Silk Road Study Questions Part 1
1 .What is the Physical geography of China? Place, Region?
2. How far did the Silk Road stretch, and How many countries did it extend through?
3. What were the peak years of the Silk Road?
4. What were the main items traded along the route?
5. What main religion is said to have spread as a result of the “Theme of Movement” within the route of the Silk road.
6. What hemisphere did the Silk Road lie in?
7. What is considered to be the legacy of the Silk Road?
8. What were the threats to the travel rout, and whom did they come from?
9. How was the route unique to trade and political routes?
10. How did the route connect the east to the west? What were the outcomes of that relationship?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk_Road
http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/china/g/silkroad.htm
http://blog.oup.com/2012/08/facts-silk-road-peak-trader-camel-travel/
Also view the short video by John Greene on the silk road by clicking on the link below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfe-eNq-Qyg
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