This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 8 Silk Road – Quiz 24 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 8 Silk Road Quiz 24 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This group of people helped move items on the Silk Road. A) Romans. B) Mongols. C) Huns. D) Vikings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mongols. 2. What were the major products traded on the Silk Road? A) Gold and silver. B) Wool and cotton. C) Silk cloth, teas, salt, sugar, porcelain, and spices. D) Iron and steel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Silk cloth, teas, salt, sugar, porcelain, and spices. 3. Almost all traders traveled the entire 4000 miles of the Silk Road. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 4. This structure was 2, 500 miles long and was built to help protect China from outside attacks. A) Gobi Desert. B) Great Wall of China. C) Terra Cotta Army. D) Irrigation Channels. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Great Wall of China. 5. How long was the Silk Road? A) Almost 1 mile long. B) 150 miles long. C) 1000 miles long. D) 2000 miles long. E) Over 4000 miles long. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Over 4000 miles long. 6. Historians believed that the exchange of ideas had no effect on world history. A) A. True. B) B. False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. False. 7. Which empire's collapse was followed by China's withdrawal from international trade? A) Roman Empire. B) Mongolian Empire. C) Chinese Empire. D) British Empire. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chinese Empire. 8. Commercial alliance helped to facilitate safer trading transactions for merchants of luxury goods from Asia. Drove out pirates and monopolies on luxury items. A) Hanseatic League. B) Hellenistic Leauge. C) White Lotus Society. D) Khanate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hanseatic League. 9. What was the nice portion of the Silk Road? A) Mediterranean Sea. B) Gansu Corridor. C) Black Sea. D) Persia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gansu Corridor. 10. What is the name of the Venetian merchant who wrote a book about his travels in Asia and the Silk Road? A) Mario Puzo. B) Mojo JoJo. C) Marco Polo. D) Vladimir Lenin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Marco Polo. 11. What is the main reason Chengli joins the caravan? A) To go on an adventure. B) To retrace his mother's last steops. C) To learn more about his father. D) To earn money. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To learn more about his father. 12. What was a major challenge faced by traders on the Silk Road? A) Lack of goods to trade. B) Harsh weather and difficult terrain. C) Too many travelers. D) No demand for silk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Harsh weather and difficult terrain. 13. What did the Silk Road create in history? A) First international trade route. B) First world wide web. C) First transcontinental highway. D) First global empire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) First world wide web. 14. In addition to silk, European traders traveled the Silk Road to trade for ..... with the Chinese. A) Carpets. B) Tea. C) Cotton. D) Figs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tea. 15. From where did the Silk Road get its name? A) From the silk that Europeans sold to China. B) From the silk clothing that traders wore to shield them from the desert sun. C) From the silkworms that could be found while traveling the route. D) From the silk that China sold to the rest of the world. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) From the silk that China sold to the rest of the world. 16. The Silk Road connected which two major empires? A) Roman and Incan. B) Han Chinese and Roman. C) Ottoman and Byzantine. D) Mongol and Egyptian. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Han Chinese and Roman. 17. The synonyms of 'festooned' and 'ragged' are:- A) Beautiful and torn. B) Decorated and shabby. C) Dirty and tied. D) Colorful and neat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decorated and shabby. 18. What was a major scientific contribution of the Silk Road to agriculture? A) Introduction of crop rotation. B) Spread of new crop species. C) Development of genetic engineering. D) Invention of the plow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spread of new crop species. 19. The amount of goods available for sale. A) Supply. B) Demand. C) Import. D) Export. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Supply. 20. What is a trip taken for a specific purpose? A) Expedition. B) Caravansary. C) Barbarians. D) Silk Road. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Expedition. 21. What besides goods was exchanged along the Silk Road? A) Only ideas. B) Ideas, religion, and diseases. C) Only diseases. D) Only religion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ideas, religion, and diseases. 22. Which of the following was NOT a tool used by explorers during the Age of Exploration? A) Sextant. B) GPS. C) Compass. D) Astrolabe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) GPS. 23. Who was the Chinese ambassador that helped start the Silk Road by learning about Western cultures? A) Confucius. B) Zhang Qian. C) Sun Tzu. D) Laozi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Zhang Qian. 24. Why did fewer people settle in Outer China than in Inner China? A) The land was in larger estates. B) The climate was more extreme. C) The roads were more dangerous. D) The invasion drove farmers away. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The climate was more extreme. 25. This occurs when different countries choose to engage in the exchange of goods with one another. A) Specialization. B) Voluntary Trade. C) Currency. D) Currency Exchange. 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