This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 8 Silk Road – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 8 Silk Road Quiz 23 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. How did merchants and tradesmen travel along the Silk Road? A) Alone to avoid attention. B) Using horses for fast travel. C) In large caravans with many guards. D) By sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In large caravans with many guards. 3. 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. 4. The exchanging of ideas such as Chinese Inventions was spread along A) Empires. B) The civil service. C) Han Dynasty. D) The Silk Road. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Silk Road. 5. 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. 6. What animals transported most of the goods along the Silk Road? A) Horses. B) Camels. C) Elephants. D) Llamas in disguise. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Camels. 7. 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. 8. ..... is a system in which individuals and businesses trade products without government interference A) Voluntary trade. B) Communism. C) Involuntary trade. D) Capitalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Voluntary trade. 9. 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 very connected to the rest of Asia. C) Japan was isolated from most of Asia. D) Japan traded a lot with most of Asia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Japan was isolated from most of Asia. 10. 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 Egyptians. B) The Chinese. C) The Indians. D) The Mongols. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Mongols. 11. Which scientific instrument's development was influenced by materials traded on the Silk Road? A) Telescope. B) Microscope. C) Thermometer. D) Barometer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Telescope. 12. 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. 13. Which area did these traded goods come from? Spices, Buddhism A) China. B) Africa. C) Central Asia. D) India. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) India. 14. Who is Old Cook? A) The silk merchant Chengli works for. B) Chengli's caretaker. C) An old cook in Chengli's town. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chengli's caretaker. 15. Which civilization completed the Persian Royal Road in the 5th century BCE? A) Greek. B) Persian. C) Roman. D) Egyptian. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Persian. 16. Wall built by the Han Dynasty to protect them from invaders. A) Han Dynasty. B) Great Wall of China. C) Zero. D) Silk Road. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Great Wall of China. 17. "The caravan moved northward with the slow speed of heavily laden camels."What is the meaning of the word laden as it is used in the sentence? A) Burdened. B) Distracted. C) Guarded. D) Valued. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Burdened. 18. Which of the following would most likely have been the greatest danger to traders crossing the Taklimakan Desert? A) Sandstorms. B) Camels. C) Floods. D) Oases. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sandstorms. 19. Chengli's best friend's name is A) Master Foo. B) Crooked Leg. C) Little Limp. D) Old Mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Little Limp. 20. Which belief system has been a major influence in China for centuries? A) Hinduism. B) Islam. C) Buddhism. D) Christianity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Buddhism. 21. Kashgar was: A) In a desert. B) In the mountains. C) In an oasis. D) By the sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In an oasis. 22. Tibetan mastiffs were brought along the silk Road as A) Tribute from Tibet to China. B) Tribute from China to Tibet. C) Tribute from Europe to China. D) China to Europe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tribute from Tibet to China. 23. Which of the following inventions/innovations was NOT created during the Han Dynasty? A) The Chinese made discoveries in medicine such as herbal remedies and accupuncture. B) The Chinese invented a compass to help tell direction. C) The Chinese invented paper which replaced the use of Papyrus. D) The Chinese invented the first motorized boat to travel by water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Chinese invented the first motorized boat to travel by water. 24. What major world religion started in India, and migrated to China thanks to the Silk Road? A) Christianity. B) Islam. C) Judaism. D) Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Buddhism. 25. Why did people in China want horses from Central Asia? A) The horses were scarce in China. B) Th horses gave the Chinese a way to sell their silk. C) The horses were larger and stronger than the Chinese horses. D) The horses were considered prettier than the ones in China. 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