H.GRADE A Q&A
1 Which word best describes the scope of the Silk Road? - (correct answer)C.
Intercontinental
2 Which of the following contributed most to the completion of the overland Silk Routes?
- (correct answer)A. The growth of powerful empires in Europe and Asia
3 The Silk Road was named retroactively, in the 19th century. What does "retroactive"
mean? - (correct answer). Applying to something in the past
4 Historical records show that silk appeared in Rome in the 1st century B.C.E. This is
________ evidence that the Silk Routes were completed around that time. - (correct
answer)B. Indirect
5 Which of these famous structures owes its existence at least partially to the Silk
Road? - (correct answer)C. (Great Wall of China)
6 Where would you be most likely to find a city along the Silk Road? - (correct
answer)D. On the bank of a river
7 Which of the following examples provides the best analogy for the movement of goods
along the Silk Road? - (correct answer)D. A runner passing a baton in a relay race
8 What kind of effect did the Mongol Empire have on the overland Silk Road? - (correct
answer)D. Stabilizing
9 Place these empires in chronological order: A) Macedonian (Alexander the Great); B)
Mongol; C) Han Dynasty - (correct answer)A. A, C, B
10 Which of the following statements is an opinion? - (correct answer)B. The Silk Road
greatly benefitted the civilizations it connected
1 Which word best describes the scope of the Silk Road? - (correct answer)C.
Intercontinental
2 Which of the following contributed most to the completion of the overland Silk Routes?
- (correct answer)A. The growth of powerful empires in Europe and Asia
3 The Silk Road was named retroactively, in the 19th century. What does "retroactive"
mean? - (correct answer). Applying to something in the past
4 Historical records show that silk appeared in Rome in the 1st century B.C.E. This is
________ evidence that the Silk Routes were completed around that time. - (correct
answer)B. Indirect
5 Which of these famous structures owes its existence at least partially to the Silk
Road? - (correct answer)C. (Great Wall of China)
6 Where would you be most likely to find a city along the Silk Road? - (correct
answer)D. On the bank of a river
7 Which of the following examples provides the best analogy for the movement of goods
along the Silk Road? - (correct answer)D. A runner passing a baton in a relay race
8 What kind of effect did the Mongol Empire have on the overland Silk Road? - (correct
answer)D. Stabilizing
9 Place these empires in chronological order: A) Macedonian (Alexander the Great); B)
Mongol; C) Han Dynasty - (correct answer)A. A, C, B
10 Which of the following statements is an opinion? - (correct answer)B. The Silk Road
greatly benefitted the civilizations it connected
