Dynastic Empires Unit Test
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Question
Use the map to answer the question.
A map of Africa and Asia shows silk routes and sea routes, along with commodity source locations. A map shows the labeled continents of Africa and Asia, and unlabeled Europe and part of Australia. Labeled bodies of water include the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Aral Sea, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, South China Sea, and East China Sea. A key shows a solid line representing Silk routes, and a dashed line representing Sea routes. Also in the key is the heading Origin of Goods, with four patterned shapes below. A square is labeled Spices; a triangle is labeled Silk; an oval is labeled Cotton, and a diamond is labeled Porcelain. Latitude lines read 60 degrees north to 60 degrees south in 30 degree increments. Longitude lines read zero degrees, 60 degrees east, and 120 degrees east. The solid line representing the Silk route begins in the city of Giaozhou in China, on the East China Sea. A triangle representing silk is present in the area, near 30 degrees north latitude and 120 degrees east longitude. The route travels westward through the Taklamakan Desert to the city of Kashgar, north of the Himalaya Mountains. The route splits, with the north fork going through Samarkand and the south fork to Bactria, meeting up again to end in Baghdad. A dashed line, representing Sea routes, also begins in Giaozhou, and follows the East China Sea coastline south to Guangzhou. A diamond representing porcelain is nearby, just below 30 degrees north latitude. The sea route continues south through the South China Sea and circles around the islands in Southeast Asia. Four squares representing spices appear in this region, all near the equator. From Southeast Asia, the route splits and crosses the Bay of Bengal, as well as hugging the coast all around the bay. The route passes the tip of India and stops at Calicut, where it splits again. One route circles the Arabian Sea coast, passing the Indus River Valley which shows an oval representing cotton, near 30 degrees north latitude and 60 degrees east longitude. This sea route ends near Baghdad. Another route crosses the Arabian Sea from Calicut and stops in Aden, where it splits. One route heads south stopping in Mogadishu and ends in Kilwa on the African east coast. The north route follows the Red Sea and passes the Nile Basin, which shows another oval representing cotton, near 30 degrees north latitude. The route continues to Alexandria on the Mediterranean Sea, from which it heads east near Petra, and also crosses over to Athens, Constantinople, and the Black Sea. Å final sea route goes across the Mediterranean Sea from Antioch to Tangier, with a circle hugging the coast and stopping in Rome and Carthage on the northern African coast. Other labels are the Sahara Desert and Timbuktu. A scale shows 2000 miles and 2000 kilometers.
Suppose you developed a map with trade routes similar to the map shown. Why did silk traders use land-based trade routes more than sea routes?
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Responses
The Silk Road’s starting points were not along coastal areas.
The Silk Road’s starting points were not along coastal areas.
Sea routes were too dangerous to use for luxury goods.
Sea routes were too dangerous to use for luxury goods.
Silk traders did not trust the sea captains because of pirates.
Silk traders did not trust the sea captains because of pirates.
Silk cloth was too hard to produce and could not fill up a ship.
Silk cloth was too hard to produce and could not fill up a ship.
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