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The Silk Road: Trade Across Continents

SheelonHistorySocial StudiesEnglishGrades 9-12Published Aug 6, 2026

For centuries, caravans linked China with the Mediterranean, carrying silk, spices, paper, and ideas. Travel the world's most famous trade network, one oasis at a time.

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    The Silk Road connected China with which distant region?Tap an answer

    Multiple Choice · 20s

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  1. Knowledge of making which everyday writing material spread west along the Silk Road?Multiple Choice · 20s
  2. Which religion spread from India into China along the Silk Road?Multiple Choice · 20s
  3. Samarkand, one of the great Silk Road trading cities, stands in which modern country?Multiple Choice · 20s
  4. The two-humped camel that carried most goods across Central Asia is called the ... camel.Multiple Choice · 20s
  5. Most traders walked or rode the entire route from China to the Mediterranean themselves.True / False · 20s
  6. The name 'Silk Road' was only invented in the 1800s, long after the routes stopped thriving.True / False · 20s
  7. Which of these goods was a prized SPICE carried west along the routes?Multiple Choice · 20s
  8. Which precious fabric, unwound from cocoons, gave the whole network its name? (one word)Type Answer · 30s
  9. The eastern end of the Silk Road lay in which country? (one word)Type Answer · 30s

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