throughout societies? A) Horse trading and trading baseball cards. B) Goods and knowledge. C) Cars and motorcycles. D) Ideas and stock market tips. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Goods and knowledge. 22. True or False:According to the Bubonic Plague Ted talk, several thousand people still die of bubonic plague every year? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 23. True or False.At the start of the story, Chengli feels a wind that no one else feels. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 24. True or false. The Silk Road was an example of international trade. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 25. During which dynasty did Buddhism enter China? A) Ming dynasty. B) Tang dynasty. C) Qing dynasty. D) Han dynasty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Han dynasty. 26. Largest mountain range in the world that creates a barrier between India and China. A) Great Wall of China. B) Himalayan Mountains. C) Zero. D) Silk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Himalayan Mountains. 27. Trade on the Silk Road stopped by 1368. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 28. When money from one country must be converted into the currency of another country to pay for goods in that country. A) Specialization. B) Voluntary Trade. C) Currency. D) Currency Exchange. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Currency Exchange. 29. The Silk Road crossed ..... A) Asia, Europe, and Antarctica. B) Europe, South America, and Africa. C) Africa, Europe, and Asia. D) North and South America. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Africa, Europe, and Asia. 30. Which of the following was a luxury item traded on the Silk Road? A) Grain. B) Salt. C) Silk. D) Iron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Silk. 31. What were some of the impacts of the goods traded along the Silk Road? A) Enriching economies. B) Contributing to the spread of knowledge and technology. C) Diversifying cultures. D) Promoting political stability. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Enriching economies. 32. Why did the author take the short cut inspite of high mountain passes? A) The short cut would take them to south west. B) It took him directly towards Mount Kailash. C) Crossing high mountain passes posed breathing problems. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 33. Another word for extraordinary A) Special. B) Beautiful. C) Expensive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Special. 34. A large area of flat unforested grassland in southeastern Europe or Siberia. A) Meadow. B) Steppe. C) Tundra. D) Desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Steppe. 35. The spreading of ideas, and goods, from one culture to another ..... A) Cultural inclusion. B) Cultural diffusion. C) Cultural exclusion. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cultural diffusion. 36. What is called when you trade goods and services without money? A) Caravan. B) Cultural hearth. C) Barter. D) Merchant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Barter. 37. Which of the following questions best describes the Silk Road? A) One long connected road in which merchants would cross in its entirety. B) A series of connected roads that allowed merchants to "relay trade" so they would only need to travel portions. C) A series of land and sea routes that spanned from Eastern Europe all the way to the Pacific Ocean. D) A road paved, literally, of silk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A series of connected roads that allowed merchants to "relay trade" so they would only need to travel portions. 38. What natural border of China is a mountain range? A) Rocky Mountains. B) Himalayan Mountains. C) Andes Mountains. D) Alps Mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Himalayan Mountains. 39. Believes that peace can be achieved through five basic relationships. A) Confucianism. B) Taoism. C) Legalism. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Confucianism. 40. What was the main good traded on the Silk Roads that led to its name? A) Tea. B) Gold. C) Silk. D) Spices. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Silk. 41. What was the name of the trade route from China to Rome? A) Bolt. B) Caravansary. C) Silk Road. D) Silk. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Silk Road. 42. Why did the Chinese trade natural resources along the Silk Road? A) To expand their territory into Central Asia. B) To discover new religious beliefs to practice. C) To get other goods that they needed in exchange. D) To gain political influence over their trading partners. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To get other goods that they needed in exchange. 43. What is an inn built to accommodate hundreds of people and camels? A) Caravansary. B) Bolt. C) Expedition. D) Silk. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Caravansary. 44. This Emperor called the horses Heavenly. A) Marco Polo. B) Chang'an. C) Buddha. D) Wu-Ti. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wu-Ti. 45. What group of skilled horseman unified and took over control of Asia and Europe? A) British. B) Mongols. C) Russians. D) Native Americans. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mongols. 46. What is the tone employed by the author in the chapter? A) Informative. B) Formal. C) Serious. D) Informal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Informal. 47. Who was the European who travelled the Silk Road writing detailed journals along the way? A) Jesus Christ. B) Julius Caesar. C) Qin Shi Huangdi. D) Marco Polo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Marco Polo. 48. Is the following a CAUSE or EFFECT of the efficiency of the Silk Road Trade Route:Travelers learning to travel in caravans and creating saddles to carry more weight A) CAUSE. B) EFFECT. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CAUSE. 49. How did merchants and tradesmen travel along the Silk Road? A) In large caravans with many guards. B) By sea. C) Alone to avoid attention. D) Using horses for fast travel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In large caravans with many guards. 50. Once the silk making secret got out of china and spread to the West A) The price increased. B) The priced decreased. C) The supply decreased. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The priced decreased. 51. The exchanging of ideas such as Chinese Inventions was spread along A) The civil service. B) Han Dynasty. C) Empires. D) The Silk Road. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Silk Road. 52. Who named the Silk Road in 1877? A) Ferdinand Von Richthofen. B) Marco Polo. C) Christopher Columbus. D) Ramses II. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ferdinand Von Richthofen. 53. What animals transported most of the goods along the Silk Road? A) Camels. B) Elephants. C) Llamas in disguise. D) Horses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Camels. 54. Which statement BEST describes the Silk Road? A) The Silk Road passed through many different lands and used to move soldiers, spread goods and ideas. B) The Silk Road passed through many different lands and climates helping to spread ideas. C) The Silk Road passed through many different lands and climates helping to spread goods. D) The Silk Road passed through many different lands and climates helping to spread goods and ideas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Silk Road passed through many different lands and climates helping to spread goods and ideas. 55. ..... is a system in which individuals and businesses trade products without government interference A) Communism. B) Involuntary trade. C) Voluntary trade. D) Capitalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Voluntary trade. 56. Which of the following best describes Japan's relationship to most of Asia? A) Japan is connected by a peninsula to Asia. B) Japan was isolated from most of Asia. C) Japan was very connected to the rest of Asia. D) Japan traded a lot with most of Asia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Japan was isolated from most of Asia. 57. What group of nomadic horsemen had the largest land empire in history and also protected the Silk Road so that trade could flow between Europe and Asia? A) The Indians. B) The Mongols. C) The Chinese. D) The Egyptians. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Mongols. 58. Which scientific instrument's development was influenced by materials traded on the Silk Road? A) Thermometer. B) Microscope. C) Telescope. D) Barometer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Telescope. 59. Why did trade do very well during the time of various empires (Rome, Han, Kushan)? A) Empires did not help trade, it actually hurt trade. B) Empires took over land and made them trade with others. C) The empires were able to protect those around them and stop wars from happening. D) Empires forced people to trade so more people were trading. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The empires were able to protect those around them and stop wars from happening. 60. Which area did these traded goods come from? Spices, Buddhism A) India. 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