This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 8 Silk Road – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 8 Silk Road Quiz 17 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. 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. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. 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. 6. What is the name of the overland trade route that linked Europe in the Mediterranean Sea to China in the east? A) Silk Roads. B) Northwest passage. C) Trans-Saharan route. D) Indian Ocean Basin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Silk Roads. 7. 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. 8. Connected the three empires we learned about in unit three with China, India, and Persia A) Trans-Saharan Trade Routes. B) Black Sea Trade Routes. C) Royal Road. D) Silk Road. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Silk Road. 9. 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. 10. Which of the following scientific ideas was disseminated along the Silk Road? A) Heliocentric theory. B) Geocentric model. C) Theory of gravity. D) Theory of relativity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Geocentric model. 11. Which group invaded China from the North and encouraged exploration? A) Huns. B) Mongols. C) Romans. D) Indians. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mongols. 12. At what sea level were the three of them when they saw the snow on the road? A) 5210 meters. B) 6000 meters. C) 1000 meters. D) 5300 meters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5210 meters. 13. Why was Hor an ugly and miserable place? A) It had no modern markets. B) It had no vegetation. C) It didnt had any proper medical facilities. D) It had no place to live. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It had no vegetation. 14. 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. 15. 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. 16. A tool for adding and subtracting using beads on rods A) Abacus. B) Calculator. C) Sticks. D) Porcelain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abacus. 17. The Great Wall of China was built to keep out what invaders? A) The Japanese. B) The Mongols. C) The Persians. D) The Tartars. E) The Russians. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Mongols. 18. 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. 19. Which animal was often used on the Silk Road? A) Donkeys. B) Elephants. C) Horses. D) Camels. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Camels. 20. 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. 21. Where did the protagonist meet Norbu? A) At cafe. B) At Kora. C) At nomad's tents. D) At guest house. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At cafe. 22. Marco Polo stayed ..... years in China. A) 7. B) 27. C) 17. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 17. 23. 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. 24. At what height above the sea level A Swath of white stuff lay across them A) 5'210 metres. B) 5, 201 metres. C) 5, 215 metres. D) 5, 515 metre. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5'210 metres. 25. 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. 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