The Great Silk Road
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
A imaginary trip along the Silk Road: write the way from one city to another in 5 sentences.
Open answer: a caravan from Samarkand to Bukhara, camels, silk, carpets.
2
Write the goods on the Silk Road in two columns: from Central Asia and to Central Asia.
From: carpets, jewellery, horses, camels, grapes, rubies. To: silk, rice, cotton cloth.
3
Draw on a map the route between Xi’an, Dunhuang, Samarkand, Merv and the Mediterranean.
East to west: Xi’an → Dunhuang → Samarkand → Merv → the Mediterranean.
4
What does the Silk Road remind us of today? Write your view.
Open answer: the importance of cooperation, trade and cultural ties between peoples.