The Silk Road: Trade, Travellers and Ancient Routes

Follow the caravans that linked East and West for centuries. Ten questions on the goods, animals, cities and travellers of the Silk Road, with a west-to-east ordering challenge. About 9 minutes. A good fit for classrooms, history fans and anyone who likes a story with their trivia.

Questions

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1. Which valuable fabric gave the Silk Road its name?
2. Which animal, with two humps, was prized for caravans crossing the cold deserts of Central Asia?
3. The Silk Road was one single, straight road.
4. Which TWO of these goods were traded along the Silk Road? Select both.
5. Which Chinese dynasty sent the envoy Zhang Qian west, helping to open the routes?
6. Which city in modern Uzbekistan became a famous Silk Road hub, known for its blue-tiled domes?
7. Order these cities from WEST to EAST along the classic Silk Road.
8. Which religion spread from India into China largely along the Silk Road?
9. The Italian traveller Marco Polo came from which city?
10. The Silk Road network is often said to have stretched roughly how far?