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🌟 B2 (MUST) - Case Study: The Silk Road

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20 questions
Look at the map of the Ancient Silk Roads and answer the questions that follow.

Then, watch the video about the Ancient Silk Roads and answer the questions that go with the video.
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Find three places on the map that you have heard of before and list them here: _______, _______, and _______.
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Explain how the Silk Roads are an example of globalization.

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Explain how your local grocery store is a good example of a globalized economy.

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Question 11
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Prior to the creation of the Silk Road, societies were largely __________, mostly due to __________ and __________.
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Question 17
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One complaint that some people have about globalization is that it had led to less individual _______.
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Some people predict that by the year 2100, only _______ of the world's languages will still exist.
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Which continent is NOT shown on the map of the Silk Roads?
Asia
Africa
North America
Europe
Which body of water is NOT shown on the map of the Silk Roads?
Bay of Bengal
Pacific Ocean
South China Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Indian Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
The Silk Roads were a series of trade routes across both land and sea.
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Which of the following is the best simple definition of a "globalized economy"?
The purchasing of goods within one country
The inability of countries to make goods for their own country.
The circulation of goods across many different countries
The criminal act of taking goods from one country and bringing them to another country.
The shirt you are wearing has likely already crossed multiple oceans before it belonged to you.
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Check off all of the following that are often the result of globalization.
Higher prices for goods
Lower prices for goods
Overall higher standard of living around the world
Less variety of goods for the consumer
Greater variety of goods for the consumer
The Ancient Silk Road was the first international trade route in the world.
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What was the most common good traded along the Silk Road?
Pottery
Books
Silk
Weaponry
China had a complete monopoly on silk.
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False
What does it mean to have a monopoly?
It means you are the top consumer of a product.
It means you are the only one to supply a product.
It means you refuse to trade.
It means you are really rich.
Check off three other "things" that got "traded" along the Silk Road.
Languages
Cultures
Religions
The Silk Road led to greater wealth and advancements in art and technology around the world.
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False
Check off three of the world's largest religions that originally spread as a result of the Silk Road
Mormonism
Christianity
Buddhism
Islam
Globalization impacts the daily life of every human on Earth today.
True
False