Quiz: How well do you know the Silk Road?

1. In which country did apples originate?
China
Uzbekistan
Kazakhstan
Turkey
2. The Chinese were very keen to acquire what particular product from the tribes of Central Asia?
Jewellery
Horses
Carpets
Potatoes
3. Which Silk Road country is double landlocked?
Uzbekistan
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Iran
4. What is the name of the first religion of the Silk Road, which the Persian Empire followed and believed in the purity of fire, air, the earth and water?
Islam
Christianity
Buddhism
Zoroastrianism
5. In which Silk Road country was the treacherous Taklamakan Desert located?
Turkmenistan
Turkey
China
Iran
6. One of the reasons the Silk Road went into decline in the 16th century was the discovery of a sea route to India, south around the Cape of Good Hope. Which famous navigator discovered this route?
Christopher Columbus
Vasco da Gama
Bartholomew Dias
Ferdinand Magellan
7. According to legend, which great warrior burned down the temple of Persepolis in a drunken frenzy?
Cyrus the Great
Gengis Khan
Julius Caesar
Alexander the Great
8. Which of these items did not originate from China?
Wheelbarrow
Paper
Wine
Gunpowder
9. How many miles could the average caravan travel per day?
5
20
50
80
10. Which city was the traditional start of the Silk Road?
Beijing
Xian
Kashgar
Shanghai
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