This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > 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 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. After four centuries of internal division, China was united in 581 under the A) Sui Dynasty. B) Tang Dynasty. C) Song Dynasty. D) Yuan Dynasty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sui Dynasty. 2. What is the Silk Road? A) A series of ancient footpaths. B) A modern highway for fast transportation. C) A single road connecting London and Hong Kong. D) A network of multiple routes for trade and cultural exchange. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A network of multiple routes for trade and cultural exchange. 3. What impact did the Silk Road have on the Renaissance? A) Decrease in trade. B) No impact. C) Economic decline. D) Spread of philosophical ideas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spread of philosophical ideas. 4. What is the likely reason why the Roman emperor told Romans not to wear silk? A) He worried that buying to much silk is taking to much of the emperors gold. B) He believed that cotton was softer and more comfortable than silk. C) He was afraid the silkworms would eat too many leaves off the trees. D) He wanted to save as much silk as possible to make army banners. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He worried that buying to much silk is taking to much of the emperors gold. 5. ..... was a commercial and defensive confederation of merchant guilds and market towns in Northwestern and Central Europe. A) The Great Schism. B) Hanseatic League. C) Guilder League. D) Christian Commercial Organization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hanseatic League. 6. Marco Polo was an A) Italian merchant. B) Italian sailor. C) Chinese merhcant. D) Italian bandit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Italian merchant. 7. Which person was an Italian trader who went to China and visited the court of Kublai Khan A) Genghis Khan. B) Ibn Battuta. C) Marco Polo. D) Shaka Zulu. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Marco Polo. 8. What is a caravan? A) A kind of spice. B) A valuable good. C) A group of people travelling together. D) A UNESCO world heritage site. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A group of people travelling together. 9. The speaker gave an estimated distance of 5, 000 miles (8, 000 kilometers) for the Silk Road. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. Who buys products and sells them at the market? A) Caravan Leader. B) Camel Master. C) Trader. D) Merchant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trader. 11. What was NOT spread throughout the world because of the Silk Road? A) Religions and ideas. B) Trade goods. C) Diseases. D) Geographic features. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Geographic features. 12. Which dynasty greatly expanded silk trade during their rule? A) Qin. B) Han. C) Shang. D) Zhou. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Han. 13. Which of the following was a challenge faced by traders on the Silk Road? A) Easy navigation. B) Lack of demand for goods. C) Abundant water supply. D) Risk of robbery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Risk of robbery. 14. T or F:The Silk Road was an actual road A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. How did trade along the Silk Road benefit the Chinese people? A) They gained new methods for producing metalwork and glass. B) They gained new methods for producing metalwork and glass. C) They gained understanding of how to mine resources such as silver and gold. D) They gained access to items they did not have, such as salt and certain spices. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They gained access to items they did not have, such as salt and certain spices. 16. When his mother died Chengli was left to live with A) Old Cook. B) Master Fong. C) Little Woo. D) Fourth Brother. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Old Cook. 17. Where did the Silk Road get its name? A) From the silk that the Romans sold to the East. B) From the smoothness. C) From the silk that China sold to the rest of the world. D) From the silk worms that infested much of the route. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) From the silk that China sold to the rest of the world. 18. What was a significant scientific impact of the Silk Road on medicine? A) Introduction of herbal medicine. B) Development of antibiotics. C) Invention of the stethoscope. D) Discovery of DNA. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Introduction of herbal medicine. 19. Most merchants traveled the entire distance of the Silk Road, carrying their goods from one end to the other. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 20. Question #7:True or False:The Silk Road lasted for about two years, tops. Note:I am not talking about travelling the Silk Road. I am talking about its dominance in trade. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 21. Most of the traders went short distances. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 22. One way in which Pax Romana and Pax Mongolia are similar is that both were characterized by A) Political stability and security that allowed for an increase in trade. B) Unifying religious institutions. C) Representative forms of government. D) Social equality for men and women. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Political stability and security that allowed for an increase in trade. 23. Who were the nomadic tribes that played a key role in early trade along the Silk Road? A) The Romans. B) The Scythians. C) The Greeks. D) The Egyptians. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Scythians. 24. What is Mount Kailash important for the author's long journey in the mountains? A) To show his essential display in Buddhist beliefs. B) To show his friends that he is adventurous. C) To meet a friend that lived in the mountains. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To show his essential display in Buddhist beliefs. 25. What belongs in the blank space on the diagram? India ChinaCotton Spices Silk ..... ? ..... A) Wool carpets. B) Fine dishware. C) Ground coffee. D) Polished ivory. 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