Virtual Tour of the Silk Road - Gabe Smith | Laabri

Directions: Watch the video. When you reach each time-stamp, answer the questions for the section.

Introduction Stop at 1:04

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What was the Silk Road?

a complex system of trade routes throughout Asia and into Europe

a complex system of trade routes throughout Africa

a complex system of trade routes throughout the American Southwest

a complex system of trade routes throughout the Middle East

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The Silk Road was

approximately 5 miles long

approximately a thousand miles long

pretty congested with traffic

approximately 5 thousand miles long

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The Silk Road was in use for

over ten thousand years

less than a hundred years

over a hundred years

over a thousand years

Starting in Rome… Stop at 2:36

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Rome was the western end of the Silk Road

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One of the most valued trade goods to the Roman Empire was?

silk

mercury

yak wool

iphones

Petra: Stop at 4:05

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Petra was significant geographically because

It was in between Rome and the Middle East

It was in between Rome and China

It meant stone

It was in between Rome and Greece

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Camel Caravans were significant to the SIlk Road because they were the means of transportation that carried the goods along the routes.

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Palmyra: Stop at 6:26

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What does “cosmopolitan” mean? (look it up!)

a series of camel caravans linked together to carry large amounts of trade goods

containing people from many different countries.

a Russian astronaut

dividing an empire into provinces

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The fact that there are multiple temples from several different religions shows that Palmyra was cosmopolitan.

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The narrator discusses the large open air marketplace. This is evidence of

Bamiyan: Stop at 7:14

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Bamiyan was significant geographically because it was the last stop on the SIlk Road before crossing the mountains and deserts in Africa.

The above statement is true.

The above statement is false. It was the last stop before crosing the mountains and deserts in Asia.

The above statement is false. It was the last stop before crossing the Sahara Desert.

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Which of the following is an example of how cultural diffusion might have taken place in Bamiyan

There were only two cultures - Persian and Greek. These cultures kept to themselves.

There was a unique mix of cultures - Persian, Indian, Greek, nomadic tribes. These cultures could share goods, ideas, and technology with each other.

both of the above answers.

Karakorum pass: Stop at 8:00

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Karakorum Pass was significant geographically because it was a narrow mountain pass through the Eastern Ghats Mountains.

This statement is false. It runs through the Western Ghats Mountains.

This statement is false. Karakorum Pass was the middle point between Rome and China

This statement is false. It runs through the Himalayas.

This statement is true

The Taklamakan desert: Stop at 9:13

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Which of the following statements is true?

There were oasis towns in the Taklamakan desert that provided Inns, restaurants, orchards.

There were oasis towns in the Gobi desert that provided Inns, restaurants, orchards.

The Jade Gate Pass: Stop at 10:13

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Dunhuang: Stop at 12:02

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Dunhuang is the region where Buddhism was first established in China

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Jiayuguan Pass: Stop at 12:55

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Jiayuguan Pass is significant geographically because it is the Wester end of the Great Wall

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Xian:

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Xian was significant politically because It was the capitol city if China during the Qin and Han Dynasties

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Xian was significant religiously because it was center of cultural diffusion where religions such as Buddhism, spread from here into other Asian countries like Korea and Japan

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The narrator makes this statement near the end of the video:
"Although formidable mountain ranges, deserts, and oceans seperated these civilizations for a thousand years the SIlk Road was the artery that coneected the Roman and Chinese empires and brought into that circuit key communities throughout the Middle East and India each shaping the others economically and culturally"
Which vocabulary term best fits with the stement above?

trade

cultural diffusion

cosmopolitan

specialized workers