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What is the Silk Road?
What is the Silk Road?
- A network of multiple routes connecting various settlements over 2,000 years (correct)
- A single road stretching 5,000 miles across the world
- A modern transportation system for goods and information
- A trade route exclusively used by nomadic tribes
What impeded the travel of the first agricultural civilizations?
What impeded the travel of the first agricultural civilizations?
- Lack of interest in exploration
- Lack of suitable transportation
- Hostile neighboring civilizations
- Surrounding geography and fear of the unknown (correct)
What did the nomadic tribes spread between cultures through encounters with settled civilizations?
What did the nomadic tribes spread between cultures through encounters with settled civilizations?
- Goods, ideas, and technologies (correct)
- Agricultural methods and tools
- Diseases and conflicts
- Religious beliefs and traditions
What characterized the encounters between nomadic tribes and settled civilizations?
What characterized the encounters between nomadic tribes and settled civilizations?
What was the purpose of the Persian Royal Road?
What was the purpose of the Persian Royal Road?
Which historical figure contributed to the expansion of the network of culture and trade into Central Asia?
Which historical figure contributed to the expansion of the network of culture and trade into Central Asia?
Who returned to the Han Emperor with tales of sophisticated civilizations, prosperous trade, and exotic goods beyond the western borders?
Who returned to the Han Emperor with tales of sophisticated civilizations, prosperous trade, and exotic goods beyond the western borders?
What goods were traded between Persia, India, and China?
What goods were traded between Persia, India, and China?
What technology possibly transmitted from the East to the Western world through military encounters in Central Asia?
What technology possibly transmitted from the East to the Western world through military encounters in Central Asia?
What religion migrated from India to become the dominant religion in China and Japan?
What religion migrated from India to become the dominant religion in China and Japan?
What technology made its way from China to the Middle East, influencing the futures of the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Empires?
What technology made its way from China to the Middle East, influencing the futures of the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Empires?
What led to the demise of the Silk Road as a prominent trade route?
What led to the demise of the Silk Road as a prominent trade route?
What event followed the collapse of Mongol rule and China's withdrawal from international trade?
What event followed the collapse of Mongol rule and China's withdrawal from international trade?
What is an example of the impact of globalization mentioned in the text?
What is an example of the impact of globalization mentioned in the text?
What did the Silk Road enable in addition to the trade of goods?
What did the Silk Road enable in addition to the trade of goods?
What did the collapse of the Roman Empire lead to in relation to Chinese goods?
What did the collapse of the Roman Empire lead to in relation to Chinese goods?
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