This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 8 Silk Road – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 8 Silk Road Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which empire actively protected the trade routes of the Silk Road instead of disrupting them? A) Ottoman Empire. B) British Empire. C) Mongolian Empire. D) Roman Empire. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mongolian Empire. 2. True or False. Historians see the Silk Road as having social, political, and economic impacts. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. What was the most important reason why traders formed long caravans to cross the desert? A) To learn the route. B) To lift heavy goods. C) To protect each other. D) To prevent sandstorms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To protect each other. 4. What was the Silk Road? A) A road made of silk. B) An network of trading routes that connected Europe and Asia. C) A way to Italy. D) A party with peppa pig. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An network of trading routes that connected Europe and Asia. 5. ..... were used to carry the traders' goods because they could travel a long distance without water. They could not carry heavy items over mountains and across deserts so the items trades along the Silk Road were usually small. A) Camels. B) Horses. C) Elephants. D) Dogs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Camels. 6. The Tash Rabat caravanserai was like a A) Market. B) Escalator. C) Movie theater. D) Motel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Motel. 7. At what age did Shi take full control of the monarchy? A) 50. B) 25. C) 33. D) 22. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 22. 8. What famous explorer is thought to have traveled along the Silk Road on his way to China? A) Christopher Columbus. B) Marco Polo. C) Ferdinand Magellan. D) Zheng He. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Marco Polo. 9. The Silk Road was important because A) It helped the Han empire control the Mediterranean region. B) It extended a thousand miles across Asia. C) It linked Asian and western cultures for more a thousand years. D) It connected the Han and Egyptian empires. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It linked Asian and western cultures for more a thousand years. 10. Chinese explorer Zhang Qian is known as the Father of the Silk Road because A) He helped the Chinese form an alliance against their northern enemy, the Huns. B) He was the first person to introduce grapes to China. C) He opened the way for trade between China and its western neighbors. D) He led teams of peasants who worked to build the Silk Road. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He opened the way for trade between China and its western neighbors. 11. True or false. Wool grows on a plant. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 12. The Silk Road helped in the spread of which of the following scientific ideas? A) Heliocentric Theory. B) Plate Tectonics. C) String Theory. D) Big Bang Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heliocentric Theory. 13. The process of making an animal accustomed to living with or near people A) Caravans. B) Dynasty. C) Domestication. D) Heyday. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Domestication. 14. What did Rome have that people wanted? A) Meat and Ivory. B) Silk and Coins. C) Spices and Fur. D) Gold and Silver. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gold and Silver. 15. What does Lhamo's act of giving the coat made of sheepskin reflect about her? A) She was charitable. B) She was native. C) She respected the author. D) She cared for the author. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She cared for the author. 16. Ibn Battuta traveled widely across the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Africa in the fourteenth century. His travels serve as evidence for the A) Unifying influence of Islam. B) Excellent condition of roads in Africa and Asia. C) Political unity of Africa and Asia. D) Widespread use of paper money. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unifying influence of Islam. 17. A trade by exchanging one kind of good for another A) The ol' switcharoo. B) Agreement. C) Contract. D) Barter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Barter. 18. After nearly two decades of traveling the Silk Road, Marco Polo was (a) when he returned to Italy. A) A. thrown in jail. B) Thrown a party. C) Captured. D) Celebrated. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. thrown in jail. 19. The ancient network of trade routes connecting the Mediterranean Sea and China by land. A) Maritime Routes. B) Trade. C) Silk Road. D) US Highway 36. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Silk Road. 20. These beasts would cock their big heads when they became aware of our approach and fix us in their sights.What does the phrase 'fix us in their sights" means in the above line:- A) Ignore our presence. B) Gaze at us with curiosity. C) Run away from us in fear. D) Focus on us intently. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Focus on us intently. 21. Zhang Qian traveled from China out West and brought news of what trade item to help them fight the Huns? A) Ferghana Horses. B) Iron Swords. C) Catapults. D) Gunpowder. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ferghana Horses. 22. What did gunpowder from China forge the futures of? A) Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughul Empires. B) Greek, Egyptian, and Persian Empires. C) Roman, Indian, and Chinese Empires. D) Mongol, Scythian, and Han Empires. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughul Empires. 23. The spreading of cultural traits, such as goods and ideas, from one culture to another. A) Cultural Diffusion. B) Caravans. C) Trail of Bones. D) The Silk Road. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cultural Diffusion. 24. What happened to the Silk Road? A) Camels were no longer able to travel on the Silk Road. B) They ran out of things to trade. C) The road disappeared in the desert and no one could find it. D) People started to favor sea routes over land routes for trade. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) People started to favor sea routes over land routes for trade. 25. What field of study saw progress during the early Islamic Caliphate on the Silk Road? A) Agriculture. B) Astronomy. C) Geography. D) Philosophy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Astronomy. 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