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Unit 3- Story 6

Vocabulary

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Artisan

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A) A person who needs to be re-trained for a job or career

B) A skilled craftspersonC) A very smart person; prodigy, geniusD) A person who is attending college to

become a teacher

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B) A skilled craftsperson

Caravan

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A) A specific type of cover-up; disguiseB) A group of merchants traveling together

for safety through difficult or dangerous country; group, convoy

C) A set of merchants trading alongside each other in a marketplace

D) A place in the middle of the desert or the sea where there is nothing else

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B) A group of merchants traveling together for safety through difficult or dangerous country; group, convoy

Laden

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A) To be decorated with many medalsB) To be wrapped all around the itemC) Empty or unfilled, blank and bareD) Loaded, burdened, weighed down,

overloaded

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D) Loaded, burdened, weighed down, overloaded

Nomad

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A) A person who stays in one place for a very long time

B) A type of animal used to carry a heavy load

C) A place where no one is allowed to attend

D) A tribal person that moves from place to place to find food or pasture for their cattle; wanderer

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D) A tribal person that moves from place to place to find food or pasture for their cattle; wanderer

Yurt

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A) A circular, portable tentB) A creamy type of food with live

culturesC) A way that you can harm someoneD) A small huts surrounded by wooden

stakes

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A) A circular, portable tent

Comprehension

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1) Why does the story start at A.D. 700?

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A) To tell us how silk was madeB) To explain what is going on in EgyptC) To explain what is happening in the

world at that timeD) To tell us what is happening in RomeE) All of the above

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C) To explain what is happening in the world at that time

2)How did the author organize the story?

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A) Each ‘chapter’ is a stop or passage; chronological order

B) Each ‘chapter’ is in alphabetical orderC) Each ‘chapter’ is a city in ChinaD) Each ‘chapter’ is a country in AsiaE) All of the above

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A) Each ‘chapter’ is a stop or passage; chronological order

3) How is silk made?

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A) From the cocoons from silk wormsB) Unspooling the threads from the

cocoons of silk wormsC) Woven threads are spun into threadsD) Weaving the thread of silk into clothE) All of the above

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E) All of the above

4) What happens in Chang’an?

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A) It is the place where they can get good sushi

B) It is the place where the traders pick up horses

C) It is the place where the caravans finish their trades

D) It is the place where the caravans laden with silk and other goods start

E) All of the above

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D) It is the place where the caravans laden with silk and other goods start

5) Which direction are the caravans going to travel?

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A) North B) South C) East D) West

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D) West

6) Who will the traders trade with in the West?

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A) The GreeksB) The RomansC) Islamic and Byzantine worldsD) Other Chinese merchants on the Pacific

OceanE) All of the above

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C) Islamic and Byzantine worlds

7) Will the travel from China to the West be easy?

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A) Yes, it will be a short tripB) Yes, it will be nice weather, full of

nice peopleC) No, it will take 5 years just to get

over the mountain passesD) No, it will be hot, dangerous, full of

thieves, take several monthsE) All of the above

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D) No, it will be hot, dangerous, full of thieves, take several months

8) How often will the trading of silk and other goods occur?

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A) Never B) Several times for the traders and

merchantsC) Often, through different peoples and

culturesD) Once, through the original

seller/merchantE) All of the above

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C) Often, through different peoples and cultures

9) What happens in Dunhuang?

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A) It is a Buddhist religious center and the traders can pray for a safe journey

B) It is an oasis and important trading centerC) It is where traders can load up on suppliesD) Trade for horses E) All of the above

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E) All of the above

10) What happens in Taklamakan?

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A) The horses out run the camelsB) It is a desert and there are no stopsC) It is an oasis stopD) The traders trade with the localsE) All of the above

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B) It is a desert and there are no stops

11) What are the differences between the Bactrian and Dromedary camels?

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A) They both have 1 humpsB) They both have 2 humpsC) The Bactrian has 1 humps; the Dromedary

has 2 humpD) The Bactrian has 2 humps; the Dromedary

has 1 hump

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D) The Bactrian has 2 humps; the Dromedary has 1 hump

12) What happens in Kashgar?

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A) It is an oasis town where the traders can pasture their animals and everyone can get rest

B) It is known for its fruitC) Traders can trade silk for fruit and

jade and other produceD) The traders who continue West can

use these new items to trade with the Westerners

E) All of the above

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E) All of the above

13)What are the Pamirs?

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A) A range of high mountainsB) It’s nickname is ‘The Trail of Bones’C) It is a place where one can easily dieD) It is a place that takes the traders out of

ChinaE) All of the above

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E) All of the above

14) What happens in Tashkent?

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A) It is the edge of the Persian cultural world

B) It is the last place where the Chinese officials trade bolts of silk for horses

C) It is where the Chinese want the Ferghana horses for their army

D) It is a place were private merchants trade for Persian metalwork, glass, and musical instruments

E) All of the above

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E) All of the answers are correct

15) What happens in Transoxiana?

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A) It is wild country and has no laws or government and the caravans may be attacked

B) It is a place where the traders have to be ready to fight to protect their goods

C) It is a place where you can take a ship or boat across the sea

D) A and BE) All of the above

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D) A and B

16) What happens in Herat?

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A) It is a Persian city where the traders can meet many artisans and meet new traders for their goods

B) It is the first stop with the Islamic culture

C) There are other traders in the city, from India

D) The caravan leave their Bactrian camels and now use Dromedary camels

E) All of the above

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E) All of the above

17) What happens in Baghdad?

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A) The people of Baghdad highly seek the Chinese silk

B) There are only a handful of Chinese merchants remaining to trade the silk and they leave for home after this stop

C) There are so many different goods available for trading

D) It is the greatest city of the Islamic world and the hub of world trade

E) All of the above

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E) All of the above

18) What happens in Damascus?

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A) Arab merchants and Chinese traders work side by side

B) Arab merchants now trade the silk and can sell it for a high price

C) The Chinese merchants trade the silk to the Muslim women

D) The traders can get horses and fruit for silk

E) All of the above

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C) The Chinese merchants trade the silk to the Muslim women

19) How is the city of Tyre different from the other stops on the Silk Route?

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A) It is a place where one cannot do any trading

B) It is in the middle of the desertC) It is a very small city as compared to the

other stopsD) It is a port city and now the silk will

travel on a boat, rather than by a 4-legged animal

E) All of the above

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D) It is a port city and now the silk will travel on a boat, rather than by a 4-legged animal

20)What happens in Byzantium?

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A) It is the capital of the Roman Empire and many people visit and trade here

B) It is the last stop of the silk tradingC) It is where the wealthy people can

make outfits from the silkD) It is where China is linked to this city

through its silk-tradingE) All of the above

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E) All of the above

21)How did the silk end up in Byzantium?

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A) Through the trade by the Chinese merchants

B) The camels brought it overC) The Romans went to China to get the

silkD) It was made in IndiaE) All of the above

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A) Through the trade by the Chinese merchants

22)What happened to the silk the further it traveled from China?

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A) It became less expensiveB) It became more expensiveC) It stayed the same priceD) We don’t know what happened to the

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B) It became more expensive

23) How did the Chinese keep the silk a ‘secret’?

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A) Only a few weavers knew how to make the cloth

B) The emperors ordered no one to share the silk worms and how to make the cloth

C) The merchants refused to share the steps with anyone else

D) The weavers were killed as soon as they finished a bolt

E) All of the above

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B) The emperors ordered no one to share the silk worms and how to make the cloth

24)Why didn’t other countries know much about China?

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A) No one ever made it around to that side of the world

B) No one could read Chinese pictographsC) It is a country no other country wanted to

visit because it had nothing to tradeD) It is a country surrounded by protection:

oceans, sea, mountains, desertsE) All of the above

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D) It is a country surrounded by protection: oceans, sea, mountains, deserts

25) Do we still use the concept of the Silk Route?

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A) Yes, it called airways or ship routesB) Yes, it called highways or freewaysC) No, that way of trading is very oldD) A and B

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C) Most of the story is true

26) What else could people do on the Silk Route?

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A) Visit friends and relativesB) Armies could travel the roadC) Go to new countriesD) Go on adventureE) All of the above

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E) All of the above